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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. MWXFRO_180918_001.JPG: 1860-1930 New Frontiers
2. MWXFRO_180918_004.JPG: Where is the Next Frontier?
3. MWXFRO_180918_006.JPG: The Government Forced Tribes to Move Government Policy to Control American Indians Led to War
4. MWXFRO_180918_014.JPG: Civil War Forever Changed St. Louis' Role in Westward Expansion The Civil War Spelled Disaster for St. Louis Trade Railroads Replaced River Transport
5. MWXFRO_180918_016.JPG: The Civil War Spelled Disaster for St. Louis Trade Railroads Replaced River Transport
6. MWXFRO_180918_020.JPG: Jefferson Barracks, south of St. Louis, was joined by a new facility, Benton Barracks on the north, training raw recruits, stockpiling and distributing supplies and serving as hospitals.
7. MWXFRO_180918_023.JPG: Dred and Harriet Scott
8. MWXFRO_180918_025.JPG: Ironclad USS Carondelet
9. MWXFRO_180918_033.JPG: An Ironclad Fleet of Gunboats
10. MWXFRO_180918_035.JPG: These maps illustrate the rapid growth of the U.S. rail system into the American West after the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
11. MWXFRO_180918_036.JPG: 1870
12. MWXFRO_180918_039.JPG: 1890
13. MWXFRO_180918_043.JPG: Eads had a Vision for a Bridge of Steel Steel Allowed Daring Solutions
14. MWXFRO_180918_047.JPG: Like the Gateway Arch Today, Eads Bridge Once Symbolized the City Proud Citizens Showed It Off
15. MWXFRO_180918_051.JPG: New Frontiers
16. MWXFRO_180918_054.JPG: The Wainwright Building
17. MWXFRO_180918_056.JPG: The Wainwright Building Offered a New Model for Skyscrapers
18. MWXFRO_180918_058.JPG: This iron drift pin is an exact copy of one used to line up rivet holes during the construction of the Eads Bridge.
19. MWXFRO_180918_062.JPG: The eye plate was part of the Eads Bridge from about 1884 until 2014, when it was removed during a renovation. It was part of the support system for the railroad tracks on the bridge.
20. MWXFRO_180918_076.JPG: Made in St. Louis Factories Changed the City
21. MWXFRO_180918_080.JPG: Laura Ingalls Wilder 1937 Age: 70 A Missouri Writer Told Classic Stories of Pioneer Life
22. MWXFRO_180918_088.JPG: Buffalo Hides Powered Factories
23. MWXFRO_180918_100.JPG: Railroads Cross the Nation Steamboats Cross the Nation
24. MWXFRO_180918_104.JPG: Railroads Shifted the Heart of St. Louis The Riverfront Fell into Decay
25. MWXFRO_180918_114.JPG: For Americans the Great Westward Sweep... [was] the national epic.
26. MWXFRO_180918_116.JPG: The Homestead Act
27. MWXFRO_180918_119.JPG: The Government Granted Land to Railroads Rail Lands Shaped the West
28. MWXFRO_180918_122.JPG: Fleeing Racial Torment, Many African Americans Migrated West They Sought Support in St. Louis
29. MWXFRO_180918_126.JPG: St. Louis Sold Goods by the Boxcar What did St. Louis Export?
30. MWXFRO_180918_141.JPG: Tribal Lands Every square foot of land in the Americas acquired by European nations and the United States once belonged to American Indians. As more and more people came to North America, land was taken by treaty, occupation and warfare.
31. MWXFRO_180918_143.JPG: Tribal Lands 1780
32. MWXFRO_180918_146.JPG: Tribal Lands 2017
33. MWXFRO_180918_153.JPG: The Mythic West
34. MWXFRO_180918_155.JPG: An Agency to Maintain National Parks
35. MWXFRO_180918_158.JPG: Charles M. Russell 1900 Age: 36 "He wasan't just 'another artist.' He wasn't 'just another' anything... He was a philosopher. He was a great humorist." -- Will Rogers
36. MWXFRO_180918_164.JPG: What Do You Think of When You Imagine the Old West? The Myth of the West is Strong
37. MWXFRO_180918_173.JPG: The Bronco Buster by Frederick Remington
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Wikipedia Description: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
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The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is located in St. Louis, Missouri near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was designated as a National Memorial by Executive Order 7523, on December 21, 1935, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS).

The park was established to commemorate several historical events:

* the Louisiana Purchase, and the subsequent westward movement of American explorers and pioneers;
* the first civil government west of the Mississippi River;
* the debate over slavery raised by the Dred Scott case.

The memorial site consists of a 91 acres (37 ha) park along the Mississippi River on the site of the original city of St. Louis; the Old Courthouse, a former state and federal courthouse which saw the origins of the Dred Scott case; the 4,200 m2 (45,000 sq ft) Museum of Westward Expansion; and most notably, the Gateway Arch, an inverted steel catenary arch that has become the definitive icon of the city.

Today, the park is host to four million visitors each year, three quarters of whom enter the Arch or the Old Courthouse.

Components:

The Gateway Arch:

Main article: Gateway Arch

The Gateway Arch is known as the "Gateway to the West". It was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947 and built between 1963 and 1968. It is the only building in the world based on the catenary arch, making it the iconic image of the city. It stands 192.024 meters (630 ft) tall and 192.024 meters (630 ft) wide at its base. The legs are 16.46 meters (54 ft) wide at the base, narrowing to 5.18 meters (17 ft) at the arch. There is a unique tram system to carry passengers to the observation room at the top of the arch.

Old Courthouse:

Main article: Old Courthouse

The Old Courthouse is built on land originally deeded by St. Louis founder Auguste Choutea ...More...
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