Gateway Arch National Park - Missouri

This historically important park in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, celebrates the area’s role in the westward expansion of the nation in the early nineteenth century.  Other important themes include the vital role of Thomas Jefferson in opening the West, the debate over slavery that was raised in the trial of Dred Scott in the area’s Old Courthouse, and the design and construction of the park’s iconic arch.  Most visitors tour the park’s historic attractions and stroll the grounds of this 91-acre park located on the banks of the Mississippi River.