Welcome to Lafayette Park, the oldest developed urban park west of the Mississippi. The Lafayette Park Conservancy (LPC) is dedicated to restoring and preserving its legacy.
Lafayette Park was originally part of the St. Louis Common, a public pasture established in the 1760s. When the Common was divided and sold in 1836, thirty acres were reserved as a public square. The Lafayette Park Conservancy (LPC) was founded in 2001, on the 150th anniversary of the creation of the park. The Conservancy’s mission is to preserve and restore the park’s historic legacy, and to raise funds for those purposes.
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As you might imagine, I was caught completely off-guard when, strolling through the shire one evening, a dashing young prince in the guise of a Blanchard’s cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) bounced out of the shadows and onto the path before me, demanding a kiss.