I grew up in the River Des Peres neighborhood near Carondelet and Morganford on Adkins. The river was my playground from Gravois East to Lemay Ferry Road. I Hunted rats, and other vermin with my wham-0 Sling shot, my bow and arrows and my Daisy pump BB gun. I would turn up Gravois creek and follow it to Bayless where I ran a line of snare traps for rabbits and opossums. When they ran 55 through it messed up my hunting area and I had to be very careful with my .22 bolt action Springfield. Those halcyon days are looooong gone today.
I just read half your articles after reading this one. These are AMAZING. I’m so glad someone is doing the work of aggregating and explaining local history like this, and I will do whatever I can to support this project. Thank you so much, so fascinating and so fun!
Wow, this was really great!
Interesting and extensive historic overview. Thank you!
I grew up in the River Des Peres neighborhood near Carondelet and Morganford on Adkins. The river was my playground from Gravois East to Lemay Ferry Road. I Hunted rats, and other vermin with my wham-0 Sling shot, my bow and arrows and my Daisy pump BB gun. I would turn up Gravois creek and follow it to Bayless where I ran a line of snare traps for rabbits and opossums. When they ran 55 through it messed up my hunting area and I had to be very careful with my .22 bolt action Springfield. Those halcyon days are looooong gone today.
I just read half your articles after reading this one. These are AMAZING. I’m so glad someone is doing the work of aggregating and explaining local history like this, and I will do whatever I can to support this project. Thank you so much, so fascinating and so fun!