Follow the development of streetcar service from the first attempts to build streetcar lines to Kirkwood and Webster Groves, the self proclaimed "Suburban Queens,” through the years of the Kirkwood-Ferguson 01, the Manchester 53, 54, 55, and 56, and the Brentwood 57 streetcar service. Brentwood, Clayton, Glendale, Ferguson, Maplewood, Meramec Highlands, Oakland, Osage Hills, Richmond Heights, University City, St. Louis, Wellston and other areas served by the Kirkwood-Ferguson, Brentwood, and Manchester lines are included in the history. More than 300 pages of streetcar history and memories, over 70 period illustrations, maps and photographs, a comprehensive index, and extensive footnotes are included. The book tells of strikes, collisions, litigation, bankruptcy, closings, the joys and frustrations of residents along the lines and more. King Trolley and the Suburban Queens will take you back in time.
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"...thorough research...your book will be an often quoted reference for other historians." --Jan Schmidt, Educator, November, 2005
I give you an A-plus on writing and writing style. The book exudes verve and personality front to back. --Wayne Brasler - streetcar entusiast, November 26, 2005
...it is as credible as such a rail/history book can be from the era of 1890-1927. --David Bales, St. Louis Railway Enthusiasts, Whistle Talk, February 2006
I give you an A-plus on writing and writing style. The book exudes verve and personality front to back. --Wayne Brasler - streetcar entusiast, November 26, 2005
...it is as credible as such a rail/history book can be from the era of 1890-1927. --David Bales, St. Louis Railway Enthusiasts, Whistle Talk, February 2006
About the Author
Author James Baker retired in 2004 after thirty-one years as a special educator, most recently as an administrator for Special School District of St. Louis County. Since retiring, he has divided his time between educational consulting, writing local history, public speaking engagements,and maintaining his historic home. He and his family (along with Murray, the resident West Highland Terrier) live in the original general store for the former Meramec Highlands Resort. He has served two terms on the Kirkwood, Missouri - Landmarks Commission and is a director for the Kirkwood Historical Society. His previous book was Glimpses of Meramec Highlands. It was recentlyreprinted with an added index and a new introduction. James has written articles for various publications and provided the text for a chapter on Transportation in the Kirkwood Sesquicentennial book, Kirkwood: a Pictorial History. James is preparing a sequel to Glimpses of Meramec Highlands and is collecting information and additional photos for that project. Around Christmas or at Shakespeare in the Park, you may find James in Elizabethan garb singing with the Greenleaf Singers, a madrigal troupe. James received the Kemper Local History Award in 1998 for Glimpses of Meramec Highlands.
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By P.J. Whyte "William Mounts" (Farmington, Missouri) - See all my reviews
This review is from: King Trolley and the Suburban Queens - St. Louis County Streetcar Service from 1890-1950 (Paperback)
I have just finished reading the above subject item and found it to be interesting, but singularly one dimensional. It contained quite a lot of information on the Manchester line, (54), as it made its way through the different communities. One may think that the term singularly one dimensional is harsh. It is however, my opinion on the subject. The book ignores the North County area and the part it plays. There were minor references to the North County. The details were set out from Maplewood, to Webster Groves, and finally on to Kirkwood. Adjacent sections of the County were mentioned to some degree, but the main character was the Manchester.
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Some mysterious solved and a lot of reading pleasure offered,
By Jim Andrews "Wayne Brasler" (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: King Trolley and the Suburban Queens - St. Louis County Streetcar Service from 1890-1950 (Paperback)
This book on the streetcar lines serving the suburbs of Webster Groves, Kirkwood and adjacent areas including Meramec Highlands (it is not a book on the suburan streetcars of St. Louis) offers a strong narrative, excellent photos (many little seen) and also the answers to many mysteries, such as where the head-on crash that nearly put the original line out of business occurred. It also clarifies the streetcar routes and indicates portions which, after the tracks were removed, became streets. The book also captures the life and times of the streetcar era and growing up and living in suburbs which also were, in themselves, small towns. This book was produced with loving care and its shows. Totally enjoyable for anyone from the area, anyone familiar with St. Louis, and anyone in lovely with trolley lines.
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