Professor says Ballpark Village is historic, artifacts could be lost
ST. LOUIS -- Work on the long-stalled Ballpark Village is finally heating up, but a history professor says it’s the site of a historic battle and hopes it’s not too late for the owner to bring historians to the site.
Ground-clearing work is under way in preparation for the area of shops and restaurants near St. Louis’ Busch Stadium expected to open in about a year.
But St. Louis Community College-Meramec professor Michael Fuller told KMOX Radio that the site is where the “Battle of St. Louis,” also known as the “Battle of Fort San Carlos,” took place 233 years ago. Several Native American tribes brought together by the British attacked Fort San Carlos, which was held by the French. As many as 2,000 warriors advanced on Fort San Carlos on May 26, 1780.
Fuller worries that artifacts like arrowheads, cannonballs, even bones, might be lost for good without an opportunity for an archaeologist to explore the site.
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