| 1904/00/00 |
Chicago House Wrecking Company |
Owner |
The Chicago House Wrecking Company dismantles the Columbian Expo Ferris Wheel and transports it by rail to St Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition where the CHWC will earned about $215,000 (c $6,500,000 in 2021). |
Chicago, grande roue (film) |
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| 1904/00/00 |
Reasoners' Royal Palm Nurseries Inc |
Plant Supplier |
George T Kessler, official Landscape Architect of the St Louis World's Fair, selects Reasoners' Royal Palm Nurseries as a supplier of plants for use in landscaping the fairgrounds. |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
| 1904/04/30 |
Henry C Wright |
Landscape Architect |
Opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
| 1904/07/00 |
George W Ferris |
Engineer |
George Ferris's Columbian Exposition Ferris Wheel is erected in St Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. |
Chicago, grande roue (film) |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
| 1904/08/20 |
Kate Chopin |
Visitor |
During a visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Kate Chopin suffers a cerebral hemorrhage. |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
| 1904/09/15 |
Abbott Lawrence Rotch |
Scientist |
Abbott Lawrence Rotch sends up the first American lighter-than-air balloon equipped with meteorological instruments. |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
| 1904/11/16 |
Thomas Wolfe |
Brother |
Thomas Wolfe's brother, Grover, dies of typhoid fever contracted while working at the St Louis World's Fair, details are use in two later novels. |
Look Homeward, Angel |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
| 1904/11/16 |
Thomas Wolfe |
Brother |
Thomas Wolfe's brother, Grover, dies of typhoid fever contracted while working at the St Louis World's Fair, details are use in two later novels. |
The Lost Boy (Wolfe book) |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
| 1906/05/11 |
Chicago House Wrecking Company |
Owner |
Unable to find buyers for the great Ferris Wheel, the Chicago House Wrecking Company dynamites the structure. The CHWC will sell the metal for scrap. |
Chicago, grande roue (film) |
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| 1938/00/00 |
Murphy and Wischmeyer |
Architect |
Wischmeyer and Murphy submit the winning design for the Municipal Theatre in Forest Park (known as the Muny). |
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