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Monday, December 14, 2021 marks 1,211 days since the Great American Eclipse of 2017, and 1,211 days to the next total solar eclipse for Ste. Geneviève — on April 8, 2024. A solar eclipse did take place on Monday, December 14, 2021 and it was viewable in Argentina and Chile in South America. A photo of the 2017 solar eclipse taken in downtown Ste. Geneviève. Ste. Geneviève was included in the path of totality on August 21, 2017 — the first time that was the case since perhaps the 1400s. The St. Louis area had not previously been on the centerline for a total solar eclipse since 1442, and St. Louis won’t be on the centerline for the 2024 eclipse. The 2024 centerline will cross the United States from Texas to the northeast. The north edge of the centerline will not extend as far up as Festus but it will include Ste. Geneviève County. As the northern end of the centerline, Ste. Geneviève will have about 2 minutes of totality; Cape Girardeau will have about 4 minutes as the midpoint of the centerline. Ste. Geneviève had more than 2 1/2 minutes of totality in 2017 by being at the midpoint Read more…

River Rapids Waterpark at the Ste. Geneviève County Community Center was featured recently on onlyinyourstate.com. The park’s final day of the 2022 season is Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2022. Click here to see the story. Read more…

To help organize your school tour we have a listing of the places to visit and where to have a sack lunch. All of the groups want your visit to be enjoyable so we encourage you to contact these folks ahead of time so they can plan for your students and provide the best experience. Contact List for School Tours Centre for French Colonial Life – Centre for French Colonial Life; Bolduc House/LeMeilleur Home; Living History at the Linden House – Roseanne (573) 883-3105 or email roseanne.ahne@frenchcolonialamerica.org Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park – Beauvais-Amoreaux House, Green Tree Tavern, Jean Baptist Valle House – https://www.nps.gov/stge/planyourvisit/permitsandreservations.htm State of Missouri – Felix Valle State Historic Site – Lauren Miller (573) 883-7102 Foundation for Restoration – Guibourd-Valle House – Skip Weiler mikeskipweiler@hotmail.com Catholic Church – open for self-guided tours Museum Learning Center – Missouri Dinosaur and Ste. Genevieve History – Abigail Kern (573)-883-3466 Sack Lunch at Lions Park – genesautoservice@sbcglobal.net Read more…

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt spoke before a large crowd to mark the establishment of the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in October of 2020. Representatives of the National Park Service, the city of Ste. Genevieve and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources joined U.S. Senator Roy Blunt and State Representative Dale Wright in participating in the event on the porch of the Jean-Baptiste Valle House, which serves as the headquarters for the park. A new sign for the Welcome Center was unveiled as well. Watch the ceremony as taped by Ste. Genevieve Community Access Television by clicking here. Read more…

2019 Ste. Geneviève was featured in this USA Today gallery article about its architectural and historical significance. Read the article HERE. Read more…