INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIEWING SITE

The St. Louis Regional History Project utilizes interactive web technologies to explore the history of the City of St. Louis and the St. Louis region.

To begin your tour of St. Louis, simply choose a year by clicking the timeline menu bar on the left side of the main page. As you enter your selected decade, a three-dimensional model of downtown St. Louis will appear on the left side of your screen. By clicking on the various buildings, people and objects you will be able to access information about them, which will appear on the right side of your screen.

If this is your first visit, you will need to download the necessary plug-in to view the model. This software, called Cortona, is available free from parallel graphics and downloads relatively quickly.

You may also need to download the latest version of Quicktime in order to access various audio and video clips. This is a free download from apple.com.

Use the navigation bar and cursor to walk the city streets or fly over them. Click on structures and people in the landscape to access information about them on the right side of your screen. (If the site does not fit on your screen, you will have to adjust your screen resolution to 1024 x 768.) Chart a path of inquiry across space and time to discover how St. Louisans made history by reconstructing the city the around them.

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For questions regarding this site: virtualstl@jinx.umsl.edu Last updated: August 7, 2002