Many St. Louisans may think they know North County, but this is a community of myriad surprises. For example, did you realize that North County is home to:
• the #1 farmers market in Missouri
• one of the fastest growing Fortune 100 companies
• the official practice rink of the St. Louis Blues
• a NASA-inspired space simulator & mission control
• the oldest golf course west of the Mississippi
• winter feeding grounds for American Bald Eagles
• the birthplace of monster trucks
• the birthplace of America’s first space capsules
McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) – see James S. McDonnell Prologue Room in St. Louis, which portrays a century of milestones, the Prologue Room showcases the courageous pioneers of aviation and the achievements of thousands who turned dreams into reality
• nearly 30 miles of historic Route 66
Historic Route 66 – From the Chain of Rocks bridge you would travel through Bellefontaine Neighbors, Florissant, Ferguson, Hazelwood, Bridgeton and St. Ann, all in the North County area
• one of the highest points in St. Louis County
Charbonier Bluff in the St. Stanislaus Conservation Area
• the site of the first airplane flight by a US president
President Theodore Roosevelt – the flight took place on October 11, 1912 by the former POTUS. Roosevelt flew for 4 minutes in an airplane built by aviation pioneers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, at Kinloch Aviation Field near St. Louis, Missouri.
• more than 50 locations on the National Register of Historic Places, including oldest house in St. Louis
