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Event:  Cholera Epidemic
Brief Description:  During five months of the epidemic in 1849, one tenth of St. Louis´ entire population of 70,000 had died.
Year:  1849
Decade:  1840 - 1849
Beginning Date:    1849
Ending Date:     Dec. 31, 1849

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