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Greater St. Louis is the 21st-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States, [ 3 ][ 4 ] the largest in Missouri, and the second-largest in Illinois. Its core city — St. Louis, Missouri —sits in the geographic center of the metro area, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The river bisects the metro area ...
In 1931, Century Air Lines added Bloomington to its Chicago-to-St. Louis route. Unfortunately the wet winter of 1931-1932 made the field too mushy for the carrier's Stinson tri-motor airplanes. The following spring, American Airways assumed Century's role, but after only two days (May 1–2) the company terminated service.
A large portion of the former 37,000 acres (150 km 2) of mine and farm lands owned by the Mine La Motte Company, later the Missouri Metals Corporation, was acquired by the St. Louis Area Council in 1961 through the efforts of the St. Joseph Lead Company and Mr. Elver A. Jones, and an initial gift of the Stix, Baer & Fuller Company by Mr. Arthur ...
Main article: History of St. Louis before 1762. The area that became St. Louis was a center of the Native American Mississippian culture, which built numerous temple and residential earthwork mounds on both sides of the Mississippi River. Their major regional center was at Cahokia Mounds, active from 900 to 1500.
Metro Transit (St. Louis) Metro Transit is an enterprise of the Bi-State Development Agency and operates public transportation services in the St. Louis region. In 2023, the system had an annual ridership of 19,528,200, or about 64,600 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
In 2013, the St. Louis County Council authorized loaning Metro $400 million of surplus Proposition A funds to pay off debt related to the Cross County extension. [9] On July 26, 2022, portions of the Blue Line were impacted by a flash flood that shut down the system for nearly 72 hours and caused roughly $40 million in damage.
MetroLink (St. Louis) For other systems of the same name, see Metrolink (disambiguation). MetroLink (reporting mark BSDA) is a light rail system that serves the Greater St. Louis area. Operated by Metro Transit in a shared fare system with MetroBus, [7] the two-line, 38-station system runs from St. Louis Lambert International Airport and ...
The St. Louis Area Diaper Bank, founded in 2014 and located at 6141 Etzel Ave. in Wellston, Mo., provides diaper and period supply access to the region’s under-resourced families and raises ...