The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-14
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old ST. LOUIS" DESCRIBED
FOR ETHICAL SOCIETY.
PAPER PREPARED BY PIERRE
tiiDI TEN.
of 'ity's SITE. PRINT.
tive Architecture and Other
Matters of Interest.

The last meeting "f the s.. I>oIi> Etili.
csd Society Toy this season WAS heId Iasc
uiEu' .u the srt rooms of the Nus"im es
Fin" tris ou Nineteenth and Locust streets,
the tea,Ur" ol .he evening being address
on ga -. Louis delivered hy CLI-erce
H,tiitzciir. Mr. Pierre Chouteau WIS to
have spoken tut he was forced To oe shsenr
and Mr. HChijzelle appeared III his place
reading the paper which Mir. ChOu;.au had
prepared The attendance was good con-
sideTing the difficulties of travel
The proceedings of the evening" cp. ne.i
wi,h seicc':nns by rh- Ethical Society
rhcruS. which WAS followed by reading
selection by Professor ff@htcy. Another
musical selection WAS then rendered and
'tiren"e Huhiitzolle Vas introduced. The
PAPER which =" read covered the ground
from the fouHGiu: If tho city tn an ad-
vanCvd period IN this century. ard WAS il
iustrat'd by stere"Pticor yiCws- many OF
which had been prepared by the speaker |f
IN. evening. : number of views taken from
rii iacuerreotvpcs were also prs santcd to
give III" audience the most truthful idea Of
conditions - they really existed In thcss
,!tys-
TN" territory west IF tn Mississippi was
Practically IgTkn"wu. the greater part be-
i!- reh'h possession Ine cs'ing ar
tHt t'rIllr:E To- Si'diu Wds described and
the method of travel in those days briefly
Touched on I.scl,tlc ths fau ndsr Of the
city. WIS Ih"fl introduced and = deSCrip-
lion given OF the ianntr in " hich he
cured tir grant of the land where the city
now stands. how h. came here in I16a d;,i
j. " h established a little p rn tho
bank Of the Mississippi at a point which
wouI be- Fear Main and Mark q streets in
these days The history OF the carly
churches Of the city and of ihe old forts
which used to -" un Fourth street WAS also
touched upon. The second Catholic Church
was established here In 1919 ald il in
the little graveyard Of this -hIrch tina Z.
many of tae founders of the oldest fami-
lies in the city We're buried. Pontiac. the
celebrated indian Chief ftdiu was also
buri-d Immediately in the rear of the
graveyard
The old houses Of tn. city were then
described I'm thCS. days rhe favOrits
method Of construction was upright posts
with the intcrstiCeS :illod with nome made
brick, mud or stones. The earliest houses
Wer" built Of squared logs Hn; their con-
in good condition down 70 a very late date.
The Old FORTS and towers which were erect
ed as = protection az 1i1St lhe Indians weyo
built OF stone and ioOp-holcd- Four of thSss
towers We're erected IA s;oc.Sade at
Fourth and Washington avenue.
The appearance Of tle land when the first
house was built here was very different
from what 1t = DnwJd-y-- There WAS no
LradUal -icrc to the edge Of the river as is
HOW furnished by the !svec hut instead the
Et>J Slde Gt tho river composed Of
ri.,I bluffs with only two ways of reaching
he waters edge. Two or three large lakes
or ponds stood where huge hisjaesS blocks
J-e now situated. one being at point now
ON Fourth street and Washington avenue
and the other On the site of the present
Curples's block The old families who first
scttlal mere wcr" also mentioned