Andrew, Oak Knoll Park is in the City of Clayton although one side borders the Clayton road boundary. If the Oak Knoll you are looking for was outside of Clayton perhaps it was a different farm. Clayton Historical Society does not seem to be on line, but they might have some answers for you. The address is 112 Mark Twain Circle, Clayton, MO 63105. Phone is 314-746-0427. There is a wonderful early spring garden in the park near the circular path. It was probably a rock garden when this was still privately owned. Lots of "little" bulbs, such as snow crocus, squill, chinodoxa, etc, have multiplied, and the snow crocus have spread into the lawn. Later the lawn is full of pink patches of Spring Beauties, (Claytonia virginica). When the leaking pond was repaired, the sculpture that turned with the sun had to be moved, and is now in front of the high school. Too bad. Happy hunting, LaVerne MO-STLOUIS-METRO-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 126 Today's Topics: #1 Oak Knoll ["Andrew Davis" #2 Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Oak Knoll ["ShowMeMule" #3 Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Oak Knoll [[email protected]] #4 Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Oak Knoll ["Andrew Davis" #5 Out of towners can get Heritage Qu [Diane ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO-D, click mailto: [email protected] Put only the word "Subscribe" in the subject line and in the body of the message. To contact the list administrator, send mail to: [email protected] Threaded List Archives can be found at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MO-STLOUIS-METRO Searchable List Archives can be found at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pllist=MO-STLOUIS-METRO The St. Louis Message Board can be found at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.stlouis ______________________________Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 23:35:00 -0400 From: "Andrew Davis" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Oak Knoll One of my ancestor lived in a house right outside of Clayton in St. Louis County name "Oak Knoll." Has anyone ever heard of this place? I know there is a park named that so I wondered if the park was built where the house used to be. ______________________________Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 22:42:15 -0500 From: "ShowMeMule" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Oak Knoll Andrew, I am not an expert on Clayton, but I know of the house. My brother got married there a few years ago. It is an old mansion that was used for years as the Natural History Museum. I loved visiting there as a child on school field trips. I assume the family donated Oak Knoll to St. Louis County, or bought it but I am not sure. Who was the ancestor that lived there ? Scott Williams, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Davis" To: Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:35 PM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Oak Knoll One of my ancestor lived in a house right outside of Clayton in St. Louis County name "Oak Knoll." Has anyone ever heard of this place? I know there is a park named that so I wondered if the park was built where the house used to be. ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look. ______________________________Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 23:49:23 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Oak Knoll History of the St. Louis Artists' Guild and Oak Knoll Park www.stlouisartistsguild.org/oak_knoll.html Andy and Scott, Lots of info here. Gloria ______________________________Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 00:04:19 -0400 From: "Andrew Davis" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Oak Knoll Thanks I had seen that site. None of the sites about Oak Knoll mention my relative Jon Barron, but I know he lived there. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Oak Knoll History of the St. Louis Artists' Guild and Oak Knoll Park www.stlouisartistsguild.org/oak_knoll.html Andy and Scott, Lots of info here. Gloria ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you are on the Digest List [email protected] ______________________________Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 11:00:42 -0500 From: Diane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Out of towners can get Heritage Quest The Godfrey Library in Middletown CT offers access to Heritage Quest through its web site. The web site is: http://www.godfrey.org/ You pay $35.00 for a library card and you get access to Heritage Quest as well as to other really helpful on line resources. In my opinion, Heritage Quest alone is worth $35.00 per year. During the week, you can call the library at (860) 346-4375 to register and start using their online resources right now if you pay using a credit card. I told a family member about this and he has recently signed up. He says it is really helpful - especially the automated on line books in Heritage Quest. A lot of folks overlook that feature but I have found cemetery transcriptions, city directories and in one case a book that was written about a judge that mentioned his wife - my relly! Apparently there is a lot of good stuff in the Godfrey Library's on line subscription. I am not trying to sell anything here. I have Heritage Quest. St. Louisans can get it through the Public Library and the St. Louis County library. Their subscriptions limit access to people who are qualified to hold library cards. The Godfrey Memorial Library has an "open" subscription so that anybody can get a library card and get access to Heritage Quest and their other on line resources. If anybody signs up (or already is signed up) through the Godfrey Library, would you please e-mail me and tell me what you think of it? I am sure the Heritage Quest will be there, but I have heard that there are other resources available that might be worth the investment of $35.00 by others as well. I am particularly interested to see if they have archives of on-line New York newspapers. We have the New York Times on our subscription to Heritage Quest through the St. Louis County library and I have used that a lot. I wonder if there are New Jersey papers or the New York Herald there. Thanks a lot Diane Shaw Soggy in Hillsboro, MO