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After The Fair
Previous Day1911

Below is a list of events that happened after 1911.

Events

1916

  • An Endowment Fund for the benefit of an Historical Museum and Library, to consist of the Archives of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company .


1925

  • The Louisiana Purchase Historical Association Corporation was merged into The Missouri Historical Society, as Francis Davis had long intended.


September, 1934

  • DeForest Wireless Telegraph Tower, standing atop a hill in Creve Coeur Park overlooking the lake, was disassembled for the last time.


April, 1986

  • A handful of people met, under the leadership of founder Max Storm, to discuss the formation of a society with a mission dedicated to “preserving the memory and memorabilia of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition”.[1]


April 30, 1986

  • On the 82nd anniversary of the opening day of the Fair, the World's Fair Society held their first official membership meeting. [1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1904 World Fair Society, Various Sources

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