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Lara's avatar

I enjoyed your last post and am glad to see a follow up story about the history of this bridge.

I recently finished “Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery” by Carol Ferring Shepley, and in the chapter about Bill Sublette she talks about Sulphur Springs and the Gratiot Square League. Highly recommend the book — it’s a great way to learn a lot of Missouri history!

You may have already come across this info in your research, but I’ll include some links in case not:

http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/dogtown/history/gratiot.html

http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/dogtown/history/schmidt/schmidt2.html

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Chevanne Scordinsky's avatar

This was a fascinating read. Well done! All this history is a great backdrop for any story, really. Shame the springs are gone.

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