PICTURES

of places around

La Grange, Missouri

of past years

 

1:        Picture of the Gazebo in the La Grange City Park of years ago.

2:        Picture of Lovers Leap on the Wyaconda River of years ago from a post card.

A:       Picture of Lovers Leap another view

3:        Picture of the Mineral well of Long ago.

4:        Picture of the Mineral well now with two men standing by it.

5:        Picture of the Mineral well changed again years ago.

6:        Picture of the Wyaconda River years ago with boats on it.

7:        Picture of old war rations books with ration stamps.

8:        Picture of the beginning of the Mississippi river at Lake Itaska.

9:        Picture of the Crazy Man's castle built on the Mississippi River in in the 1800's. Every stick was taken from the River.

10:      Picture of the Wyaconda River farther up from the leap.

11:       Picture of the old Flagler home located East of the River View Cemetery

12:       Picture of an old steamboat going up the river

13:       Picture of the City of La Grange from a rare view from the river.

14:       Picture of the river looking south from a hill overlooking the south part of town.

15:       Picture of another view of lovers leap from the early years.

16:       Picture of Freed Fish house in the early years N E View.

17:       Picture of Freed Fishes house North view.

18.       Picture of Freed Fish House N E View with people.

19:        Picture of Downtown La Grange in the early years.

20:        Picture of the Presbyterian Church years ago.

21:        Picture of 5 prominent ladies of La Grange of long ago. Isabel - Priscilla - Constance - Ella - Francis Flagers.

Constance married a Fisher of La Belle - Isabel married a Jessie Sherwood of La Belle - Ella married a Galbraith - Priscilla married a Holmes. During the civil war the father of these ladies took them to Chicago to keep them safe and after the war, some of them came back here. 

22:         Picture of the ally going South from the Riverview cemetery, you can see houses on the south hill

More pictures coming later