Just a hundred years ago St Louis, in Missouri, was the fourth largest city in the United States of America. Handily placed on the banks of the Mississippi, the city hosted both the World Trade Fair and the third modern Olympic games in 1904. It was a major centre of trade and industry (which was still largely driven by water transport), and a hub of cross-country rail development as a result of the building of the impressive Eads bridge
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Meet me in St Louis, Louie – Part Two
So here’s Part Two of the countdown – my list of the top five things to do in St Louis:
5. Farmer’s market Soulard Market, 730 Carroll StreetNo, not the middle classes paying £7.50 for half a pound of sausages and smugly ordering ostrich steaks. Instead, Amish stalls, Illinois tomatoes (these are fat, juicy and colourful and, to use a cliché, they really do taste like tomatoes used to), crusty bread, collard greens, spices, herbs, juicy tangerines, fresh vegetables, huge slabs
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