KETC | Living St. Louis | Ferris Wheel / 2004 Activities

From KETC, Living St. Louis Producer Patrick Murphy visits Forest Park for a look at festivities commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. In 2004, the park hosted a variety of special attractions and events such as bringing in a replica of the original World's Fair Ferris wheel, welcoming the Olympic torch run, as well as the annual Shakespeare Festival and Great Balloon Race. And several of the museums and cultural institutions in the park had special exhibits for the anniversary including Lewis and Clark at the History Museum and Art of the Osage at the Art Museum.

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• WorldsFair
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My great-Uncle and Ant Ferris were behind this. There my grandmas moms brother, even though they past away way back then...