Episode 102: 6 Miles & 150 years around Forest Park, St. Louis

Gretchen and Elaine are joined by Kelly Eldridge to talk about the history of our beloved Forest Park here in St. Louis

Presentation from Galen Gritts

Kelly's Book Recommendation: Forest Park by Caroline Loughlin and Catherine Anderson

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Resources & References:

https://www.forestparkstatues.org/nathan-frank-memorial-bandstand

https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/nov-28-1939-the-day-black-tuesday-rolled-into-st-louis/article_00c3b6cd-ba69-5a19-b498-fbc29f9630c4.html
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=139732
https://www.stlhistoryandarchitecture.com/vandeventerplace/6z7mmu51lw1m22hlgzl00djvcjomvh
https://www.ksdk.com/article/life/vintage-ksdk/forest-park-highlands-burned-historical-video/63-5699a482-05e8-4f6c-bbdf-39153a9154fc#:~:text=Here%27s%20what%20we%20found.,the%20property%20were%20all%20destroyed.
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/message/48:notes/1708354938644?context=%7B%22contextType%22%3A%22chat%22%7Dhttps://racstl.org/public-art/vandeventer-place-gates/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=213383
https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/river-des-peres-flood-control-st-louis-mo/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=144047http://rbsc.slpl.org/STL_STREETS_(A-Z).pdf
https://wustl.edu/about/campuses/danforth-campus/brookings-hall/
https://stlzoo.org/zones/historic-hill/1904-flight-cage-and-cypress-swamp
https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-laclede-pavilion/18553575/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1zziPBiHbc

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