the St. Louis ArchSt. Louis was founded by traders moving north and south on the river, by explorers and frontier families from the eastern states pushing restlessly west. It is a place that is neither northern nor southern, neither eastern nor western, but the one place that combines traits of all. It has been influenced by descendants of European colonists, by thousands of years of rich Native American culture which predated it and surrounded it, and by standing on the shadow line between the slave states and the free states.

This is the place where a nation reached the great river and halted, staring across the water into wide, wild lands. It has been both a destination and a gateway to other lands. In St. Louis, the United States ended and the wild began. So it was here that the citizens of the young United States streamed across and into the western territories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from a wide bend on the continent’s mightiest river. This is where the United States discovered America.

This is the Core of Discovery.

Oct 28, 1965

The St.Louis Arch

October 28, 1965St. Louis was founded by traders moving north and

south on the river, by explorers and frontier families

from the eastern states pushing restlessly west. It is

a place that is neither northern nor southern, neither

eastern nor western, but the one place that combines

traits of all. It has been influenced by descendants of

European colonists, by thousands of years of rich Native

American culture which predated it and surround

ed it, and by standing on the shadow line between

the slave states and the free states. It has been

both a destination and a gateway to other lands.

This is the place where a nation reached the great

river and halted, staring across the water into wide,

wild lands. In St. Louis, the United States end

ed and the wild began. So it was here that the citi

zens of the young United States streamed across

and into the western territories, first with Lewis

and Clark and then with countless others. It all be

gan from a bend on the continent’s mightiest River.

This is the Core of Discovery.

This is where the United States

discovered America.

The Saint Louis Arch

St. Louis was founded by traders moving north and south on the river, by explorers and frontier families from the eastern states pushing restlessly west. It is a place that is neither northern nor southern, neither eastern nor western, but the one place that combines traits of all. It has been influenced by descendants of European colonists, by thousands of years of rich Native American culture which predated it and sur-rounded it, and by standing on the shadow line be-tween the slave states and the free states. It has been both a destination and a gateway to other lands.This is the place where a nation reached the great river and halted, staring across the water into wide, wild lands. In St. Louis, the United States ended and the wild began. So it was here that the citizens of the young United States streamed across and into the western territories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from a wide bend on the continent’s mightiest river.

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October 28th, 1965

St. Louis was found-ed by traders mov-ing north and south

on the river, by explor-ers and frontier families from the eastern states pushing restlessly west. It is a place that is neither northern nor southern, neither eastern nor west-ern, but the one place that combines traits of all. It has been influenced by descendants of European colonists, by thousands of years of rich Native American culture which predated it and surround-ed it, and by standing on the shadow line between the slave states and the free states. It has been both a destination and a gateway to other lands.

This is the place where a nation reached the great river and halted, staring across the water into wide, wild lands. In St. Louis, the United States end-ed and the wild began. So it was here that the citizens of the young United

States streamed across and into the western territories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from a wide bend on the continent’s mighti-est river. This is where the United States discovered America. This is the Core of Discovery.

1965

This is the Core of Discovery.

This is where the United States discovered America.

restlessly west. It is a place that is neither northern nor southern, neither eastern nor western, but

the one place that combines traits of all. It has been influenced by descendants of European colo

nists, by thousands of years of rich Native American culture which predated it and surrounded it,

and by standing on the shadow line between the slave states and the free states. It has been both a

destination and a gateway to other lands. This is the place where a nation reached the great river

and halted, staring across the water into wide, wild lands. In St. Louis, the United States ended and

the wild began. So it was here that the citizens of the young United States streamed across and into

the western territories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from

a wide bend on the continent’s mightiest river.

St. Louis was founded by traders moving north and

south on the river, by explorers and frontier families

from the eastern states pushing

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October 28thIt is a place that is neither north-ern nor southern, neither east-ern nor western, but the one place that combines traits of all. It has been both a destination and a gateway to other lands.

It has been influenced by descendants of European colo-nists, by thousands of years of rich Native American cul-ture which predated it and surrounded it, and by standing on the shadow line between the slave and the free states.

This is the place where a nation reached the great riv-er and halted, staring across the water into wide, wild lands. In St. Louis, the United States ended and the wild began. So it was here that the citizens of the young United States streamed across and into the western territories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from a wide bend on the continent’s mightiest river. This is where the United States discovered America. This is the Core of Discovery.

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St. Louis was founded by traders moving north and south on the

river, by both explorers and frontier families from

the eastern states who pushed

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The Saint Louis Arch

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St. Louis was found-ed by traders moving north and south on the river, by explor-ers and frontier fam-ilies from the east-ern states pushing restlessly west. It is a place that is neither northern nor south-ern, neither eastern nor western, but the one place that com-bines traits of all. It has been influenced by descendants of Eu-ropean colonists, by thousands of years of rich Native American culture which predat-ed it and surrounded it, and by standing on the shadow line be-tween the slave states and the free states. It has been both a des-tination and a gate-way to other lands.

This is the place where a nation reached the great riv-er and halted, staring across the water into wide, wild lands. In St. Louis, the United States ended and the wild began. So it was here that the citizens of the young Unit-ed States streamed across and into the western territories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from a wide bend on the conti-nent’s mightiest riv-er. This is where the United States discov-ered America. This is the Core of Discovery.

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St. Louis was found-ed by traders mov-ing north and south on the river, by ex-plorers and frontier families from the eastern states push-ing restlessly west. It is a place that is neither pure northern nor southern, neither eastern nor western, but the one place that combines traits of all. It has been influ-enced by descendants of European colo-nists, by thousands of

years of rich Native American culture which predated it and surrounded it, and by standing on the shadow line be-tween the slave states and the free states. It has been both a des-tination and a gate-way to other lands.This is the place where a nation reached the great riv-er and halted, star-ing across the water into wide, wild lands. In St. Louis, the

United States ended and the wild began. So it was here that the citizens of the young United States streamed across and into the western ter-ritories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from a wide bend on the continent’s mightiest river. This is where the Unit-ed States discovered America. This is the Core of Discovery.

The Saint Louis Archcompleted 1965

St. Louis was founded by trad-ers moving north and south on the river, by explorers and frontier fami-lies from the east-ern states pushing restlessly west. It is a place that

is neither northern nor southern, neither eastern nor western, but the one place that combines traits of all. It has been influenced by descendants of Eu-ropean colonists, by thousands of years of rich Na-tive American culture which predated it and sur-rounded it, and by standing on the shadow line between the slave states and the free states. It has been both a destination and a gateway to other lands.This is the place where a nation reached the great river and halted, staring across the water into wide, wild lands. In St. Louis, the United States end-ed and the wild began. So it was here that the citi-zens of the young United States streamed across

and into the western territories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from a wide bend on the continent’s mightiest river. This is where the United States discovered America. This is the Core of Discovery.

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the Saint Louis Arch

St. Louis was founded by traders moving north and south on the river, by explorers and frontier families from the eastern states pushing restlessly west. It is a place that is neither northern nor southern, neither eastern nor western, but the one place that combines traits of all. It has been influenced by descendants of European colonists. by thousands of years of rich Native American culture which predated it and surround-ed it, and by standing on the shadow line between the slave states and the free states.It has been both a destination and a gateway to other lands.

This is where the United States discovered America. This is the Core of Discovery.

This is the place where a nation reached the great riv-er and halted, staring across the water into wide, wild lands. In St. Louis, the United States ended and the wild began. So it was here that the citizens of the young Unit-ed States streamed across and into the western territories, first with Lewis and Clark and then with countless others. It all began from a wide bend on the continent’s mightiest river.

the Saint Louis Archcompleted Oct 28th, 1965