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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. OCOURX_180918_023.JPG: British-Indian Attack on St. Louis during the American Revolution, 1780, a lunette by Charles Wimar The Founding of St. Louis: Pierre Laclede Coming Ashore, a lunette by Charles Wimar
2. OCOURX_180918_026.JPG: De Sota discovering the Mississippi River in 1541, one of four lunettes completed in 1862 by Charles Wimar Cochetopa Pass, Colorado, a lunette by Charles Wimar illustrated a proposed transcontinental railroad route starting in St. Louis
3. OCOURX_180918_030.JPG: History and Knowledge, two of the allegorical figures that Ettore Miragoli painted in 1880
4. OCOURX_180918_032.JPG: Law and Instruction by Ettore Miragoli, 1880
5. OCOURX_180918_034.JPG: The Republic and Administration by Ettore Miragoli, 1880
6. OCOURX_180918_037.JPG: Consistency and Diligence by Ettore Miragoli, 1880
7. OCOURX_180918_039.JPG: Reproductions of Miragoli's portraits of Thomas Hart Benton and George Washington
8. OCOURX_180918_044.JPG: Reproductions of Miragoli's portraits of Martha Washington and Edward Bates
9. OCOURX_180918_045.JPG: The Old Courthouse, circa 1920
10. OCOURX_180918_058.JPG: Plans for the first courthouse in St. Louis. When completed in 1828, it was considered the finest building in the state.
11. OCOURX_180918_063.JPG: 1840 view of St. Louis east from the courthouse square.
12. OCOURX_180918_066.JPG: The great St. Louis fire, May 17, 1849. The courthouse, visible at left center, escaped destruction.
13. OCOURX_180918_090.JPG: Early St. Louis, 1764-1804
14. OCOURX_180918_094.JPG: Illinois Country, 1673
15. OCOURX_180918_100.JPG: Founding St. Louis, 1764
16. OCOURX_180918_105.JPG: A Unique Partnership
17. OCOURX_180918_109.JPG: Osage Village
18. OCOURX_180918_121.JPG: Ancestral Osage Geography
19. OCOURX_180918_125.JPG: A Cultural Melting Pot
20. OCOURX_180918_138.JPG: A Diminishing Empire
21. OCOURX_180918_140.JPG: French Town, Spanish Empire
22. OCOURX_180918_149.JPG: Designing a City
23. OCOURX_180918_152.JPG: Home, Sweet Home
24. OCOURX_180918_155.JPG: Transportation
25. OCOURX_180918_161.JPG: Everyday Life in a French Community
26. OCOURX_180918_163.JPG: 1st St. Louis Church
27. OCOURX_180918_165.JPG: Fort San Carlos and the Battle of St. Louis: On May 26, 1780, St. Louis was attacked by a large [???] Indians under the command [???] English and French-Canadian leaders. The British hoped to gain control of the Mississippi Valley. Civilians from the area, the militia and Spanish troops manned the Village's defensive works; an intrenchment and a stone tower, named Fort San Carlos. Led by Lieutenant Governor Fernando de Leyba, the defenders repelled the attack with musket and cannon fire. Spanish control of the west bank of the Mississippi was retained. The representation of the battle is based on research and paintings done by Norbert Eugene Schrader.
28. OCOURX_180918_172.JPG: Battle of Fort San Carlos
29. OCOURX_180918_182.JPG: Three Flags Ceremony
30. OCOURX_180918_188.JPG: The History of St. Louis
31. OCOURX_180918_212.JPG: Mapping the West
32. OCOURX_180918_214.JPG: Return to St. Louis
33. OCOURX_180918_219.JPG: Indian Relations
34. OCOURX_180918_224.JPG: Surveying the Land
35. OCOURX_180918_227.JPG: Preparing for the Journey
36. OCOURX_180918_234.JPG: The "Corps of Discovery"
37. OCOURX_180918_243.JPG: Beaver Processing
38. OCOURX_180918_248.JPG: Decline of Beaver Fashion
39. OCOURX_180918_254.JPG: Mountain Men as Guides
40. OCOURX_180918_262.JPG: Mirage on the Prairie
41. OCOURX_180918_270.JPG: Clash of Cultures
42. OCOURX_180918_275.JPG: Importance of the Buffalo
43. OCOURX_180918_280.JPG: Nomadic Tribes
44. OCOURX_180918_283.JPG: The Westward Movement
45. OCOURX_180918_289.JPG: Missouri's Role in Westward Expansion
46. OCOURX_180918_298.JPG: Emigrant's Guide
47. OCOURX_180918_300.JPG: Preparing for the Journey
48. OCOURX_180918_305.JPG: The Wagon Train
49. OCOURX_180918_310.JPG: Hardships Along the Way
50. OCOURX_180918_314.JPG: Homestead Act, 1862
51. OCOURX_180918_327.JPG: Demise of the Buffalo
52. OCOURX_180918_331.JPG: Pile of Bison Skulls, ca 1870
53. OCOURX_180918_339.JPG: Assimilation
54. OCOURX_180918_347.JPG: American Indian Reservations, 2015
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