[GeoStL] Re: Street cars and light rail systems of the past/amusement Park

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I was probably 10-11 years old before I realized that not  EVERYONE had an 
amusement park in their own subdivision.

Nancy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lusicic"

> -
>
> That was the Chain of Rocks amusement park.
>
> Edwin Biesemeyer wrote: - Ther is a small book available at the National
> Museum of Transport on Barrett Station Road north of Big Bend. A gentleman
> who worked there wrote it before he died. The book is about the St. Louis
> area light rail that used to transport people from the city to the water
> plant on Riverview as well as the old amusement park that used to be up
> thereon the hill overlooking the river. In the spring of 2005 I helped 
> with
> the funeral of the book's author and they had these books available at the
> funeral. I think they are still available at the museum as well. I know 
> they
> were there last fall. -Edwin "What can you do for God today that it is 
> going
> to take Him to get it done?" ---------------------------------  

 

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