ORIGIN OF STREET NAMES IN HYDE PARK

Hyde Park began as the town of Bremen, in 1844. Many of the settlers came from germany. As a result, the city was named after a city in northern Germany. Emil Mallinckrodt encouraged other Germans to come to the area, by promising cheap land and a German-speaking environment.

Angelica: Angelica Yeatman - Property Owner
Bremen: A subdivision and incorporated town after a German City
Destrehan: Louis Destrehan - French inhabitor
Farragut: Admiral Daniel Glasgow Farragut-Civil War
Grand: For the "Grand Avenue" it was intended to be if the plans to make it a long thoroughfare 150 ft wide had been realized.
Penrose: Clement B. Penrose - one of the commissioners of an early land court
Strodtman Place: George W. Strodtman Real Estate Agent
Mallinckrodt: Emil Mallinckrodt - Founder of Mallinckrodt Chemical Company
Blair: Frank P. Blair - Lawyer and Union General
Salisbury: Thomas Salisbury -Early Property Owner
Hyde park: Hyde Park in London
Ferry: River Ferry - formerly operated in Hyde Park
Bissel Street: General Daniel Lewis - Army Officer - Owned land in vicinity- Riverboat captain and merchant
Angelrodt: E.C. Angelrodt - One of the founders of Bremen
Branch: Rocky Branch - Small Creek - Ruisseau Des Pierre in French

5-27-98 Shirley A. Saunders, Webmaster for Hyde Park's Web Site