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St. Louis, on the Mississippi, is the great town of Missouri, and is considered by the Missourians to be the star of the West. It is Chaussures Homme Sneakerboot not to be beaten in population, wealth, or natural advantages by any other city so far west; but it has not increased with such rapidity as Chicago, which is considerably to the north Dame Moncler Lans of it, on Lake Michigan. Of the great Western cities I regard Chicago as the most remarkable, seeing that St. Louis was a large town before Chicago had been founded.
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