April 1, 2019.
Lecture begins at 4 pm and ends at 5 pm.
For this event we will be at the Kirkwood Library ~ 140 East Jefferson.
Free. All are welcome.
We are delighted to bring you Chris Gordon, Director of the Library and Collections for the Missouri History Museum. Chris will take us back to 1876 to understand why the city and county decided to split. Considering the current Better Together initiative, we expect this to be an interesting historical perspective on our community.
Chris will take us back to 1876 to understand why the city and county decided to split. Considering the current Better Together initiative, we expect this to be an interesting historical perspective on our community.
Throughout the 1860s the entire 588-square-mile area that now makes up St. Louis County and St. Louis City was ruled as one by the St. Louis County Court. Back then more than 300,000 people occupied the land east of Grand Avenue (the city’s boundary at the time), while the vast space beyond was home to barely 31,000 people. Older towns such as Florissant and small train stops such as Kirkwood and Ferguson sat in a sea of undeveloped land and farm fields.
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