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Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the sou
Westminster College gym from NE 1
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham
Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864
Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894.
St. Louis County, Missouri
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St. Louis County is located in eastern Missouri. It is bounded by the City of St. Louis and the Mississippi River to the east, the Missouri River to the north, and the Meramec River to the south. As o
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…forests like the Mark Twain National Forest. Missouri has 114 counties and one independent city, St. Louis. The three largest counties by population are St. Louis (1,004,125), Jackson (717,204), and St. Charles (406,262); Worth County has the smallest population (1,973). The largest counties by area are Texas at…
Clayton, the St. Louis County seat
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The Old Courthouse was built in downtown St. Louis from 1839 to 1856 as the second purpose-built county courthouse for St. Louis County.
Local politician David H. Armstrong was a strong supporter of the separation of the city of St. Louis from St. Louis County.