Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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ouzs at the zme 0 the regofz ovement I-IILN thc hardy plonecrs of our natron bcgan thc grtat wcstward trck to Orcgon St Iouls was ont of thc CIIILS rn w hrch famrllcs gathered so that thty could trawl togcthcr on that long trarl to thc ncw land of Wg opportunrty In thcsc carly days of wcstern cxpanslon St Iours prospcrous lrttlc crty wrth approxrmatcly seycn thou sand mhabltants 'I hc fur tradc was very rmportant and St Lours was the chref market for lcad thc mrncs rn the nerghborhood bcrng the most extensrvc rn the world w as a busy In addltron to rts ccntrahfcd locatlon the ctty had thc ady an tage of the easy' transportatlon olTered by the Mrssrssrppr whrch was nayrgable from St Louxs to New Orleans throughout the ytar The approach by w atcr was yery attractlyc On uthcr sxdc of thc XIISSISSIPQI lay opcn land and rrch praxrlc Thc c1ty rtsclf ncstlcd on a hlllsrdc thc burldlngs of the town standrng rn thrct strccts runnlng parallcl to tht rrycr and rlsmg om abou tho. othcr Durlng tht sprlng trtdcrs and lmmlgrants from all scctrons of thc country gathcrcd IU tht crty to prcparc tor thclr long wcstw ard yourncys FI hc hotcls w crt crow dcd and thc gunsmmths wagonmakcrs tor thc wcstward bound trxxtlcrs Stcamboats phcd b1ck and forth along thc rrycr cirryrng tht rmmlgrants to thc trontxcr lcayrng thc lcyccs at St I ours thtst boats passcd up tht Mlssourr Ihcy wcrt I1L'lXlIy loadcd wrth wagons bands of horscs and mules pxlts ot saddlcs and harncss thc outfits of thc tradcrs and thc proyrslons of thc 1mm grants So ladcn thc boats sttamcd up thc rrytr past pramc and bluff and fortst past Indlan ylllagcs and thc camps on past all thcsc to thc common rcndczy ous at thc frontrtr whcrc thc rmmrgrants lcft Nlrssourr bchlnd to follow thc tral to Orton to start lm agun among ncw sccncs and ncw adytnturcs Vrtxm Sl an xs I tcmlu szx r l I I 1. 4 1 Y I 1 I 1 1 1 vu v 1 m ' r x s , . - l - Yy 1 1 I 3 7 l . ' W . 1 1 1 Y I I I v V 1 I 1 ' v I l J vu - , , . , V V. t , U Y y Y I Y! ip l 1 1 1 I I I I Y 1 L I . I7 1 I Y I 1 3 1 4 ' 1 1 I I Y l I 11 I . . . . ' 1 V 1 1 I x I 1 1 l I V1 Y , . I 1 Y I 1 1 Vi 3 Y i l A Y 1 l and saddlcrs wcrc kept constantly' at work to fUl'l1lSIl cqulpmcnt 4 1 V1 7 - L Vx x ' I 1 I I A y 1 I Vi L Y' 3 A A I -1 1 V. ' 1 V1 I x s 1 I 1 .' I , . c . , . . . . I . . l I V Q 1 V V1 1 14 V. Y x V' L Y A N ik' I 3 A 1 L 1 ' 1 D L 1 L l K I V1 4 I1 1 I V' 1 5 H B x ' Y 1 I1 H 'ls I 1 I 1 Y 'X

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