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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, NPS from St. Louis, MO, USA · CC BY 2.0
Landmark Americas trade

St. Louis

1764 CE – still standing

Founded as a French fur-trading post at the Mississippi-Missouri confluence, it became the commercial gateway to the American West and the Rocky Mountain fur trade.

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St. Louis on Wikipedia.

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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  • St. LouisJefferson National Expansion Memorial, NPS from St. Louis, MO, USA · CC BY 2.0
  • Christ the Redeemer (statue)Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone)Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
  • ParícutinKarla Yannín Alcázar Quintero (photographer) · CC BY 2.0
  • Flag of MexicoOmar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain