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Though the city of St. Louis is located on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River, for the railroads, the St. Louis Gateway extends into Illinois, north and south along both sides of the river. Two factors conspired against St. Louis's aspiration to become the preeminent rail center of the 19th-century American Midwest: there was no bridge across the Mississippi, and Missouri's loyalty to the Union during the Civil War was suspect. Chicago beat...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0738540706
ISBN13:9780738540702
Release Date:August 2006
Publisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.73 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"
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