More on the Fair

http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/forestpark/history/fair.html

-eight major exhibit palaces were built in a fan-shaped plan in the parks north-western corner
-West of Skinker Road was the fairs adminstration complex: housed in the newly built structures of Washington University
-Francis Field was the site of the 1904 Olympics
-First Olympics held in the U.S.
-"Wilderness" is was heavily wooded southwest corner of the park was known as
-major project in site preparation, the striaghtening of the meandering River des Peres and placing it in an underground conduit