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Travel Info Why is St. Louis located where it's located? (if that makes sense) Travel Tips The City of St. Louis is in its present location because the founder of the City, Pierre Laclede Liguest, chose this site to establish his fur trading post so it would not be subject to flooding, yet would have a central location. This site was found when, in November, 1763, Laclede and his band of traders from New Orleans landed at what is now the foot of Walnut Street. Upon choosing the site for the trading post, Laclede declared that, "This settlement will become one of the finest cities in America." After wintering at Fort Chartres, Laclede sent his lieutenant, young Auguste Chouteau, and thirty men to clear the site in February, 1764. Source(s): http://stlouis.missouri.org/heritage/his... Other Travel Tips well, I believe it was a major river port, and it still is a river city, at one time. It is at a prime location if you really think about. I mean, at one time, river travel was the only form of transportation and if the city was located near a river there wasn't many other ways to get goods from around the country and the world. It just grew and grew, and it still is. One day a group of settlers said...."this looks good" It's conveniently located just south of where the Missouri River converges with the Mississippi River... A great place to start your westward explorations. Hence the nickname "Gateway to the West." live here major river city in the early history of the US expansion. Mo and MS rivers, also the IL river just to the north about 15 miles |
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