. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. e,unveiled in 1876by Miss MinnieH o 1 1 i d a y , was-modeled in 1871,just after the ar-tist had complet-ed a colossal bustof Washington Ir-ving for ProspectPark, Brooklyn,.N. Y. The Zoo con-nected with thepark contains elk,buffalo, deer,bears of severalvarieties, andmany smaller ani-mals, a delight tachildren. Forest Park will be remembered as the sceneof the great Louisiana Purchase Exposition in1904, it being divided in half for that Louisiana Purchase Exposition Companyhave been spending the years since the close ofthe fair in
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. e,unveiled in 1876by Miss MinnieH o 1 1 i d a y , was-modeled in 1871,just after the ar-tist had complet-ed a colossal bustof Washington Ir-ving for ProspectPark, Brooklyn,.N. Y. The Zoo con-nected with thepark contains elk,buffalo, deer,bears of severalvarieties, andmany smaller ani-mals, a delight tachildren. Forest Park will be remembered as the sceneof the great Louisiana Purchase Exposition in1904, it being divided in half for that Louisiana Purchase Exposition Companyhave been spending the years since the close ofthe fair in restoring it to its former beauty, being^under bond to do so. It is estimated the improve-ments put in the park in the restoration could notbe duplicated for less than one and one-half milliondollars, and is now ready for acceptance by thecity. / The four new bridges over the river DesPeres have been named for the buildings whichstood nearest them—Liberal Arts, Manufac-tures, Education and Transportation. They Though Forest Park. SAIXT LOUIS 89. Bridge, Forest Park. are of steel with concrete abutments, the onlywood in them being the flooring. The ExpositionCompany have also erected a magnificent shelterhouse on the site of the Missouri building, over-looking nearly one half of the park, the centralresidence section of the city westward fromUnion avenue, Washington University and Uni-versity City. This building will seat several hundredpeople, and if necessary shelter one thousand—the architect is George H. Kessler, landscape archi-tect of the Louisiana Exposition. On condition that a Two hundred thousanddollar statue to Thomas Jefferson be erected on thesite of the United States Government building, theUnited States government has relinquished allclaim to any surplus the Louisiana Purchase Ex-position Company may have remaining after allobligations are met. This statue is to be erectedsurrounded bv sunken gardens. LAFAYETTE PARK is the oldest existingpark in the city, bei
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