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7 unusual facts about Florissant


Blue catfish

On July 20, 2010, a yet to be certified new world record blue catfish was caught by Greg Bernal of Florissant, MO, on the Missouri River.

Charles de la Croix

After the arrival of Father Rosati, president of the new seminary, de la Croix went to Florissant, Missouri on December 3, 1818.

KFTK

The station originally signed on the air in the Mid 1970s, as KSCF – standing for St. Charles & Florissant, with a "Middle of the Road" Easy Listening format.

McCluer North High School

McCluer North High School, founded in 1971, is a public school in Florissant, Missouri.

Michael J. Sheeran

Sheeran was born in New York City in 1940, and entered the Society of Jesus at Florissant, Missouri, in 1957.

Sequoia affinis

There are many Sequoia fossils found at the Florissant fossil beds in Florissant, Colorado, including Sequoia affinis.

Tetrapus

The genus is estimated to be 87.5 million years old using cytochrome oxidase nucleotide sequences, and more than 34.5 million years old based on a fossil from Florissant, Colorado in the United States.


Alveolar capillary dysplasia

According to the St. Louis Children's Hospital (the Level I pediatric trauma center and pediatric teaching hospital for the Washington University School of Medicine), which is noted worldwide for its record in pediatric pulmonary transplantation, a type of artificial lung device, the Quadrox, was used after ECMO as a bridge to a dual lung transplant in ten-month-old Eleni Scott of the St. Louis suburb of Florissant, Missouri, who after transplantation returned to her home.

Fairground, St. Louis

The neighborhood’s boundaries are defined as Glasgow Avenue on the east, west and North Florissant Avenues on the north, Warne on the west, and Fairground Park and Natural Bridge Avenue on the south.

Florentine Bechtel

Bechtel entered the Jesuits in his native France and was sent to serve the Jesuit missions in the Midwestern United States and studied theology at the former Jesuit St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant, Missouri.

Robert Lowery

Robert G. Lowery (born 1940), American politician from Florissant, Missouri

U.S. Route 67

Lindbergh, named for aviator Charles Lindbergh, continues north through Frontenac, Ladue, Creve Coeur, Maryland Heights, Bridgeton, Hazelwood and Florissant until it reaches Lewis & Clark Boulevard (Route 367).

Walnut Park East, St. Louis

Its borders are West Florissant Avenue (Calvary Cemetery) to the northeast, Emerson Avenue to the southeast, Interstate 70 (I-70) to the southwest and west, and Riverview Boulevard to the northwest.


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