Back in the days before Bremen stretched much west of St Joseph Street (Bowen Avenue today), Dr Cecil Burket's horse farm stood on the site where El Rancho Viejo and CVS sit today. In the 1980s, the house was replaced... Continue Reading →
Robert Earl Hughes was a tall, wall-eyed country boy who grew up in Missouri who became the heaviest human being alive, tipping the scales at over 1,041 pounds—that is, until July 10, 1958, when he was laid low by the... Continue Reading →
Robert Earl Hughes (4 June 1926 - 10 July 1958) was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world at over 1041 pounds. How was Bremen involved? Robert Hughes died here in Bremen. Recently,... Continue Reading →
Historic Bremen 