Saint Louis Midlands – New France Origin

Values – Midlands

1. 1. Pluralistic
   2. Welcoming
   3. Middle-class society
   4. Political opinion is moderate
   5. Government regulation is frowned upon

Values – New France

1. 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

4.1 Cahokia Mounds

(Illinois)

• 1. Mississippian culture: largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico
  2. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park
  3. UNESCO World Heritage Site
  4. Monks Mound
  5. Grand Plaza
  6. Mound 72 (Birdman burial)
  7. Twin Mounds
  8. Woodhenge (next to general contractor)

4.2 French Colonial Illinois Country

• • Cahokia (population: 12,000)
    1. Cahokia Courthouse
    2. Holy Family Log Church & Jarrot Mansion
  • Prairie Du Rocher (population: 500)
    1. Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
    2. Creole House
  • Ellis Grove (population: 300)
    1. State Historic Sites
       • Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site
       • Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
       • Felix Valle House State Historic Site
    2. Modoc Rock Shelter
  • Kaskaskia (population: 10-20-ish)
    1. Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial
    2. Immaculate Conception Chapel

4.3 Sainte Geneviève

(Missouri) (Population: 5,000)

• • Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
    1. Jacques Guibourd Historic House
    2. Beauvais-Amoureux House
    3. Janis-Ziegler Home (Greentree Tavern)
  • Other Ste. Geneviève French Colonial historic sites
    1. Felix Valle House State Historic Site
    2. The Centre for French Colonial Life & the Bolduc House Museum
    3. Bequette-Ribault House
    4. Labruyere House
    5. Kiel Schwent House

4.4 Saint Louis – Lafayette Square & Forest Park

• • Lafayette Square
    1. Lafayette Square National Historic District Victorian townhomes & Park Avenue Coffee (gooey butter cake)
    2. Lafayette Park – Marquis de Lafayette
    3. Statue of Senator Thomas Hart Benton
  • Forest Park
    1. Forest Park (centennial of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 – St. Louis World’s Fair site)
    2. City Art Museum – Apotheosis of Saint Louis
    3. Jewel Box Conservatory & Colonial Daughter Fountain
    4. World’s Fair Pavilion & Nathan Frank Bandstand in Pagoda Lake
    5. Jefferson Memorial – Missouri History Museum

4.5 Saint Louis – Gateway Arch National Park

• 1. Gateway to the West
  2. Former Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
  3. Gateway Arch
  4. Museum at the Gateway Arch
  5. Old Courthouse
  6. Dred and Harriet Scott Statue
  7. Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France
  8. Luther Ely Smith Square

4.6 Saint Louis – Downtown

• 1. City population: 275,000; peak city population 1950: 857,000; metro: 2.8 million
     • Cotton Belt Freight Depot
     • Old One AT&T Center
     • Seal of Missouri – United We Stand, Divided We Fall
  2. Mound City – St. Louis’s beginning as a French village in 1764
  3. Saint Louis Union Station – The Wheel
  4. National Blues Museum
  5. Historic Water Towers
     • Grand Avenue Water Tower
     • Bissell Street Water Tower
  6. Sugarfire Smoke House Barbecue
  7. Saint Louis style thin crust pizza
  8. Lee Avenue

4.7 Saint Louis – University City – Delmar Loop

• 1. George Washington University
  2. Delmar Loop
  3. Salt + Smoke Barbecue
  4. Fitz’s Root Beer Floats
  5. St. Louis Walk of Fame
  6. Blueberry Hill (famous Chuck Berry venue)
  7. Chuck Berry Statue
  8. Jackson Park Elementary School & Mooney Park (formerly Jackson Park) along (Andrew) Jackson Avenue

4.8 Saint Louis – Metro

• 1. The Fabulous Fox Theatre
  2. Donut Drive-In
  3. Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
  4. Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
  5. The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park
  6. National Museum of Transportation
  7. Wildwood – Big Chief Roadhouse
  8. Eureka – Route 66 State Park