We visited this memorial yesterday. So interesting. The building of the arch began in 1962 and was completed in Oct. of 1965 but the plans for a memorial began in the early 30's. Close to the arch is where the Missouri river empties into the Mississippi. Lewis and Clark outfitted here in 1803 for their exploration west. This city was the stopping off place for supplies as people headed west. Thus, the arch is also referred to as Gateway to the West.
I hope you go into my photo gallery to see more photos of this area. Just click on 2008/2009 winter season - the link to "Photo Gallery" (off to the right, screen down). This link will take you to all albums, click on the arch photo and that will take you to all the photos within this album. Click on each photo to enlarge and see captions. Royle took a tram to the top and was able to get photos from the windows at the top of the arch.
Heading for Springfield, IL this morning.
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