Dolly is the fourth of 12 children born into the Parton family to parents Avie Lee Caroline and Robert Lee Parton Sr., while Rachel is the youngest. The large family lived in a small two-room cabin in ...
Bill Kirchoff grew up on a 33-acre farm his grandfather purchased for $3,600 in 1906. Near what is now Creve Coeur Park in Maryland Heights, it had a small pasture, but it was developed as an orchard ...