The Zebulon M. Pike arrived in St. Louis on this date back in 1817. It became the first steamboat to make its way to the city.
Photo credit: On the Mississippi – St. Louis – a general view of the city from east St. Louis. , 1871. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002699989/.
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