Historical Cities-St. Louis, Missouri
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This edition of our Historical Cities series explores St. Louis, Missouri. Historic points of interest are detailed in St. Louis proper, as well as historic sites on the Illinois side, including East St. Louis and Cahokia. Reference maps are included, along with GPS coordinates for all listed historic locations.
Lyn Wilkerson
Caddo Publications USA was created in 2000 to encourage the exploration of America’s history by the typical automotive traveler. The intent of Caddo Publications USA is to provide support to both national and local historical organizations as historical guides are developed in various digital and traditional print formats. Using the American Guide series of the 1930’s and 40’s as our inspiration, we began to develop historical travel guides for the U.S. in the 1990’s.
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Historical Cities-St. Louis, Missouri - Lyn Wilkerson
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Historical Cities-St. Louis, Missouri
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Introduction
This guide, along with the various others produced by Lyn Wilkerson and Caddo Publications USA, are based on the American Guide Series. Until the mid-1950’s, the U.S. Highway System provided the means for various modes of transport to explore this diverse land. To encourage such explorations, the Works Projects Administration under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Federal Writers Project created the American Guide Series. This series of books were commissioned by the Federal Government to capture the culture and history of the United States and provide the direction necessary for travelers to explore it. Each state created a commission of writers who canvassed their respective territories for content to submit. The preliminary works were then sent to Washington D.C. for final assembly in to a standard format. The result was a travel guide for each state. The series spread to include guides for important cities as well. After the State Guides were complete, the concept of a national guide was developed. However, it would not be until 1949, with the backing of Hastings House Publishing, that a true national guide would be created. Through several rounds of condensing, the final product maintained much of the most essential points of interest and the most colorful material.
To quote from the California edition of the American Guide Series, romance has been kept in its place. . .
The intent of this guide is to provide information about the historic sites, towns, and landmarks along the chosen routes, and to provide background information and stories for what lies in-between. It is not our desire to dramatize the history or expand on it in any way. We believe that the character and culture of Chicago, and our country as a whole, can speak for itself. The guide has been created, not for just travelers new to the city, but for current residents who may not realize what lies just around the corner in their own neighborhood. The goal of Caddo Publications USA is to encourage the exploration of the rich history that many of us drive by on a regular basis without any sense it existed, and to entertain and educate so that history will not be lost in the future.
This Historical Cities-St. Louis, Missouri guide utilizes the original text provided in Missouri-A Guide to the Show Me
State, originally published in 1941. The only changes to the historical text are edits due to the passing of time. In addition to the original text compiled by the Federal Writers Project, this guide also provides additional historic sites and landmarks and GPS coordinates for the benefit of the latest technologies.
Table of Contents
History of St. Louis
Points of Interest
Downtown
Environs
East St. Louis and Vicinity
St. Louis
The first attempt at settlement made on the site of St. Louis, and as far as is known in the State, was the Jesuit Mission of St. Francis Xavier, established in 1700 at the mouth of the Riviere des Pres (French, River of the Fathers) within the present city limits. The Kaskaskia Indians from the Illinois River, and the Tamaroa Indians from their village of Cahokia on the opposite side of the Mississippi, settled here with the Fathers. Within three years, though, the Indians moved, and the mission was abandoned. More than a half-century passed before a permanent settlement was established at St. Louis. On July 6th, 1763, Maxent, Laclede, & Company of New Orleans were granted exclusive rights to the Indian trade in the Missouri River Valley and all the country west of the Mississippi as far north as the St. Peters River, On August 3rd, Pierre Laclede Liguest, junior partner of the firm, with some 30 other persons,