On the Mississippi River lies the great city of St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded by the French, ruled by the Spanish and later grew into a large all American city.
Not much remains of that original French settlement, founded back in 1764 under Spanish rule. Over the last few centuries, many important events have happened here. St. Louis was attacked during the Revolutionary war by British forces, even though it technically belonged to Spain at the time. It was sold as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. St. Louis saw the departure of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804. The Civil War was not kind to this Southern city. In 1874, the first bridge in the MidWest was constructed over the Mississippi River. (The bridge still stands today.) And in 1904, the city hosted a giant World’s Fair, with structures remaining to this day.
Today, St. Louis has skyscrapers, museums, public transportation (if you can call it that) and, of course, that giant arch that everyone has heard about.
Attractions
These are places I have been in St. Louis and/or recommend to other visitors. In addition, the region around St. Louis is packed full of neat places to visit, even in Illinois. So those have been added as well.
