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St. Louis is the largest metropolis in the state of Missouri. The city was founded in 1764 just south of the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers by colonial French who named the settlement after King Louis IX of France. The city, as well as the future state of Missouri, became part of the Spanish Empire after the French were defeated in the Seven Years' War. In 1800, the land was secretly transferred back to France, whose leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, sold it to the United States in 1803. Itt was nicknamed the "Gateway to the West" for its role in the westward expansion of the United States.
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St. Louis in Atlantis
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St. Louis was John James Audubon's starting point for his excursion to Atlantis. He and Edward Harris sailed down the Big Muddy River to New Orleans, and then out into the Bay of Mexico, across the Hesperian Gulf, and on to Atlantis.
St. Louis in "Batboy" Edit
St. Louis was the home of the St. Louis Browns.
St. Louis in In the Presence of Mine EnemiesEdit
St. Louis was one of several cities in the United States where the Wehrmacht of the Greater German Reich maintained a base.
St. Louis in Southern VictoryEdit
Abraham and Mary Lincoln were visiting St. Louis in the late 1870s when they both developed typhoid. Abrahma Lincoln survived. Mary Lincoln did not.
In 1876, the Democrats held their national convention in St. Louis. They nominated Samuel J. Tilden for the presidency. He went on to win.
On the eve of the Second Mexican War, Frederick Douglass made a speech in St. Louis.
During the Second Great War, St. Louis was a target of Confederate bombing raids. When General Abner Dowling passed through the town, it was still under tight blackout restrictions. It was one of the cities Confederate President Jake Featherston idly threatened to destroy with a superbomb in 1944.
St. Louis in "Vilcabamba"Edit
The Krolp made St. Louis the capital of their North American territories. U.S. President Harris Moffatt III was educated in St. Louis, as was his son. The Moffats were exiled to St. Louis after the U.S. was finally crushed by the Krolp.
St. Louis in Worldwar Edit
St. Louis was occupied by the Race along with most of the Mississippi during their invasion and seen as a crucial objective in regaining control of the river. Battles to achieve that goal pitted American General Dwight Eisenhower based in southern Missouri and Arkansas against Shiplord Horrep. The Peace of Cairo returned St. Louis to the United States.
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