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the arch was only built as a landmark/warning

Posted on: October 29, 2024 at 09:24:24 CT

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in case they lost and accidentally came back they would see it and know to avoid going that way

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Happy birthday STL Arch. You're a dope monument - lqf2b8 MU - 10/28 21:23:23

KC barely existed when the first groups of pioneers set off - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:20:07

Westport is in KC. Independence is a KC suburb. - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:24:42

Westport and Independence were not part of KC during the - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:41:48

Independence, where the Santa Fe Trail officially began, is - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:33:18

The Santa Fe Trail officially began at Franklin, Missouri in - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:43:07

It is. What's your point? (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:36:44

RE: It is. What's your point?: To correct an improper - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:50:23

Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:53:39

RE: Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:58:23

RE: Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:38:52

RE: Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:57:27

RE: Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:57:52

All of which has little to do with the conversation about - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 09:00:15

Independence and Westport were major towns long before KC - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:04:16

You're wong. St. Louis and other Missouri cities have better - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:02:12

RE: You're wong. St. Louis and other Missouri cities have better - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:09:21

RE: You're wong. St. Louis and other Missouri cities have better - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:36:58

It's really too bad that St Louis's deep soccer tradition - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 09:13:37

Mid cities larger than KC have hosted the World Cup before. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:16:43

World's Fair, nor the Olympics, have anything to do with - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 09:21:26

My point is hosting big events is no big deal to us. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:31:58

No they don't. They don't sit at the edge of the Western - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 09:04:40

RE: No they don't. They don't sit at the edge of the Western - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:11:50

i moved the front door to my house to the kitchen - colonel angus beef KC - 10/29 09:16:40

In what world was kansas ever a gateway to the west ? - RolandMiz MU - 10/28 22:21:25

A president declared Kansas City's Union Station the - tigerNkc KC - 10/29 08:08:34

President's lie(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 10/29 12:51:53

RE: A president declared Kansas City's Union Station the - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:14:16

What does busiest have to do with being the Gateway to the - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:40:13

RE: What does busiest have to do with being the Gateway to the - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:42:21

I don't know why this is debatable. KC was literally called - lqf2b8 MU - 10/29 05:50:31

Is it true that Kansas City was originally called... - Nebraska99 STL - 10/29 07:57:51

no(nm) - tigerNkc KC - 10/29 08:09:06

You mean the “west” started in kansass not that KC started - alwaysright MU - 10/29 07:22:29

😂 - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 06:29:56

KC was THE launching point for the era of westward expansion - alwaysright MU - 10/29 07:26:15

RE: KC was THE launching point for the era of westward expansion - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:09:55

the arch was only built as a landmark/warning - colonel angus beef KC - 10/29 09:24:24

RE: the arch was only built as a landmark/warning - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:46:03

You need a geography lesson - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:19:44

The early European settlers didn’t come from Three Forks, - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:23:21

And most travelers passed through the Cumberland Gap - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:26:04

St. Charles, a St. Louis suburb and the original state - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 07:58:19

Santa Fe Trail and Oregon trail both started in KC. - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 07:07:47

Santa Fe Trail started in Howard Co. at Franklin, Missouri - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:48:05

And about the Santa Fe Trail, - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:28:48

I'm sure you saw the important part at the end... - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:31:03

RE: I'm sure you saw the important part at the end... - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:35:04

RE: Santa Fe Trail and Oregon trail both started in KC. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:04:27

Agree - it is cool...I was a bit freaked out as a kid - Carlos Rossi KC - 10/28 22:16:22

I want to flick the bean through the giant croquet wicket(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 10/28 22:01:59

Everyone should experience the joy of cramming yourself - Tigrrrr! MU

- 10/28 21:37:45

If you suffer from claustrophobia as I do, it’s not a fun - Mizzou Tom KC - 10/28 21:51:55