Author: Caitlin Crane

Archives and Rare Books

“Occupation: Social Evil”

By — October 12, 2015

“There has been sin in the universe ever since Satan tore Heaven asunder and hell was born, and hand to hand with sin, down through the aisle of time, both in sacred and profane history, has stalked ‘The Scarlet Woman’ – at once man’s creation, man’s sorrow and man’s curse.”

– "Missouri Republican", December 29, 1872

Archives and Rare Books

“Honest food, sunshine, [and] pure air”: Ridge Farm convalescent hospital for children

By — August 14, 2015

Some 25 miles outside of St. Louis, on a hill overlooking the Meramec River near Valley Park, there once operated a convalescent hospital for children. Overseen by St. Louis Children’s Hospital, this hospital on 127 acres in the Missouri woods was officially called the Country Department of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, but was commonly known as Ridge Farm.

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