Maryland Heights in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Dripping Springs
Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 3, 2020
1. Dripping Springs Marker
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Waterways & Vessels • Women.
Location. 38° 42.686′ N, 90° 28.782′ W. Marker is in Maryland Heights, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It can be reached from Marine Avenue 0.1 miles north of Maryland Heights Expressway (State Highway 141), on the right when traveling south. Marker is located in Creve Coeur Park, facing Creve Coeur Lake, off a bike path. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13450 Marine Ave, Saint Louis MO 63146, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park - Water Trail (approx. Ό mile away); Power Substation (approx. 0.4 miles away); All Gave Some, Some Gave All (approx. 2.4 miles away); Tappmeyer Homestead (approx. 2.9 miles away); Centennial Greenway - Katy Trail State Park (approx. 3.2 miles away); Stan Musial (approx. 3.2 miles away); St. Charles Rock Road (approx. 4 miles away); Peter Geery (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maryland Heights.
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Regarding Dripping Springs. Text from the nearby "Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park - Water Trail" marker:
The lake's name in French means "broken heart." But was the name from a flood in the late 1770's that drove settlers out of the valley broken-hearted or something else? Legend has it that Dripping Springs is the site of a tragic death of an American Indian Princess named Memetonwish. She was in love with a fur trapper but her father forbid her to see him. Unable to cope with her father's decision, she lept off Dripping Springs!
Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 3, 2020
2. Dripping Springs Marker
Next to the springs
Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 3, 2020
3. Dripping Springs
Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 3,208 times since then and 194 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 3, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
