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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial includes the 630 foot tall masterpiece of modern design, the Gateway Arch; the Museum of Westward Expansion that interprets the history of the American West; and the nineteenth century Old Courthouse, site of the Dred Scott trial.  Please click on the icons to the right to learn more.

 
The Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch
The Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch
Looking up at the Gateway Arch with clouds in the sky.
Gateway Arch
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Old Courthouse
Old Courthouse
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Moccasins from the Museum of Westward Expansion
Museum of Westward Expansion
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Dinosaur cartoon  

Did You Know?
On September 10, 1804 on Cedar Island, in South Dakota, William Clark discovered the fossilized remains of the ribs, backbone and teeth of a plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs were animals who lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, but swam rather than walking on land. Clark thought it was a giant fish bone!
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