Did the true “Gateway to the West” start in St. Louis or Independence, Missouri?
Chris Graefser
St. Peters, Missouri
That’s a good question and needs a little ’splainin’.
For Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s 1804-06 expedition, the gateway was Boone’s Settlement in Missouri, along the Missouri River, just west of St. Louis. The capricious river washed out the town in 1828. Soon after, Westport Landing became the new starting point.
Then Independence, Missouri, became the
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