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1. • • In hindsight, Kansas City’s development as the largest city in western Missouri seemed inevitable. Its location at the confluence of two rivers made it a likely transportation hub and a gateway for westward expansion.
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   Did Kansas City have a 'gateway to the west'?

   • St. Louis, the Gateway City, is also known worldwide as the "Gateway to the West." But before the federal government erected the Gateway Arch 50 years ago this week, some historians say that Kansas City had a strong claim to the title.

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   Why is St Louis called the 'gateway to the west'?

   • Why Is St. Louis Called the "Gateway to the West"? The city of St. Louis, Missouri, is known as the “Gateway to the West.” It has this nickname because it was the starting point for the westward movement of settlers in the United States during the 1800s. It was a traveling hub for many settlers, hunters and others migrating west.

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   Did Kansas City have a claim to the Gateway Arch?

   • But before the federal government erected the Gateway Arch 50 years ago this week, some historians say that Kansas City had a strong claim to the title. The National Park Service built the Gateway Arch in St. Louis to celebrate the millions of explorers and pioneers who settled the American West in the 19 th century.

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   Did Kansas City steal the 'gateway to the west'?

   • “But they did it by getting the federal government to build the Arch and then stole the 'Gateway to the West' from Kansas City.” Gateway Sporting Goods had a number of storefronts in the Kansas City area including this one on Main St. in Independence. When he was growing up, Trillin said, many Kansas City businesses used the mantel in their names.

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   Nov 2, 2015 · St. Louis, the Gateway City, is also known worldwide as the "Gateway to the West." But before the federal government erected the Gateway Arch 50 years ago this week, some historians say that Kansas...

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   Oct 27, 2015 · St. Louis, the Gateway City, is also known worldwide as the "Gateway to the West." But before the federal government erected the Gateway Arch 50 years ago this week, some historians say that Kansas City had a strong claim to the title.

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   Yes, it is true that he was from St. Louis, which started calling itself the Gateway to the West after Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch was erected, and I'm from Kansas City, where people think of St. Louis not as the Gateway to the West but as the Exit from the East.

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   Feb 13, 2017 · Did the true “Gateway to the West” start in St. Louis or Independence, Missouri? That’s a good question and needs a little ’splainin’. For Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s 1804-06 expedition, the gateway was Boone’s Settlement in Missouri, along the Missouri River, just west of St. Louis.

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   May 17, 2024 · The Gateway Arch, also known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, is a 630-foot tall (192-meter tall) metal structure built in St. Louis to symbolize the city being the "Gateway to the West." It commemorates the large part that the city of St. Louis played in westward expansion.

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   Jan 21, 2021 · Its location at the confluence of two rivers made it a likely transportation hub and a gateway for westward expansion. But as reader Ken Truax pointed out, Independence was once the city...

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   Oct 27, 2015 · St. Louis, the Gateway City, is also known worldwide as the "Gateway to the West." But before the federal government erected the Gateway Arch 50 years ago this week, some historians say that Kansas City had a strong claim to the title.