. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. permanent monu-ment at this celebration in commemoration of thatevent. The first ferry across the ^Mississippi was keptby Calvin Adams, an American, below what isnow Elm Street. This ferry consisted of two piro-gues tied together, with planks laid across the top,and his charge for bringing over a man and horsewas $ Adams also kept the only Americantavern, called The Old Green Tree House. The first record of unusual high w^ater at SaintLouis was in 1766, the next in 1785—called Lan-nee des Grandes Eaux (the year of great waters),equaled o
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. permanent monu-ment at this celebration in commemoration of thatevent. The first ferry across the ^Mississippi was keptby Calvin Adams, an American, below what isnow Elm Street. This ferry consisted of two piro-gues tied together, with planks laid across the top,and his charge for bringing over a man and horsewas $ Adams also kept the only Americantavern, called The Old Green Tree House. The first record of unusual high w^ater at SaintLouis was in 1766, the next in 1785—called Lan-nee des Grandes Eaux (the year of great waters),equaled only by that of 1844-1851-1858, and pos-sibly 1903. The last being in 1908. Saint Louis has also been visited by other dis-asters. In 1849 ^ great fire swept the entire riverfront and business section, destroying twenty-threeboats and many blocks of buildings, the damagebeing estimated at $3,000,000. In the summer ofthe same year the cholera epidemic claimed fourthousand persons, and in May 1896 a destructive ^—>^^> ^--^ -X- ?-^^.y-^^:^. ,y-t>;:,„^c/l!-«<^ z*^ -^?SS J^f. i^^ -^V-X J.^y^U^r^^ .-V . ;^;&i -^-?*?•• .—^^^. :-r-^ty^^ -tf/JCu
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