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450  THE GREA T PLAINS

Missouri landmark Dred Scott case,
which resulted in an 1857
The Missouri River and the I-70 Interstate Highway bisect the decision by the US Supreme
state of Missouri, linking its two largest cities – St. Louis and Court stating that African-
Kansas City – and providing quick access to the centrally Americans were not citizens of
located state capital of Jefferson City. In southern Missouri, the country and had no rights
under the laws of the US. The
the rugged Ozark Mountain region is veined with beautiful decision overturned an earlier
streams and rivers, making the area a popular camping and suit by Scott, an African-
canoeing destination. American slave and deepened
the sectional and racial
differences that finally erupted
in the American Civil War that
lasted from 1861 to 1865.
A museum that stands within
the Old Courthouse recounts
the events of the famous Dred
Scott trial and depicts what life
must have been like for ordinary
people living in 18th-century
St. Louis under the yoke of
French and Spanish rule.
Gateway Arch, symbol of the city of St. Louis P Laclede’s Landing
Morgan St & Lucas St between I-70 &
h St. Louis original 1764 settlement, Eero the Mississippi River. Tel (314) 241-
Saarinen’s 630-ft- (192-m-) tall 5875. Open area open year-round;
* 320,000. ~ £ @ n 308 individual restaurant and club hours
Washington Ave, (314) 241-1764. Gateway Arch symbolizes vary. 7 ∑ lacledeslanding.org
∑ explorestlouis.com the city’s role as a commercial
and cultural gateway between This vibrant restaurant and
Located just south of the point the settled eastern US and the entertainment district consists
where the Missouri empties wide-open lands to the west. of several blocks of restored
into the Mississippi River, The excellent Museum of 19th-century cotton, tobacco,
St. Louis has been one of the Westward Expansion at the and food warehouses that lie
country’s most active base of the arch along the riverfront. The popular
crossroads. Founded is part of a major restaurants and blues clubs are
by a French fur trader renovation of the known to attract large crowds,
in 1764, this frontier Gateway Arch especially during the annual Big
city became a part grounds, the single Muddy Blues Festival during the
of the US as a result largest project in the Labor Day weekend. The tall, six-
of the Louisiana history of National story, cast-iron Raeder Place
Purchase in 1803. Scott trial plaque in the Park Service, and will Building located on 719-727
It soon established Old Courthouse be closed until 2017. N 1st Street, was built in 1873
itself as the “Gateway Post renovation, the and is one of the best-preserved
to the West,” as steamboats museum will have new warehouses in St. Louis. The 1874
chugged up the Missouri River interactive ways to project the Eads Bridge defines the Landing’s
into territories opened up by story of Western Expansion. southern boundary.
the Lewis and Clark expedition. Plans also include converting
the overhead highway into a
P Gateway Arch-Jefferson park that connects the riverside
National Expansion grounds to the rest of down-
Memorial town St. Louis. Elevator-like tram
Memorial Dr & Market St. rides transport visitors to the
Tel (314) 655-1700. Open Check top of the arch, where pictur-
website or call for visiting hours. & esque views of the surrounding
7 Old Courthouse: 11 N 4th St. city and Illinois farmlands make
Tel (314) 655-1700. Open Check the cramped quarters well
website or call for visiting hours. 7 worth the 1-hour round trip.
∑ nps.gov/jeff Museum of Westward The stately, domed Old
Expansion: Tel (314) 655-1600. Courthouse (1839–62) is one
Open Check website or call for visiting of the oldest buildings in the
hours. 7 ∑ gatewayarch.com
city of St. Louis. This Greek
Completed in 1965 on the site Revival structure was the site of
of fur trader Pierre Laclede’s two of the initial trials in the Raeder Building in Laclede’s Landing area
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp460–62 and pp463–5

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