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	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial - TheBestLinks.com - Gateway Arch, Catenary, December 20, February 12, ...
		The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is located in Saint Louis, Missouri near the start of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and commemorates the Louisiana Purchase and settlement of the American West.
		It was designated as a National Memorial on December 20,1935, and is maintained by the National Park Service.
		Underneath the Arch is a visitor's center, containing the Museum of Westward Expansion, exhibits on the history of the St. Louis riverfront, tram loading areas, a movie theater showing a documentary on the Arch's construction, and a movie theater with a rotating playlist.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Gateway_Arch.html (393 words)

	dwntn2.txt
		JEFFERSON NATIONAL EXPANSION MEMORIAL AND THE ARCH In an effort to stabilize land values in the downtown area, it was felt that a major civic improvement was needed along the riverfront.
		MEMORIAL PLAZA While the 1923 bond issue led to important street widenings and connections in the downtown district, including Market, Olive and Twelfth Streets, and also electrification of the street lighting system, it was the Memorial Plaza project which had the greatest influence on downtown.
		Recently completed is an underground Museum of Westward Expansion, with a grand staircase up to the Arch from the levee and extensive landscaping remaining to be accomplished.
	stlouis.missouri.org /transfer/histories/DOWNTOWN/dwntn2.txt (4851 words)

	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial - St. Louis, MO
		Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was established in 1935 to commemorate the westward growth of the United States between 1803 and 1890.
		The Museum of Westward Expansion is as large as a football field and follows a circular pattern with galleries depicting a 100-year span of westward expansion.
		The Museum contains an extensive collection of artifacts, mounted animal specimens, an authentic American Indian tipi, and history is retold through the voices of life-like animatronic figures (photo left.) A chronological overview of the of the Lewis and Clark Expedition rings the outer edge of the museum.
	www.greatriverroad.com /lewclark/jnem.htm (438 words)

	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park, on the riverfront in downtown St. Louis, E Mo. A natl.
	www.bartleby.com /69/22/J01022.html (69 words)

	Missouri
		Jefferson National Expansion Memorial consists of the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and St. Louis' Old Courthouse.
		Jefferson City, Missouri, the state's capital, was named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
		The first Capitol in Jefferson City burned in 1837 and a second structure completed in 1840 burned when the dome was struck by lightning on February 5, 1911.
	www.yhti.net /~melody/mo.htm (1165 words)

	Mississippi River Parkway Commission The Arch
		The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial commemorates St. Louis' role in western expansion and includes the 630-foot Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion and the Old Courthouse.
	www.mississippiriverinfo.com /thearch.htm (51 words)

	The Mistake at the Base of the Gateway Arch
		National Park Service/Jefferson National Expansion Memorial handout, United States Department of the Interior.
		This could be some kind of national embarrassment, given the prominence of this mistake's locale.
		And it doesn't help in the matter that a key mathematical mistake is enshrined in the tallest national monument in the United States.
	www.geocities.com /szczepanczyk/gatewayarch.html (1510 words)

	MSN Encarta - Related Items - Missouri
		, national memorial authorized in 1954, originally designated in 1935.
	encarta.msn.com /related_761563653_20.6/Jefferson_National_Expansion_Memorial.html (19 words)

	American Indians--Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		The obverse (front) of the Jefferson medals had a formal bust of President Jefferson in low relief, along with his name and the date he entered office.
		The Six Nations, an alliance of the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Tuscarora nations, practiced a participatory democracy from which Ben Franklin drew inspiration when uniting the English colonies during the Albany Conference.
		At the time, these medals represented a covenant between nations, and were valued equally by tribal people who had had contact with European-Americans and by the governments of Britain, Spain, France and the United States, each of which issued them.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/lewisandclark/indians.htm (1353 words)

	August 15 - St. Louis, MO; The Gateway Arch (The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial)
		The National Park Service runs the Gateway Arch, which is officially called the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
		Well, the Gateway Arch is a memorial to the westward expansion of the United States.
		I chose to watch one of the movies that was about the Westward expansion of the country, and was fascinating.
	www.louannsplace.com /Summer2001/August15 (291 words)

	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
		The Gateway Arch and the rest of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial were established in the 1950s to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Voyage of Discovery, which intensified the western expansion of the nation.
		Also, the National Park Service has some interesting articles about the Arch here.
		OR you may buy the National Parks CD, which has on it all of the National Parks photos on this site, plus many more -- over 470 altogether -- in a larger size, suitable for viewing full screen or printing your own enlargements.
	www.dlmark.net /NPjefferson.htm (205 words)

	Wildernet - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
		Description - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on St. Louis' Mississippi river front memorializes Nineteenth century leaders who envisioned a vast continental United States.
		Eero Saarinen's stainless steel gateway arch serves as the centerpiece of this park and a national symbol for westward expansion.
		The memorial consists of the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion and St. Louis' Old Courthouse.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=US0041&CU_ID=1 (387 words)

	St. Louis, Missouri — Gateway Arch, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Saint Louis Zoo, Route 66
		The most famous feature, of course, is the Gateway Arch-Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the St. Louis riverfront.
		When President Thomas Jefferson sent explorers Lewis and Clark from St. Louis to chart the new Louisiana Territory in 1804, more than 1,000 people, mostly French, Spanish, Indian and both free and slave blacks, lived in the city.
		Louis was incorporated as a city in 1823, and it’s been a booming center of commerce ever since.
	www.brownandcrouppen.com /st_louis.html (353 words)

	Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
		City leaders and leaders within the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association had spent the decade lobbying the federal government for the financial support for the project that was promised back in 1930's.
		Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
		The memorial grounds had been cleared of dilapidated buildings by 1942 and for most of the 1950s the area served as a municipal parking lot.
	www.umsl.edu /~virtualstl/phase2/1950/events/groundbreaking.html (217 words)

	Student Jobs.Gov
		The National Park Service at the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion and the Old Courthouse are all part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis Missouri.
		The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial also provides recruitment services for the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, which commemorates the life, military, career and Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia Dent Grant.
		The Museum of Westward Expansion, located below the Arch, is as large as a football field, and contains an extensive collection of artifacts, mounted animal specimens, an authentic American tipi and an overview of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
	www.studentjobs.gov /textonly/txt_agencies/agency-nps-jeffnatl.asp (282 words)

	AzureBay - Images Everything
		Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was established as a National Park in 1935 to commemorate the westward expansion of the United States.
		Designed by architect Eero Saarinen in 1947, the 630-foot Gateway Arch was built between 1963 and 1965.
		Copyright 1995 - 2006 Impact Photographics, A Division of John Wagner Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
	www.azurebay.com /Products.asp?Item=140SS (83 words)

	NCGA - News of the Day
		National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Director of Production and Marketing Paul Bertels recently instructed St. Louis-area park rangers on the economic importance of the Mississippi during a three-day session at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch).
		A new dimension in a Jefferson National Expansion Memorial park ranger's tour might now include reinforcing the importance of updating the Mississippi River lock and dam system.
		The nation's rivers are a key avenue for the nation's farmers to transport their product and one of the most utilized river systems in the nation is the Upper Mississippi River.
	www.ncga.com /news/notd/2002/june/060702.htm (331 words)

	Downtown Parks
		The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) and its grounds are owned and maintained by the National Service.
		Memorial Plaza continues from Market to Chestnut and from 14th to 18th streets.
		It was built on the park land between Olive and Pine and 13th and 14th streets by the Monument Builders of America after a convention in St. Louis in 1942.
	stlouis.missouri.org /citygov/parks/parks_div/downtown.html (738 words)

	Community Connection
		Jefferson National Expansion Memorial includes the Gateway Arch, Museum of Westward Expansion and the Old Courthouse.
		Jefferson National Expansion Memorial includes the Gateway Arch and Old Courthouse.
		Administered by the National Park Service, the park commemorates St. Louis' role in the westward expansion of the United States in the 19th century.
	www.communityconnection.org /resource_pages/46325.html (98 words)

	Saint Louis Gateway Arch
		he Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park was established on the banks of the Mississippi River, on December 21, 1935, to commemorate the westward growth of the United States between 1803 and 1890.
		Cost for the $30 million national monument was shared by the federal government and the City of St. Louis.
		Construction on the nation's tallest memorial began in 1961 with the "topping out" in 1965 and dedication in 1966.
	www.slfp.com /View-of-Arch.html (682 words)

	Missouri Guide to Local Hotels, Lodging, Restaurants, Real Estate, Car Rentals and Area Information
		On the steps leading up to the capitol building stands a statue of President Jefferson; the city of St. Louis is also home to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
		Missourians honor President Thomas Jefferson for his successful negations with the French for the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803.
		Visitors to the memorial will find several interesting attractions, the largest of which is the Gateway Arch.
	www.missouri.com (319 words)

	Greening of the Interior, Awards
		To educate youth about the Mississippi's significance, the Educational Department of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial created six interpretation programs that are tailored to a variety of ages, focus on the Mississippi's water cycle, and address the Mississippi's environmental merits and risks to its ecosystems.
		The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial hosts the famous "Gateway Arch" on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
		To create the program, the Education Department partnered with thirteen organizations, including the Bi-State Development Agency (which provides the riverboats); the Jefferson National Park Association; local Boy and Girl Scout Troops; the public school system; and the St. Louis Children's Aquarium.
	www.doi.gov /greening/awards/achievejefferson.html (321 words)

	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: Administrative History (Chapter 4)
		Eero Saarinen, the designer of the memorial, had been insistent that Kiley execute the landscape plan, but this was not to be, and Kiley's last association with the project was in 1964.
		The impact of the 1988-90 VP Fairs on the Memorial Grounds was relatively light.
		The park supported the efforts of the national "Global Releaf" organization in 1989, when seven trees were planted on the Arch grounds, drawing significant media attention to the park.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/jeff/adhi2-4a.htm (9807 words)

	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
		What we didn't know, was that it is part of a National Memorial, and that our Junior Ranger would once again have an opportunity to earn a badge!
		We also watched a great National Geographic film about the Lewis and Clark expedition, which began in St. Louis in 1804.
		When we left Jeff's Aunt and Uncle's house this morning, we knew we were heading in to St. Louis to visit the famous Gateway Arch.
	homepage.mac.com /carrfamily/iblog/Caleb/C1588161212/E320238850 (192 words)

	ASLAA DIRECTORY - JEFFERSON NATIONAL EXPANSION MEMORIAL
		Records document the establishment and development of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, including acquisition of the riverfront property, demolition of buildings, construction of the Gateway Arch, renovation of the Old Courthouse, and planning and installation of exhibits in the Old Courthouse and the Museum of Westward Expansion.
		Museum of Westward Expansion Exhibit Planning Records, ca.
		The Archives also includes limited manuscript materials that illustrate the exploration of the American West.
	library.wustl.edu /units/spec/archives/aslaa/directory/jnem.html (96 words)

	Gateway Arch 40th Anniversary Web Site
		It includes 39 essays and oral history interviews which tell the story of how the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and the Gateway Arch became a reality.
		Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, along with its partners, Jefferson National Parks Association and Metro, will celebrate the 40
		beautiful 160 page, 13” X 11”, hardback coffee table book features over 200 photos of the history of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial from the first discussions of the memorial through present day.
	www.archanniversary.com (275 words)

	Live with Lewis from Cahokia Mounds, IL
		Put together by the National Park Service at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, this web site will give you information about the National Bicentennial Commemoration, Indian Tribes, history of the Corps and numerous other topics.
		National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
		Learn about National Signature Events, the Circle of Tribal Advisors, the Circle of State Advisors and numerous other aspects of the Bicentennial.
	ali.apple.com /ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1001203/Resources.html (423 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Jefferson National Expansion Memorial at Epinions.com
		The Gateway Arch and Museum of Westward Expansion is open daily from 8 AM to 10 PM from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
		The Gateway Arch and Museum of Westward Expansion is located on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis.
		The next morning when we woke up, we decided to head out immediately for the Gateway Arch and Museum of Westward Expansion.
	www.epinions.com /content_158871031428 (1112 words)

	St. Louis, MO - Gateway Arch Fact Sheet
		In 1947 the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association, a group of public-spirited citizens, held a nationwide competition to obtain an appropriate design for the Memorial.
		ADMISSION: Admission to the Museum of Westward Expansion underneath the Arch is free.
		HISTORY: In 1935 the St. Louis riverfront was selected as the site for construction of a monument to commemorate the westward expansion of the United States in the 19th century.
	www.explorestlouis.com /factSheets/fact_arch.asp?PageType=2 (1269 words)

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