>"Bricks! I took many with me to NJ in 1976 " --that is genuinely weird! Why would you take St. Louis bricks to New Jersey when they have plenty of bricks in New Jersey ? I got a laugh out of this -- you are as nutty about this history as I am :-) Maybe we ought to begin collecting soil samples and start a club! I'll trade a jar of Florissant loam for a jar of south St. Louis fire clay:-) Scott K. Williams