One of the more interesting areas in the St. Louis metropolitan area is The August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area. This was purchased by the Missouri Department of Conservation in 1947 from the federal government. In the early 1940s, the area was used by the Department of Army as a TNT munitions plant to supportContinue reading “The August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area”
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Bunkers
A walk through Busch Wildlife Conservation Area is a walk back in time. The holes in the ground are actually ammunition bunkers. During World War II there was an ammunition manufacturing plant in the area. Rather than storing the finished product in a single area, it was stored in small, well fortified bunkers throughout theContinue reading “Bunkers”
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