St. Louis is the second-largest
city in Missouri. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and
the Missouri Rivers, on the western bank of the latter. History began
with the settlement of the St. Louis area by Native American mound builders
who lived as part of the Mississippian culture from the 9th century
to the 15th century, followed by other migrating tribal groups. Nicknames
are "Gateway to the West", The Gateway City, Mound City, The
Lou, Rome of the West, River City, The STL, Saint Lou, and The Queen
City.
Among the city's many notable sights is the 630-foot Gateway Arch
in Downtown St. Louis (shown below, with a link to previous visits when
the two RV Gypsies actually went up inside the Arch).
Gateway Arch became a National Park in 2018. The
two RV Gypsies stopped here again to see if anything changed, so they
did not take a lot of pictures because many more photos plus the history
of The Arch can be reached on their 2009
and 2017
pages.
At 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is the world's tallest arch and tallest
man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere. Built as a monument to
the westward expansion of the United States, it is the centerpiece of
Gateway Arch National Park which was known as the Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial until 2018. |
Get the history and much more of The Arch on the