Immigrants began settling in record numbers north of the commercial center of town and formed pocket communities of their own . The first settlers in this new land were Anglo - Saxons from New England and other eastern states .
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE The handsome Merchant Exchange Building was removed in March 1958 , to make way first for a parking lot , and finally as part of the site of the new Adams Mark Hotel . H Rirds Eve Vicw of St. Louis , Mo. DE.
From its earliest days as Old Frenchtown, Soulard, St. Louis, has embodied a bold and colorful tapestry of immigrant life in America.
The images in this book will take you on a tour of the beauty and history of the St. Louis Garden District.
When St. Louis' Union Station opened to the public in 1894, nearly 10,000 people gathered to celebrate.
In the 1860s, with bustling river traffic alive with boats and men, St. Louis was a picturesque river town.