Did you know.....
...that in the late 1860s and early 1870s...
...there were several proposals to move the national capital to St. Louis from Washington D.C.?
Both the War of 1812 and the Civil War had shown how vulnerable D.C was to both land and sea attacks. St. Louis was the second most economically powerful city in the country after New York and was per capita the wealthiest.
Ultimately, the proposals came to naught because St. Louis was considered too far West from the centers of population on the East Coast.
Ultimately, the proposals came to naught because St. Louis was considered too far West from the centers of population on the East Coast.
General Sherman is buried in St. Louis.
U.S. Grant's first army post was Jefferson Barracks with the 4th Infantry.
The first American military parachute drop was in St. Louis, in 1912 over Jefferson Barracks.
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