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Established in 1876, Forest Park in St. Louis is among the nation’s largest urban parks with 1,370 acres. In 1904, the park was the site of St. Louis World’s Fair.

first appeared: 1/16/2005

Versailles (pop. 2,565) makes its mark as the site where all yellow No. 2 Ticonderoga pencils are manufactured. Introduced in 1913, the pencil line was named for New York's Revolutionary War-era Fort Ticonderoga.

first appeared: 1/2/2005

The Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones–Confluence Point State Park opened in May 2004 in West Alton (pop. 573), where two great rivers, the Missouri and the Mississippi, meet. Pat Jones and her late husband, Ted, were long-time park supporters.

first appeared: 12/19/2004

Held yearly since 1863, the Platte County Fair, located in Tracy near Platte City (pop. 3,866), is one of the oldest continuously operating fairs west of the Mississippi River.

first appeared: 12/5/2004

Chuck Berry, born in St. Louis on Oct. 18, 1926, burst on to Billboard's Hot 100 chart with his first recording—Maybellene—in 1955.

first appeared: 11/21/2004

Grammy-winningsinger Sheryl Crow made a splash in her hometown of Kennett (pop. 11,260) by pledging to help the community build a swimming pool. The pool is scheduled to open in May.

first appeared: 11/7/2004

Five thousand years of bowling history are framed at the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in St. Louis.

first appeared: 10/24/2004

A limestone wall, constructed using natural material, sprouts a variety of plants at Powell Gardens in Kingsville (pop. 257). Winding 600 feet through the gardens, it is said to be the nation’s longest “living” wall.

first appeared: 10/10/2004

Fantastic Caverns in Springfield is billed as a drive-through cave because visitors tour on a tram.

first appeared: 10/3/2004

Bombed during World War II and set for demolition, the historic Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury in London was dismantled, shipped and reconstructed in the mid-1960s at Westminster College in Fulton (pop. 12,128). The church is a memorial to Winston Churchill, who gave his “Iron Curtain” speech at the college in 1946.

first appeared: 9/19/2004

The expression “coming down the pike” originated on “the pike,” a mile of attractions at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.

first appeared: 9/12/2004

With seven building-size murals around town, Cuba (pop. 3,230) is the official Route 66 Mural City.

first appeared: 9/5/2004

The oldest baseball player to participate in a major league game was Leroy “Satchel” Paige, who pitched for the Kansas City Athletics at age 59 in 1965.

first appeared: 8/29/2004

The same family has published The Index, a weekly newspaper in Hermitage (pop. 406), since 1885. Publishers Don and Kathy Ginnings are the fourth generation.

first appeared: 8/22/2004

William Lear, born in 1902 in Hannibal (pop. 17,757), developed the eight-track tape player and formed the company, Learjet, a leading supplier of corporate jets.

first appeared: 8/15/2004

Dubbed the “Streetcar Series” because of the fans’ mode of travel, the 1944 World Series saw the St. Louis Cardinals triumph over the St. Louis Browns.

first appeared: 8/8/2004

The Old Cooper County Jail in Boonville (pop. 8,202) served the state’s longest sentence as a county jail from 1848 to 1978.

first appeared: 8/1/2004

Students have a blast taking the nation’s only college credit course in pyrotechnics, offered by the University of Missouri at Rolla (pop. 16,367) for individuals interested in the fireworks industry.

first appeared: 7/25/2004

Banker and Civil War Gen. Albert Gallatin Edwards of St. Louis founded one of the nation’s oldest brokerage firms, A.G. Edwards, in 1887.

first appeared: 7/18/2004

The first permanent, publicly funded kindergarten in the United States began in 1873 at Des Peres School in St. Louis.

first appeared: 7/11/2004

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