4 Saint Louis – Route 66

Liberty Bell of the West

Saint Louis Midlands – New France Origin

Values – Midlands
    1. Pluralistic
    2. Welcoming
    3. Middle-class society
    4. Political opinion is moderate
    5. Government regulation is frowned upon
Values – New France
    1. Egalitarian
    2. Liberalism
    3. Tolerant attitudes toward gays and people of all races
    4. Consensus driven
    5. Ready acceptance of government involvement in economy
Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
4.1 Cahokia Mounds (Illinois)
    • Monks Mound
    • Twin Mounds
    • Grand Plaza
    • Mound 72
    • Woodhenge
Cahokia Courthouse, Cahokia, Illinois
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
4.2 French Colonial Illinois Country
    • Cahokia (population: 12,000)
      • Cahokia Courthouse
      • Holy Family Log Church
      • Jarrot Mansion
    • Prairie Du Rocher (population: 500)
      • Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
      • Creole House
    • Ellis Grove (population: 300)
      • Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site
      • Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
      • Felix Valle House State Historic Site
      • Modoc Rock Shelter
    • Kaskaskia (population: 10-20-ish)
      • Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial
Jean-Baptiste Vallé House, Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
4.3 Ste. Geneviève
    • Population: 5,000
    • Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
      • Jacques Guibourd Historic House
      • Beauvais-Amoureux House
      • Janis-Ziegler Home (Greentree Tavern)
    • Felix Valle House State Historic Site
    • The Centre for French Colonial Life & the Bolduc House Museum
Gateway Arch National Park, Saint Louis
4.4 Saint Louis Downtown – Gateway Arch
    • City population: 275,000; peak city population 1950: 857,000; metro: 2.8 million
    • Gateway to the West
    • Mound City
    • Gateway Arch National Park (former Jefferson National Expansion Memorial)
      • Gateway Arch
      • Old Courthouse
      • Luther Ely Smith Square
      • Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France
    • Gateway Arch Riverboats
    • National Blues Museum
    • Sugarfire Smoke House Barbecue
Saint Louis Union Station
4.5 Saint Louis Downtown West & Lafayette Park
    • Downtown West
      • Saint Louis Union Station
      • The Wheel
      • Aloe Plaza
      • United States Postal Service
      • Saint Louis City Municipal Court
      • Memorial Plaza
      • Stifel Theatre
      • Soldiers Memorial Military Museum
      • Eternal Flame Park
      • Saint Louis City Hal
      • Washington Square Park
      • Poelker Park
      • Serra Sculpture Park
      • Kiener Plaza Park
      • Ballpark Pizza (Saint Louis style thin crust pizza)
      • City Museum
    • Lafayette Square
      • Lafayette Park
      • Park Avenue Coffee (gooey butter cake)
Jewel Box, Forest Park, Saint Louis
4.6 Saint Louis Forest Park
    • Forest Park (centennial of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 – the St. Louis World’s Fair site)
    • City Art Museum – Apotheosis of Saint Louis
    • Jewel Box Conservatory
    • Colonial Daughter Fountain
    • World’s Fair Pavilion
    • Nathan Frank Bandstand in Pagoda Lake
    • Jefferson Memorial – Missouri History Museum
    • George Washington University
Salt + Smoke, Delmar Loop
4.7 Saint Louis – University City – Delmar Loop
    • Salt + Smoke Barbecue
    • Fitz’s Root Beer Floats
    • St. Louis Walk of Fame
    • Blueberry Hill (famous Chuck Berry venue)
    • Chuck Berry Statue
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, St. Louis, Missouri, Route 66
4.8 Metro Saint Louis
    • The Fabulous Fox Theatre
    • Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
    • National Museum of Transportation
    • Magic House – St. Louis Children’s Museum
    • St. Louis Car Museum
    • Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
    • Donut Drive-In