So there is a Jennings connection also -- interesting. You probably know that Garesche and most of the streets were about three blocks long -- the City/Jennings line crossed the most western block. I lived on Lalite in the City and walked two blocks, crossing Goodfellow, to St. Louise de Marillac Church and School on Lalite in Jennings. I never heard it referred to as Jennings Heights, just Walnut Park and Jennings. Garesche is still a beautiful street...something special. Peggy Kruse In a message dated 5/25/2005 10:06:39 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Dear Peggy, Some of the information about those streets is in the book on St. Louis streets, but, to answer your question, Garesché (spelled wrong - easy enough - on one of the street signs) was named for A. J. P. Garesché, a lawyer who married Emma Jennings and was my great uncle. The reason some of the street were named for family members, as I understand it, (Mimika - his mother, Lalite - a cousin, Clara - I think an aunt, Lillian - not sure who) is that they developed the land - Jennings Heights, so they named the streets. The streets I'm not sure of were Jennings relatives and my map of Jennings Heights is buried in "stuff," so I can't get at it. Not like having a street named in your HONOR, like Lindbergh! Sort of like having a vanity plate on your car - at a larger scale...... Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Camp Halcyon, south of Holland, MI > > I don't know anything about Camp Halcyon, Betty, but from 1952 (age 9) until > 1965, I lived on Lalite in the Walnut Park area. The street to the north, > beautiful with a parkway, was Garesche. We had heard that a Mr. Garesche had > once owned all the land around there and the surrounding streets were named > for his daughters....Lillian, Sherry, Lalite, Laura, Helen? Any relation -- > and do you know if this is true? > > Thanks, > Peggy Kruse > Florissant >