Soulard Farmers Market

Soulard Farmers Market on a Saturday morning, August 2011
Grand Hall at Soulard Farmers Market, July 2007
Drawing of Soulard Market by Marguerite Martyn, 1912
Soulard Market with crowds of people and horse-drawn carriages, 1910

Soulard Farmers Market is the oldest operating public market in St. Louis, Missouri in the Soulard neighborhood, and the only one operated by the city.[1] It has a reputation of being the oldest public market in the United States west of the Mississippi River.[2]

  1. ^ Fox, T.; Missouri Historical Society (1995). Where We Live: A Guide to St. Louis Communities. Missouri Historical Society guidebooks. Missouri Historical Society Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-883982-12-6. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  2. ^ Matson, M. (1994). Food in Missouri: A Cultural Stew. Missouri heritage readers. University of Missouri Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8262-0960-3. Archived from the original on 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2018-08-19.