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As Gertrude Stein, the late mistress of the mystic meaning. might
have said?when is a road is a road is a road is an avenue? Particu-
larly, when in Florissant'?

Literal meaning of the word ?f?lorissant? is ?flowering.? And.
when it came to thoroughfares?avenues, roads, boulevards, everything
but alleys?the name of Florissant ??owered? promiscuoust hereabouii.

From downtown St. Louis to the 7
City of Florissant bloomed forth are about a dozen cities, towns and
such off-shoots of the F'iorissanthiu?ges Sporting a Florissant rdl.
species as North Florissant mm? or what'have'yw'

. 9 Available maps disagree in some
Flam Florissant ave" west instances on when Florissant is an
Florissant ave.. Florissant rd., Flor- avenue, a road. a boulevard. new.
issant blvd.. Old F'lorissant rd. and old. north or west. And in some
New morissant rd, [instances the house numbering on
different Florissants is the same.
. Armed with maps, directories. 8.
And one tw??b1?:k ?may?; compass. a good hunting dog and
Daren?? an mm? Wan are several days' rations. a sharp

away miles south, as the crow -
?ies, from the City of might be able t0 ?nd 

a .
*0 blush gamma? in Valley Actually, there are three distinct
Park as Flo?ssant - F'lorissant thoroughfares, plus the
to'I?hEIretare ?nger intrigude iac- Valley Park street,
rs a con expec 0 ur-
ther confuse a Fiorissant-beiuddled Three Thoroughfare!
motorist. For example, signs in 1. The first starts at Mullanphy
downtown St. Louis announced st. as a continuation of 12th st.
Romany. meaning North It extends north to N. Grand ave.
mcrimt. Other signs in mcris_.and thence west through Jennings
l?ant' some 10 miles away, also 1mm ?and then north again through the
Gate morissantn_on1y it means eastern fringe of Ferguson to U. B.
?New And it couldIHighway 66. where it ends.
mEan ?Not morisaant'n 2. The second??OId  rd:
Also, ior a three block stretch in ?1nterseCts Highway 66 about a

mile and a half est. 
Jennings the madw? ??mm?nly it extends into thv: City 


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the street. but it is just plain Flor- - at 8011ther it extends into gap
issant ave on the north side ac- 
comm to'str 1 - guson. becoming Elizabeth ave.
?3 5 3?15' - 3. The third begins at the Nor-

The St. Louis County Directory
illustrates with confusing exactness gg?gilwg?g?ewggf 

the muddle an uninitiated motoristlnorth through Ferguson as Flair

might ?nd human m' . ,sant blvd.. crosses U. S. Highway
16 Separate Listings -66 and another mile and one-half

The directory offers 16 separate . west of where Old Florissant inter-
listings of the Florissant thorough- sects the iighway. North of the
fare family in its alphabetical ros- highway it becomes New Florissant
ter of roads. In addition. underlrd. and extends northward through
the listings by municipalities, there the City of F'lorissant.

 

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