Name/Title
Lake Contrary Days of Glory 1880-1964Entry/Object ID
L2017.28.24Description
Lake Contrary Days of Glory 1880-1964 Lake Contrary, Buchanan County, MO is an oxbow lake on the south edge of St. Joseph, MO. It was a resort for all with fishing cabins to elegant hotels, the fairgrounds and racetrack, the streetcars, the Lotus Club with its boathouse, the dance pavilion, casino, and amusement park.
Clyde Weeks has gathered memorabilia, conversations with many people who worked with the last owners, the Ingersolls, and his own memories to create a book filled with photographs of all the stages the lake went through in its history.
Inserted into book: St. Joseph News-Press article 'Lake Contrary Park lives again in new book' December 17, 1992. Also newspaper ad for book, dated December 19, 1992.
110/Softbound/Illustrations\Maps/PhotographsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
St. Joseph History, Lake Contrary Amusement Park, Business, Lake Contrary, Buchanan CountyBook Details
Author
Clyde WeeksPlace Published
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriDate Published
1992Call No.
StJoArea WEISBN
1-882547-03-9Notes
Copy No.: 2Condition
Overall Condition
Excellent