Florissant

[ flawr-uh-suh nt ]

/ ˈflɔr ə sənt /

a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.

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With dusk approaching, the massive crowd marched north on Florissant.
Ferguson on Edge Again as Night Falls|Justin Glawe|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Johnson is the first cop not wearing riot gear and carrying an assault rifle to walk down Florissant in the past few days.
Ferguson on Edge Again as Night Falls|Justin Glawe|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The fossil-beds at Florissant are one of the most famous of fossil-deposits.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills
On board the Florissant one hundred and eighty men were slain and three hundred wounded.
Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar.|Alfred H. Miles

We visited Florissant, a French village, containing a convent and a young ladies' seminary.
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America|S. A. Ferrall
In 1821, the little community of Florissant sent out its first offshoot.
Venerable Philippine Duchesne|G. E. M.
Mother Duchesne resumed her old life at Florissant--a life of prayer, toil and self-immolation.
Venerable Philippine Duchesne|G. E. M.