Vacation Idea #11 - Gateway Arch

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- Vacation Idea #11 -

Gateway Arch

St. Louis, Missouri

Hailed the gateway to the west, the gateway arch was erected in St. Louis as a tribute to all of those who went West on the Oregon trail.

The top photo of me with two of my kiddos (my youngest was not yet born) when we visited St. Louis a few years back.

The photo below is from the Museum of Westward Expansion which is located under the arch. It has extensive history of the Oregon trail with many touching stories of those who traveled it.

The Arch is the tallest national monument at 630 feet tall. And you can go inside it all the way to the top! 

Here we are looking out the windows in the top of the Arch.

View from the top:

This is the Old St. Louis Courthouse. It was built in 1862. 

This is the courthouse that travelers would name a large rock after in Bridgeport Nebraska. You can see a photo of  Courthouse Rock here.

View out the other side of the mighty Mississippi river.

Do you see the river boat?
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