Eighth stop
This area is an Irish enclave in St Louis. When people think of the word Irish they may think of pubs and parades, which this area has some fine ones.
Many also think of monks and crosses also which can be found in this area. Many think the area received its nickname during the 1904 World’s Fair but the name derives from the mining that went on there in the 1800’s.
Guest blogger Rich
Cake artist - Jess Goldthorpe
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Ninth Stop
With a snake and a cake!
Turtle Park was stop 9 on our Baker’s Dozen tour. To be honest with you, I have heard of Turtle Park but had no idea where it was or what it was. Little
did I know I’ve passed it quite a few times going to the zoo. It’s located directly across Highway 40 from the zoo.
Turtle Park is just that, a park full of turtles, concrete turtles. There is a red-eared slider turtle, a soft-shelled turtle, a map turtle, lots of box turtles, and a giant snake. These turtles are made for kids to climb and play on.
My kids had fun climbing and sliding down the huge concrete turtles.
St. Louis artist Robert Cassilly is the creator and sculptor of the giant turtles. He is also the creator of the City Museum.
Guest blogger - Diane
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