MO-Fairgrounds+Park+Lake,+St.+Louis


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St. Louis City County
=Fairgrounds Park Lake= St. Louis, Missouri 63107 Fairground Park (City of St. Louis) web site Fairgrounds Park Lake (Missouri Conservation Atlas) web site Fairgrounds Park Lake map

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Fairgrounds Park Lake, St. Louis
Coordinates: 38.6665129, -90.2234792 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Fairgrounds Park Lake
Fairground Park is a municipal park in St. Louis, Missouri, that opened in 1908. It was originally a privately owned facility, used by the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association for the St. Louis Exposition from 1856 through 1902, though interrupted by the Civil War when the Fairgrounds were used as a Union encampment known as Benton Barracks. The annual exposition ceased in 1902 as preparations for the 1904 World's Fair began. Another blow to the fair's revival after 1904 was the abolition of horse racing in Missouri in 1905.

In 1908, after a protracted political debate, the abandoned 132-acre (0.53 km2) fairground was purchased from the association for park use by St. Louis for $700,000. The park was dedicated on October 9, 1909. From Fairground Park (City of St. Louis) web site

Take I-70 to West Florissant and take West Florissant to North Florissant, then go left. From North Florissant, turn right on Prairie.

Facilities/features: picnic area, pavilion, fishing jetty, and Fairgrounds Park Lake (nine acres). From Fairgrounds Park Lake (Missouri Conservation Atlas) web site

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