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St. Louis, Saint Louis, Gateway to the West | the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century | |
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Saint Louis, St. Louis, Louis IX | king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270) |