The Urbanization of a Watershed

Historical marker location:

500 DeBaliviere Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on DeBaliviere Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Changing the course of the River des Peres. St. Vincent Greenway

The Missouri State Penitentiary, located in Jefferson City, was once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi River. It opened in 1836 and closed in 2004.