FARMINGTON — The wooden building on Main Street across from the Farmington Fire Department used to be a hub of economic activity. Standing four stories high, Ye Olde Shoe Shoppe housed one of several ...

When David Flack was 17, he spent 40 hours a week brushing the edges of shoe soles. At the Litchfield plant of the St. Louis-based Brown Shoe Company, Flack was making good money - well over minimum ...

A landmark shoe factory in Whitman that is being restored and renovated into apartments has a history as a church. Located at Marble Street and South Avenue, the factory building is home to what used ...

The history of "the old shoe factory," a five-level International Shoe Plant at Cape Girardeau is an indication of the trend in the shoe-making industry. International employed 1,200 workers in its ...