Situated strategically on the banks of the Mississippi River, Saint Louis is known as America’s Gateway City – Previous to being acquired by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the area around St. Louis had been explored and populated by French and German settlers for nearly a century. By 1904, St. Louis’ place on the global stage was confirmed as it held a wildly popular World’s Fair and became the first American city to host the Olympic Games.
Today, St. Louis is a city with readily apparent European influences, but whose pioneering spirit is decidedly American. Leaders in industries as varied as brewing, pharmaceuticals and aeronautics have found corporate homes here.
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