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People scrambled across the Mississippi on Feb. 7, 1936, at Gasconade Street in south St. Louis and, a few days later, near the Municipal (now MacArthur) Bridge downtown.
The river froze over at St. Louis at least 10 times from 1831 to 1938, when completion of the Alton Lock and Dam corralled much of the ice from the
WBGZ Radio 2/7/2021 | By Ross Pearson - WBGZ Radio The National Great Rivers Museum located off the Berm Highway next to the Alton Lock and Dam will re-open their doors to the public beginning tomorrow (Monday). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operate the museum and say they will resume their regular operating hours along with their daily free public tours. Spokesperson Allison Rahnor tells the Big Z some of the precautions they have put in place. click play for Rahnor's comments Rahnor says one of the only differences for now will be no tours of the lock and dam. Reaching the top of the da...