Sunday, August 22, 2010

St Louis

Short weekend trip to the Gateway city. St Louis was where the Louisiana Purchases was signed and the city often is a starting point for expeditions west, including the Louis and Clark expedition.

Missouri History Museum. Includes an exhibit about Charles Lindbergh, who became the first solo pilot to fly non-stop across the Atlantic.

Old Courthouse, site of the Dred Scott case.

Riverboat tour on the Missouri river

Museum of Westward Expansion

Gateway Arch - commemorates the westward expansion of the US

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