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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
"It Happened Here!" Special Audio Tour

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Date: June 19, 2007
Contact: Bob Moore, 314-655-1600
Contact: Myron Freedman, 314-655-1600

Take an audio tour of historic St. Louis by downloading the Gateway Arch PastCast tour to your iPod or MP3 player.  Beginning June 26 and continuing indefinitely thereafter. The first download will be followed by weekly additions about successively later time periods, until the final download is available on July 31. Once available for download, all tours will be available at any time throughout the summer.

 

Established in 1764, and growing into a vital and booming outpost on the western edge of a new country, St. Louis was America’s Gateway to the West during the 19th Century.  Many of the era’s most exciting events took place in the vicinity of where the Gateway Arch stands today. Go to the PastCast page on Jefferson National Expansion Memorial’s website at: http://www.nps.gov/jeff/photosmultimedia/pastcast.htm

Drawing of Dred Scott from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1857  

Did You Know?
In 1846, a slave named Dred Scott sued for his freedom at the St. Louis Courthouse. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where the verdict set the stage for the Civil War. Today, the Old Courthouse is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. Click to learn more about Dred Scott.
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Last Updated: June 25, 2007 at 14:38 EST