Enjoy the friendship, camaraderie and fun of the Mount Pleasant Pigeon Club.

We race our pigeons in competition with each other as well as other clubs.

SOME OF THE MEMBERS ON SHIPPING NIGHT AT THE CLUB 

(A FRIDAY MORNING FOR A COFFEE AND DONUT SESSION)

Our members help each other with training, breeding ideas, and  everyday ideas of the care of our pigeons.

The Club headquarters is located in South St. Louis at 4142 Virginia Ave. 63119

MOUNT PLEASANT HOMING PIGEON CLUB HISTORY

In 1920 the Mount Pleasant Pigeon Club was organized. Members convened at a members garage to enter and ship birds to a release point. The race birds were taken to the railroad station to be transported to a specific railroad station 100, 150, 200, and 300 miles away. The Carondelet Train Station was convenient and the transporting train was the Iron Mountain Special. This is how the term "race station" originated, a term that is still used today. Railroad personnel (usually the station manager would release the pigeons the next morning at a specific time designated by the Mount Pleasant Homing Pigeon Club race secretary.

In 1926 the St. Louis Championship Club merged with the Mount Pleasant Homing Pigeon Club. In 1957 the Mount Pleasant Homing Pigeon Club became chartered with the American Racing Pigeon Union (a national Organization of pigeon clubs).

In 1957 the Mount Pleasant Pigeon Club organized with 5 other clubs to form the Missouri Illinois Combine. At the same time, the Mount Pleasant Homing Pigeon Club initiated a junior division, with the old timers mentoring the younger members the do's and don'ts of the art of pigeon racing.

In 1983 the Mount Pleasant Homing Pigeon Club became a "not for profit" tax exempt Corporation in the State of Missouri.

Today some of the members are third and fourth generation pigeon flyers, their families having raced pigeons as far back as 1894.

Currently, the Mount Pleasant Homing Pigeon Club Inc. is a member of

"American Racing Pigeon Union Inc."

"Missouri Flyers Combine"

"Missouri Illinois Combine"

Participant in "Sappington- Concord Historical Society, Veterans Memorial Day Service"

To contact:

Click the image of any one of our members  

All of our members are available to help a beginner get involved with the backyard hobby of raising and racing homing pigeons. 

Call one of us and get involved. 

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TO VIEW THE MOUNT PLEASANT CLUB RACE RESULTS

GO TO 

PIGEON.ORG

 1.CLICK:

"NATIONAL DATABASE"

2. CHOOSE:

THE YEAR AND  SERIES YOU DESIRE

3. CHOOSE:

THE ORGANIZATION

4. CHOOSE:

"MTP HOMING PIGEON CLUB"

OR 

"MISSOURI ILLINOIS COMBINE"

 We are available to talk about our hobby of racing pigeons to any group, school and organization  who would be interested.

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We have our own building that houses our memorabilia as well as the supplies and materials we need to compete in the races. 

OUR REGISTERED BAND NUMBER LETTERS ARE

  "MTP"

MTP TRAINING & TRANSPORT TRAILER  

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 A CHARTER MEMBER OF "THE AMERICAN RACING PIGEON UNION" (SINCE 1957)