Old Jamestown - Peggy Kruse

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Résumé :
Old Jamestown is an unincorporated CDP (Census Designated Place) in far north St. Louis County, Missouri. Its fascinating history includes a Native American settlement associated with the prehistoric Cahokia Mounds in Illinois, land-grant holders of English and Scottish heritage who arrived in the late 1700s, German immigrant farmers who came during the 1800s, and prominent families who arrived in the mid-1900s. With only two miles separating the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers just north of Old Jamestown, its ferries once provided connections from St. Louis and Florissant to St. Charles County and Illinois. Today, Old Jamestown includes residential subdivisions and nonprofit organizations, but much of it retains its rural ambiance because its karstic topography limits development.

Biographie:
Author Peggy Kruse is the chairperson of the Old Jamestown Association History Committee and obtained vintage images from many sources, including the Missouri Historical Society; Historic Florissant, Inc.; Washington University archives; and residents and organizations. Current photographs of extant historic places and homes were taken by Chandan Mahanta. More information about many of the images can be found in Kruse's companion book, Old Jamestown Across the Ages: Highlights and Stories of Old Jamestown, Missouri.