The Signing of the Treaty Tablet

The Signing of the Treaty Tablet

The tablet represents Monroe, Livingston, and Marbois signing the Louisiana Purchase Treaty on April 30, 1803. Monroe is on the left, behind the chair; Livingston is seated; and Marbois is signing the treaty. The tablet was donated by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition...
Spanish Cannon ‘Examinador’

Spanish Cannon ‘Examinador’

In 1900, the United States Government presented the City of St. Louis with a gift — a Spanish cannon titled Examinador that had most likely been captured during the Spanish-American War. An article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from April 1901 states that the...

Nathan Frank Bandstand

The original Forest Park bandstand, or music pagoda, was a wooden structure that stood on an island in Pagoda Lake. It was built about the time the park was dedicated in 1876. Mary J. Rankin donated statues representing the four seasons in 1886. The bandstand was...