Henry F. Vogel's pen drawing of St. Louis from 1884.
| The Progress of the City of St. Louis | |
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| Date: | 1884 |
| Author: | Henry F. Vogel |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (10.4mb) |
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This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Missouri that you might want to check out.
Vogel's map of the Progress of the City of St. Louis [gmap], from 1884.
Ambitious, uncompromisingly determined, tragic-in-hindsight... I won't bore you with why. Modern-day STL could use a shot of this map's strong will and grit, a dose of this map's refined class, and maybe a sprinkle of this map's river traffic.
But if we want to busy our brightest young minds saving a Del Taco building, I mean. That's cool too, I guess. But once we get that done, y'all gotta promise me we'll work on the public schools, deal?
So says STL's proudest son: the 59 King. Peace, and take care of one another.
For more information about this period in St. Louis' history, visit the Missouri History Musuem.
