St. Louis
St. Louis is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers, on the western bank of the latter.
Before European settlement, the area was a regional center of Native American Mississippian culture. St. Louis was founded on February 14, 1764 by French fur traders, who named it for Louis IX of France. The city was the point of embarkation for the Corps of Discovery on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In the 19th century, St. Louis became a major port on the Mississippi River; from 1870 until the 1920 census, it was the fourth-largest city in the country.
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Quotes
[edit]- Though slavery is thought, by some, to be mild in Missouri, when compared with the cotton, sugar and rice growing states, yet no part of our slave-holding country is more noted for the barbarity of its inhabitants than St. Louis.
- Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Written by Himself (1847)
- Sing it loud: I'm from the Lou, and I'm proud.
- Cornell Haynes, "Country Grammar" (2000)
- Meet me in St. Louie, Louie
External links
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Encyclopedic article on St. Louis on Wikipedia
