The East St Louis Herald is started by Maurice Tissier.

YMCA locates inside the Relay Depot building on First Street.

City Council, opposed to Bowman, convinces the Governor to "revive' the Metropolitan Police Bill creating a rival police force for a second time. For a while, there are two city councils, each with their own police force trying to control the city.

"Captain" John Robinson comes to East St. Louis from Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He was an ex-slave who witnessed the execution of John Brown after his unsuccessful raid on the federal arsenal there.

The Knights of Columbus is organized by East St. Louis priests to help stricken flood victims. It grows into an immense organization dedicated to helping the needy and other charitable organizations. They hold an annual ball, set up clothing drives for flood victims, and sponsor an orphanage picnic once a year.

Through slick legal and financial maneuvering, Morgan and Humphreys win a federal suit to secure the dissolution of the St. Louis Bridge firm and the sale of its assets. Morgan and Company have one of their agents, Charles Tracey, do the bidding for them at the auction. Solon Humphreys becomes the new president of the St. Louis Bridge Company. The $10 million Eads Bridge now belongs to New York, a victim of what historian James Neal Primm calls "Morganization."