STE. GENEVIEVE – The Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center will present Paths, Trails and Rails, the history of transportation in Missouri at its next speaker presentation on Wednesday, January 15th at 6 p.m. at the Orris Theatre in Ste. Genevieve.
The program presenter, Jesse Francis, is currently the St. Louis County Parks Cultural Site Manager, and has also done extensive research for various projects in Ste. Genevieve. The program is sponsored by Riverside Landscaping.
Francis, a story teller at heart, will tell the history of trails and road development in the state of Missouri going back to native paths. Hear the history of the Three Notch Road by Salts Spring; Iron Mountain Plank road–the longest plank road built in Missouri; and the King’s Highway.
He’ll tell us about some fascinating people from the past who were connected with railroads, bridges, and transportation. For instance, what took James Eads so long to build the Eads Bridge, and why does it have such high arches?
He might even throw us a curve and talk about some of the French structures in Ste. Genevieve.
You’ll take away dozens of tidbits of Missouri history!
The program is free to museum members, otherwise, regular admission will apply.
