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	River des Peres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The River des Peres is an urban river in St.
		The name means "River of the Fathers", a reference to a mission which Catholic priests established in 1700 and abandoned in 1703, roughly 60 years prior to the founding of St. Louis.
		Prior to that, a portion of the river which ran through Forest Park had been put underground in temporary wooden channels as part of the preparation for the 1904 World's Fair, which was held in the park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_des_Peres (297 words)

	Common Ground: Electronic Environmental Studies Journal
		The river is the River Des Peres, a harnessed channel that was transformed from a natural waterway into a massive civil engineering project in the early twentieth century.
		Of course, the River Des Peres is not simply a deep gorge that carries away waste water from the city and its inner suburbs.
		Today, the River Des Peres is a complicated and vital part of the second nature that keeps the Saint Louis urban area healthy for its human population.
	www.cmsu.edu /commonground/issues/current/articles/article2.htm (3364 words)

	riverfronttimes.com \| \| feature \| A Sewer Runs Through It \| 2000-12-06 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The River des Peres' 114-square-mile watershed, spider-veined with the Deer and Gravois creek tributaries, spans the city and 42 county municipalities.
		The River des Peres was always in such bad shape that Missouri's DNR never even bothered to formally excuse it -- so, by law, we're all supposed to be able to dive into the channel and take a big gulp.
		The River des Peres, however, was not yet a sewer; it was still the "wild and uncontrollable prairie stream" that had carved the meadows, valleys, wetlands and bluffs of Forest Park.
	www.rftstl.com /issues/2000-12-06/feature.html (6423 words)

	Missouri - Water Sentinels - Sierra Club
		One of those streams was the River Des Peres in St. Louis - known by the locals as the River Despair.
		River Des Peres is one of those urban streams that have been subjected to much abuse.
		Akin to urban streams throughout the country, there are also massive conduits leading to the River Des Peres that are euphemistically entitled "Combined Sewer Overflows." This is a nice way of saying that when it rains, stormwater is mixed with raw sewage and all of this dumps into the River Des Peres.
	www.sierraclub.org /watersentinels/missouri/readmore3.asp (704 words)

	Saint Louis, Missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Near the southern boundary of St. Louis County is the Meramec River.
		At the southern boundary of the city of St. Louis (separating it from the county) is the River des Peres, virtually the only river or stream within the city limits that is not entirely underground.
		Most of River des Peres was either channelized or put underground in the 1920s and early 1930s.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/s/sa/saint_louis__missouri.html (3307 words)

	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
		The Mississippi River to the east, the Missouri River to the north, and the Neramec to the south have cut large valleys.
		Along the River des Peres two-fifths of a mile downstream from the Rock Hill quarry, the nodular limestone horizon is exposed in a small cliff extending for several hundred yards along the river’s edge.
		Three-quarters of a mile to the east near the junction of the north and south branches of the River des Peres, the upper nodular horizon is exposed.
	library.wustl.edu /~eps/Thompson628new.html (7683 words)

	Welcome to Lemay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Lemay portion of Carondelet was located south of the River Des Peres and used primarily for agricultural purposes, known formally as Carondelet Commons.
		Settlement was advanced by the resolution of the land disputes and from a surge of immigrants from St. Louis, mostly Germans.
		The immigrants led to the establishment of small communities in the area south of the River Des Peres such as Luxemberg, Ivory, Bismark Heights, and Bobringville.
	www.co.st-louis.mo.us /communities/lemay/abouthistory.html (542 words)

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		This area was bisected by the River des Peres and became known as the Carondelet Commons North or South of the River des Peres, including what is now the Jefferson Barracks.
		To the south the land sloped toward the River des Peres and beyond that it began a general rise southward toward the Barracks area.
		In 1837 the Commons south of the River des Peres was surveyed and subdivided into large tracts which were used in later years for truck gardening.
	stlouis.missouri.org /neighborhoods/history/carondelet/carond.htm (6490 words)

	MAJOR RIVERS OF THE ST. LOUIS REGION & KEY RIVER MANAGEMENT ISSUES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rivers in the region have diverse characteristics and have been impacted by land use changes and river engineering projects that have degraded river water quality and wildlife habitat, although significant remediation has been realized since the Clean Water Act of 1972.
		As it flows to the south, the upper Mississippi River is joined by the Illinois River in the northern part of the region.
		To this large flow is added the small contribution of the River des Peres, a channelized stream dominated by urban runoff, and the Meramec River, an Ozark stream with diverse biota.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/2004NC/finalprogram/abstract_71541.htm (467 words)

	NASA Observatorium Earth Science Flood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We're losing our race with the river." Lee put down his coffee cup and turned toward his Macintosh; he knew they were running out of time.
		Lee knew that large residential and industrial areas were along the River Des Peres in South St. Louis.
		The course of the river, in fl, is fairly narrow on this image and occupies its normal channel.
	observe.arc.nasa.gov /nasa/exhibits/flood/flood_3.html (188 words)

	St. Louis Commerce Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By joining these three rivers with the Missouri River through a series of interconnected greenways, parks and trails, the circle is completed, providing access to the River Ring throughout the St. Louis region.
		Creating the River Ring, an interconnected system of more than 1,200 square miles of greenways along the Missouri, Mississippi, Meramec and Cuivre rivers, will not only enhance the social and environmental capital of the area, but also will be a catalyst for growth, Fisher says.
		Although Great Rivers (formerly called the Metropolitan Park and Recreation District) generates about $10 million a year from the one-tenth of one-cent sales tax, the long-term economic impact could be worth billions.
	www.stlcommercemagazine.com /archives/november2004/rings.html (1196 words)

	St. Louis in Colonial & Revolutionary War Times
		As the adventurers passed the mouth of the Missouri river, Marquette noted that the large number of floating trees and branches being carried into the Mississppi from its reaches, made navigating exceptionally dangerous.
		Unfortunately for Father Marest, the Des Peres settlement was abandoned, due to angry threats of the Osage.
		Don Carlos is built on the south bank of the Missouri River at its mouth with the Mississippi (garrisoned with seven soldiers).
	www.usgennet.org /usa/mo/county/stlouis/colonial.htm (2002 words)

	Saint_Louis,_Missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The western and northern boundaries of Saint Louis County are defined by the Missouri River.
		Near the southern boundary of Saint Louis County is the Meramec River.
		At the southern boundary of the city of Saint Louis (separating it from the county) is the River des Peres, virtually the only river or stream within the city limits that is not entirely underground.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Saint_Louis,_Missouri (4832 words)

	Missouri Bicycle News :: River Des Peres trail to open in St. Louis :: Missouri Bicycle Federation
		Great Rivers Greenway official opens its first completed project this week, according to a St.
		At least that's the hope of a regional trails and open space agency that is putting the finishing touches on a new, $4 million trail and urban "greenway" project featuring the open storm water channel as a focal point.
		Instead of shrinking from this gritty legacy, the Great Rivers Greenway District is getting ready to unveil its pilot beautification project on Sept. 16 with a formal ribbon-cutting at the river.
	www.mobikefed.org /2005/09/river-des-peres-trail-to-open-in-st.html (289 words)

	Saint Louis, Missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When it was learned that the Treaty of Paris (1763) had given England rights to all east of the Mississippi Frenchmen who had east of the river moved to the settlement west of the river.
		At the southern boundary of the city St. Louis (separating it from the county) the River des Peres virtually the only or stream within the city limits that not entirely underground.
		Most of River des was either channelized or put underground in 1920s and early 1930s.
	www.freeglossary.com /St._Louis,_Missouri (3499 words)

	STLtoday - News - Special Reports
		At the Des Peres, paid workers and volunteers scramble to patch leaks in the sandbag wall.
		On Aug. 1, the Mississippi shoves even more water into the River Des Peres, raising the river to the level of the sandbags atop the levee.
		The last sandbags on the River Des Peres blow away as if they are lint.
	www.stltoday.com /stltoday/news/special/flood93.nsf/0/748D3462193BB5B886256D57001B8B07?OpenDocument (924 words)

	Mississippi Crests Higher; Thousands Urged to Flee
		The Mississippi River heaved toward a new and higher crest Tuesday, hurling more floodwater into a tributary and through a levee on the south side of town as police shouted through bullhorns urging thousands to flee.
		The river, bent around St. Louis like a comma, swept a torrent of backwater into the River Des Peres for a second time in three days.
		In south St. Louis, authorities said the normally timid River Des Peres was overwhelmed along its entire length because of the Mississippi backwater.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V113/N30/floods.30w.html (854 words)

	Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis - Resurrection Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From the time of its first burial in 1864 to the present, close to 100,000 Catholics were buried in the straight rows between the straight roads running back to the Rocky Branch of the River Des Peres.
		In 1922 the City of St. Louis began proceedings to acquire land from the cemetery for the River Des Peres Parkway and drainage project.
		On this combined acreage west of the River Des Peres, the Archdiocese built Kenrick Theological Seminary and Cardinal Glennon College on the highest hills on the north side of Watson Road, and John Noyes laid out New Sts.
	stlcathcem.com /resurrection_loc.aspx (1295 words)

	Improvements Continue to River Des Peres Sewer System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The River des Peres, a St. Louis landmark, has functioned as a combined (sanitary and storm water) sewer since before the 1904 World’s Fair.
		During heavy rain events, the foulwater sewer beneath the open, concrete channel receives too much water and the diluted mixture of sanitary and storm water overflows the open channel.
		MSD is making improvements to the system to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSO) along the River des Peres.
	www.msd.st-louis.mo.us /PublicComm/NewsReleases/9-12-02H.htm (264 words)

	Dressing-Up the River des Peres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By 1933, all designed work on the River des Peres Sewerage and Drainage Works was essentially complete.
		The work was funded by the 1923 St. Louis General Improvement Bond Issue ($10 million was allocated to the River des Peres project).
		Dressing-up the RDP channel mostly came about as a result of the Great Depression which started in 1929.
	www.msd.st-louis.mo.us /PublicComm/Pipeline/3-1999/S3.htm (444 words)

	History of St. Louis Neighborhoods - Kingsbury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In addition to the work of straightening the River des Peres in the Worl's Fair site, similar work was undertaken across the Washington Heights area from Delmar to Lindell.
		The straight course of the river also aided in the building of the underground sewer and the construction of Des Peres Avenue above it during the early 1930's.
		Placing the River des Peres underground, ending its problems of flooding and offensive sewer odors, was a major project of the City's $87,000,000 bond issue of 1923.
	stlouis.missouri.org /neighborhoods/history/kingsbury/river15.htm (180 words)

	River des Peres Watershed Coalition: Mission/Goals
		The River des Peres Coalition aims to improve, protect, and maintain the River des Peres and its watersheds as a vital natural and cultural resource in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
		Identify the Missouri Species of Concern that are impacted by the River des Peres.
		Reduce nonpoint source and point sources of pollution contributing to the degradation of the River des Peres.
	www.thegreencenter.org /rdp/mission_goals/index.asp (388 words)

	Rivers & Trails 2003 Projects -- Missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Goal: Five miles of urban trail which will connect communities within the University City Watershed of the River Des Peres, and linking to the Katy Trail to the west, and Forest Park in St. Louis.
		Goal: Protect and restore the River Des Peres, beginning with University City Watershed 8200 acres of predominately urbanized watershed, and 15 miles of river and tributaries, through public education and resolutions for practice changes among 8 municipalities.
		Location: University City, MO Goal: To conserve 27 acres of woodlands, 2 acres of wetlands, and 2 acres of prairie, 1 mile of tributary to the River Des Peres, for wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation and outdoor education in an urban setting.
	www.nps.gov /rtca/whatwedo/projects/03pr-mo.html (283 words)

	Saint Louis, Missouri : St. Louis
		Near its southern frontier is the River Des Peres[?]; the River Des Peres is now used as a storm drainage channel and is usually reduced to mere puddles, which gives rise to the local name, the River Des Pew.
		Near the central, western boundary shared with Saint Louis County is the famous Forest Park, home of the 1904 World's fair, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 or, as it is commonly known, the Saint Louis World's Fair, and the 1904 Olympic Games[?].
		Mass transit is provided in two forms, both of which are controlled by one agency: the city bus system and Metrolink, a raised light-rail train system that mainly connects the airport to downtown and, recently, parts of the Metro East (the Saint Louis region in Illinois).
	www.fastload.org /st/St._Louis.html (1408 words)

	St. Louis Permits Office Public Notices
		P-2497.pdf - Metro seeks authorization to enclose approximately 447 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to River Des Peres, and to fill in approximately 0.08-acres of an emergent wetland.
		Williams Creek is a primary tributary to the Meramec River.
		P-2503.pdf - City of Clarksville proposal to install a handicap accessible terraced river walkway along the right descending bank of the Mississippi River, at approximate river mile 273.2, in Clarksville, Pike County, Missouri.
	www.mvs.usace.army.mil /permits/pn.htm (617 words)

	Rivers & Trails 2004 Projects -- Missouri
		Location: University City to St. Peters, MO Goal: 25 miles of urban trail which will connect communities within the University City Watershed of the River Des Peres, an dlinking to the Katy Trail to the west, and Forest Park in St. Louis.
		Goal: Approximately 2000 miles of cycling trail within the 10 states that are adjacent to the Mississippi River: AR, IL, IA, KY, LA, MN, MS,, MO, TN, and WI.
		27 miles of river and tributaries comprising the River des Peres watershed as is possible in a fully urbanized setting.
	www.nps.gov /ncrc/programs/rtca/whatwedo/projects/04pr-mo.html (244 words)

	Thomas Kempland Glass Plate Photographs of St. Louis 1914-1917
		River Des Peres: Flood of 1915 (flooded landscape)
		River Des Peres: Flood of 1915 (wreckage and railcars at Broadway Bridge)
		River Des Peres: Flood of 1915 (ladies in bathing suits at edge of floodwater)
	www.usgennet.org /usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm (1015 words)

	River des Peres Beautification
		The District has partnered with a St. Louis neighborhood group to improve the looks of the area surrounding the River des Peres (RDP) in south St. Louis City.
		The Boulevard Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association organized a massive tree planting project on the Germania Avenue side of the RDP.
		When the floodwater receeded, residents were left with unsightly sandbag walls and a ravaged landscape along the river’s lowest stretch.
	www.msd.st-louis.mo.us /publiccomm/Pipeline/3-1999/S7.htm (172 words)

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