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Today in High Prairie: February 15, 2024 -

Missourians 'imagine ourselves not to be Indian Country,' but we are

"Indigenous Missourians" tells the story of one of the world s biggest cities a millennia ago, the invasion of white settlers, broken treaties and the tragic "Trail of Tears."

Microsoft Travel dubs St. Louis as 'your next dreamy getaway'

Near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri River sits a historic city that some may consider "your next dreamy getaway." That, indeed, would be St. Louis, Missouri.

Today in High Prairie: February 15, 2023 -

Tuesday: Exploring French Contributions To St. Louis Culture

Wikimedia Commons The statue of King Louis IX, the namesake of the City of St. Louis, has stood atop Art Hill in Forest Park since 1906. Evie Hemphill Isabelle Heidbreder has lived in St. Louis for 22 years. She s the executive director of Alliance Française de St. Louis. A walk around St. Louis is a subtle reminder of how the French have influenced the city. Street names such as Laclede and Chouteau refer to fur trader Pierre Laclède and his stepson Auguste Chouteau, who constructed a trading post here in 1764. They named it St. Louis after Louis IX, a 13th-century French king who achieved sainthood in 1297.