Minnehaha Caves

• Minnehaha Brewery 18?? – 1867
  • Located at 7th and Broadway
  • Cherokee Brewery 1872 - ??
• Built by Theodore & Robert Herold
  • Located at 2726 Cherokee St. (corner of Iowa)

Lee Hess

• Rich Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
• 1945 Purchases Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion
• Spent most of his fortune a 4 year project:
  • Converted Mansion 2nd Floor into 2 Apartments
  • Converted Minnehaha Brewery to Museum
  • Removed walls between Lemp and Minnehaha Caves
  • Archeological dig for 6 months exhuming 2,000+ animal bones.

Peccary Cemetery

• Lived after the last glacial stage of the Ice Age.

• About 500,000 years ago.

• Also found; Black Bear, Armadillo, porcupine and raccoon.

• Akin to a modern day pig

Dr. George Gaylord Simpson Curator of Fossil Mammals of the American Museum of Natural History on NY
 

Demascus Palace

• Originally stood at Maidan in Demascus
• Home of Mohammedan in the XIII Century
• Exhibited at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago 1893.
• Exhibited at the St Louis Word Fair in 1904
• Hand carved cedar palace.
• Dismantled in Syria.

Contained:

• Cradle of Mohammedan Caliph (532AD)
• Historical tapestries & paintings
• Window guards from the time of Christ.
• Fine art of ebony, pearl, ivory, crystal.
• Shields of exquisite design
• Swords of Damascus steel.
• Tile court consists of 4,000 pieces
• A fountain of rare beauty
• Gold embroideries textiles and rugs