Friday, May 14, 2021
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Our hotel room view of Gateway Arch in St Louis, MO (KSS)
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*On 12/6/1803, William Clark dropped Meriwether Lewis off in St Louis.*
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Old Courthouse (1828, in Federal style, with later
Greek Revival additions including a cupola) |
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| Gateway Arch (1961-1967, by Eero Saarinen) |
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| Tamiko "beneath" the Arch (KSS) |
*On 9/23/1806, on the return trip, the Corps of Discovery arrived in St Louis about noon, to complete their expedition after two years, four months, and 10 days.*
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| The Captains' Return (2006, by Harry Weber) |
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Kent sits in one of the eight circular
gondola cabins that rotate with gravity as
they are pulled to the top of the Arch |
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| A peek inside the 5-person gondola cabin |
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At the top of the Arch, the room is, well, arched
and each cabin had its assigned window space |
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Being in an upside-down triangle, you have
to lean forward to look out the small windows |
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| View east toward the non-functioning Gateway Geyser |
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| View west at St Louis, MO |
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| The Old Courthouse |
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A National Park ranger advised us to hold our cameras
horizontally at the top of the window, for a view
straight down to see the feet of the Arch (east side) |
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| The view straight down on the west side of the same two feet |
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| View from the gondola cabin window |
~On 5/29/1999, Ada & Bert S visited the Gateway Arch at the Jefferson National Expansion Park and the Museum of Western Expansion.~ |
Today it is the Gateway Arch National Park;
the Museum of Westward Expansion closed
in 2015 to be replaced by the Museum at
Gateway Arch (2018), with a whole new
perspective (i.e., not how the west was won,
but also how the west was lost, or for the
Spanish, how the north was lost) |
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When Lewis & Clark arrived in 1803,
St Louis was already a thriving city
after its beginnings as a trading post |
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An example (cicadas) of the flora and fauna sent back
by the Corps of Discovery during the expedition |
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| Model of the modified keelboat used on the expedition |
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A few of the Peace Medals that European and then
American governments gave to First Peoples leaders |
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The First Peoples had the most respect for medals
that included the head of a higher personage |
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Gateway Arch earned the Outstanding Civil Engineering
Achievement Award in 1967 |
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From Cincinnati to Louisville to St Louis,
the Bavarian pretzel is ubiquitous |
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| St Louis Barbecue Ribs |
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| St Louis Toasted Ravioli |
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Old Cathedral/Basilica of St Louis,
King of France (1831-1834) was established
in 1764, making it the first cathedral
west of the Mississippi River |
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| Basilica of St Louis interior, nave and chancel |
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| Basilica of St Louis, organ loft |
Next: St Louis II.
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