ST. LOUIS — Young Henry Shaw, only 18, was selling cutlery out of a rented room in St. Louis when a chance, half-day journey out of town on horseback one spring day in 1819 led him to his destiny — the prairie that would become his garden.
Missouri Botanical Garden celebrates its 150th birthday
Sunday, June 14, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:14 p.m. CDT, Saturday, June 20, 2009
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