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Lewis and Clark : voyage of discovery
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Lewis and Clark : voyage of discovery

Author: David Muench; Dan Murphy; Museum of Westward Expansion.
Publisher: Las Vegas, Nev. : KC Publications, ©1977.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This peaceful community loved by thousands of locals was once, in part, a Mexican land grant called New Helvetia, given to John Sutter. With the 1852 arrival of homesteader (and area namesake) William Curtis, who managed a 200-acre farm started by his brother, and those drawn by the California gold rush, the area began to develop and expand. In 1887, papers were filed for the Highland Park subdivision-a nod to early  Read more...
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Named Person: Meriwether Lewis; William Clark
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Muench; Dan Murphy; Museum of Westward Expansion.
ISBN: 0916122190 9780916122195 0738530514 9780738530512 0916122506 9780916122508
OCLC Number: 3239907
Notes: Includes reproductions of photo-murals which are on permanent display at the Museum of Westward Expansion in St. Louis.
Description: [64] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Contents: Farms and ranches -- Highland Park: First streetcar suburbs -- Early-20th-century streetcar suburbs -- Early Automobile suburbs of he roaring twenties -- From the Great Depression to the present.
Responsibility: photography by David Muench ; text by Dan Murphy ; edited by Gweneth DenDooven.
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This peaceful community loved by thousands of locals was once, in part, a Mexican land grant called New Helvetia, given to John Sutter. With the 1852 arrival of homesteader (and area namesake) William Curtis, who managed a 200-acre farm started by his brother, and those drawn by the California gold rush, the area began to develop and expand. In 1887, papers were filed for the Highland Park subdivision-a nod to early flood concerns. Since that time, more than 30 other subdivisions have sprung up between Broadway and Sutterville, along with the Sierra School, which has been nominated for city landmark status. Situated south of today's Broadway, the area that was once a flood plain and then an agricultural area now holds over 2,500 homes and is among the city's most vibrant neighborhoods. Houses here represent various architectural styles, from Victorian to Arts and Crafts and the various 1920s revivals. The neighborhood has an equally interesting mix of residents.

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