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Dedicated to the memory of a great surgeon and humanitarian
"He that careth for the sick and the wounded watcheth not alone. There are three in the darkness together and the third is the Lord"
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James MacKay settled almost 4,000 acres in this area, at the mouth of Bonhomme Creek, in 1797, which was originally known as St. Andrews. It was under the control of the Spanish government, which granted MacKay land for his service in transporting . . . — — Map (db m241129) HM
Fox Creek drains west through this area and was named by an early hunter, Josiah McClure, who shot a very large fox there. McClure and Fred Schulze were early settlers in the area. Schulze opened a store which became the Fox Creek Post Office, and . . . — — Map (db m240261) HM
Earliest known inhabitants were Native Americans, who established a trail where present-day Old State Road is located. A Spanish Land Grant was established in 1803 by the first Euro-American settler, Ninian Hamilton. The Missouri-Pacific Railroad . . . — — Map (db m240265) HM
This village, which comprises much of Wildwood's commercial core on Old Manchester Road, was originally called St. Friedling and Maple Grove. The first post office was established during the Grover Cleveland Administration and John Brown, the first . . . — — Map (db m241126) HM
This village was originally named "Deutsch Hollow" by the German settlers and for "Dutch" Charlie Paffrath, who purchased a property from Samuel Harris and opened a tavern on the much-traveled highway, Market Street (now Manchester Road), which . . . — — Map (db m240262) HM
The Historic Village of Kelpe was the name given to this small hamlet and post office that was near the intersection of Wild Horse Creek Road and Ossenfort Road, which was settled by this early pioneer family. In 1852, Henry Kelpe (I) left Hanover, . . . — — Map (db m241132) HM
The name implies "sweet rose" and this village had a very roseate setting in 1851, when developer Charles H. Haven acquired 1,000 acres of Federal Land Claims and platted the lots as a nucleus for a great "Park of Fruits of a Thousand Acres." It . . . — — Map (db m240264) HM
Monarch Station was a whistle-stop railway depot on the Rock Island Railroad (originally known as the Saint Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad, when established in 1886-87). The settlement of Monarch (earlier called Atherton, then Eatherton) . . . — — Map (db m241114) HM
Founded by the Orr Family, from Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Scotland, beginning with the first post office established in 1858. The Orrs sold several tracts of land to families, such as the Eathertons. The Hoppenberg-Fick General Store and Post Office, a . . . — — Map (db m241113) HM
Founded on the old State Road established by Congress, which connected St. Louis to the capital in Jefferson City, and later would become known as 'Historic route 66'. Cyrus Speers, an original settler, came to the area in 1831 and kept a store and . . . — — Map (db m241121) HM
This predominantly African-American community, whose history is linked to that of the Union Baptist Church and the families of former slaves, was settled c. 1879, but its future inhabitants had a much longer history in the area. In 1797, Daniel . . . — — Map (db m241112) HM
This trailhead is named after John L. LeCave, a Wildwood resident, who was killed by a vehicle, while bicycling within the City in 1997.
Mr. LeCave was a father, husband, Vietnam veteran, and avid cyclist. His career in banking was innovative, . . . — — Map (db m241246) HM
This structure is a lime kiln or oven built around 1856 for James E. Yeatman, a wealthy businessman. This kiln burned limestone rocks at temperatures of over 800°F, breaking them down to powdered lime. Yeatman used the lime for mortar to build . . . — — Map (db m147333) HM
Welcome
Welcome to the Meramec Greenway-Rock Hollow Trail, a partnership between the City of Wildwood, Great Rivers Greenway, Saint Louis County Department of Parks, and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The Rock Hollow Trail is a . . . — — Map (db m240309) HM
