>From Gloria comes this site. The author sounds very authoritative on the pronunciation of GRATIOT. http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/Gratiot/gratiotfaq.htm How is Gratiot pronounced? grass-shut Where does the name come from? The prison was at the corner of 8th and Gratiot Streets in St. Louis. Does anything remain on the site? No. The location is now the headquarters of Ralston-Purina and has been for over a century. The original Gratiot building was demolished in 1878. As near as I could determine, the actual prison site is now a parking lot. --------------------------------------------------------- This is one of the best sites on the net about old time St Louis I've run across. It is fun to go surfing here and extremely informative. I highly recommend this site.----Jim PS Can't be sure about their pronunciation though.