Why did St.Louis build the Gateway arch? - IT'S HISTORY

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Among the United States' iconic landmarks is one that not many would find too significant: a giant arch on the Mississippi River called the Gateway to the West. Many fail to realize that it's loaded with historical significance and carries a great deal of struggle in the story of its creation. Today we'll delve into the history of the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
Chapters
00:52 - The History of Westward expansion
01:43 - The Seven Years war
02:17 - America's fight for independence
02:50 - The History of the Louisiana purchase
04:20 - The History of the Organ trail
05:18 - What is American Manifest destiny?
06:47 - The History of St. Louis
10:26 - St. Louis World fair
12:44 - The History of the Gateway arch
14:50 - How was St. Louis's Gateway Arch built?
17:00 - How does the gateway arch elevator work?
18:13 - Stunts attempted at the Gateway arch
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@timinator31 2 года назад

If you’re from St. Louis, you have to say “look, there’s the Arch!“ every time you go downtown or are in a part of the surrounding area that can see the Arch.

@CANControlGRAFFITI 2 года назад

Sounds annoying.

@timinator31 2 года назад

@@CANControlGRAFFITI Then don’t come to my city 🙂

@magimon91834 2 года назад

Don't forget when you see it on billboards or advertisements

@socialmoth4974 2 года назад

Lol, yep

@anitamueller3358 2 года назад

@Tim Price I can confirm this. Every time we went downtown, someone would point out the Arch.

@garydilbeck340 2 года назад

I’ve been up there and I can tell you that it doesn’t take a propeller aircraft to sway it. It moves all by itself. When you’re in the observation area, you can most definitely feel it moving. It’s a trip man👍.

@stoneyll 2 года назад

I've been there too.. You are correct. I hate to think what a nearby tornado might do. And leaning over those observation windows at the top I found as a little kid 50 years ago, unsettling.

@stnwrd 2 года назад

I know the feeling I have been there myself quite a few times LOL

@BanditBerry 2 года назад

Lol I live here its pretty normal. Its built better than everything else.

@ShadowsEdge785 2 года назад

Having been a Tour Guide at the Arch, I can attest to that. However, the sway is totally normal. it is MADE to sway up to 18 inches (9 in each direction), however if sway is over 1.5 inches in either direction the top is closed, but that is up to the discretion of the National Park Service Ranger on duty at the top. However, it can withstand the windspeeds of a tornado, as it takes a HEAVY gale (I don't remember the exact windspeed) to cause any sway at all.

@shahpoursimmons6293 2 года назад

Yea but it’s still Magical

@Running-with-skizers 2 года назад

Finally a history channel that talks about history

@Greengoblin2345 2 года назад

It’s actually crazy that the Eads bridge is still in use to this day

@jamesoverholt878 2 года назад

Went to epcot as a child. In the Canadian section my dad spoke to one of the Canadians. Upon hearing we were from st louis. They responded, "oh, isn't that where you have that big door?"

@Jwdude123 Год назад

And lots of African Americans

@gvibes69 10 месяцев назад

Seeing the portal to hell no thanks !!!

@CaughtCrazy 2 года назад

My older brother was a supervisor for parks and Rec in St Louis at the arch in the early 80's, when I was 12 In 1982 one night in October he came by asking me to give him a hand with something and using his keys we went to the top and with Jack Buck And Mike Shannon calling it on KMOX Radio that's where we watched The St Louis Cardinals Win game 7 of The world Series in 1982, My brother is as Cool as They Come, I'll Never Forget It.

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

This is the coolest St. Louis story ever, sounds like a movie… so dope!!! I’m a little jealous but I have ice cream sundae and shake glasses from Jack Buck’s personal mansion that was in Forest Park. I went to his estate sell to get them tho 😂 We got lost in that house but it was beautiful 😍

@CaughtCrazy 2 года назад

@@cheezyhussle7942 I'm actually putting an outline down for a book now( at strong urging of my wife) about growing up on the Hill in St.Louis in an Italian Family and how Cards Baseball was such a big part, I worked for years for one of the biggest Moving companies in STL and moved Jack into that place at Forest Park. What a great guy ,he could've just flipped us a 20 tip and been done but him and Joe, I think he was a senior then At Country Day it was before he went to I.U. Bloomington .grilled steaks and he tipped all 4 of us $100, I had him sign the back & still got it. Joe is good, But I still miss Jack... 2022 is gonna be our 12 th World Series...Go Crazy Folk Go Crazy

@jonnydanger7181 2 года назад

Wow that’s crazy! I got to meet Shannon at his restaurant in 2008.

@CaughtCrazy 2 года назад

@@jonnydanger7181 Thanks, I really miss listening to the old guys call the game, even when I watched the game on TV I muted it and turned it to KMOX Radio ,they called it so well it was like you were there, call me old fashion but Damn I miss those days, Oh Im calling it Early #12 in 2022

@jonnydanger7181 2 года назад

@@CaughtCrazy Jordan hicks? yes I always enjoy old broadcasters, it’s a vintage feeling 👍

@cornholio9186 2 года назад

Finally, someone mentioned that St. Louis City is not part of of St. Louis county.

@thisguy2720 2 года назад

@Andrew you care enough to comment

@jamesoverholt878 2 года назад

@@thisguy2720 boom

@aidanlandwehr8295 2 года назад

@Andrew sloW roasted like some juicy ribs mate

@WKRP187 2 года назад

Now what??? Does this info change anything in my life??? Hey is Inbev keeping that really nice petting zoo free after they bought Anheuser Busch?? Busch did so much for that city hope Inbev is keeping up the tradition

@jamesoverholt878 2 года назад

@@WKRP187 grant's farm? I heard they stopped giving away free beer

@CJColvin 2 года назад

Very well said story about St.Louis Missouri. The separation of the city of St.Louis and St.Louis County is definitely the biggest downfall of the city of St.Louis.

@sirblack1619 2 года назад

That and STL's need to have narrow mindsets much like the rest of the midwest.

@GenX7119 2 года назад

No its not..learn your history about STL!! The city is independent and isnt even ran by the state!! They do things totally different and its best to keep it separate!!

@GenX7119 2 года назад

@@sirblack1619 good the narrow mindset keeps out liberal fools such as yourself..

@CJColvin 2 года назад

@@GenX7119 Exactly

@CJColvin 2 года назад

@@GenX7119 Not to mention that it keeps Missouri a pure Red state and since Chicago out grew St.Louis is the reason why Illinois is corrupt as hell. If the city of St.Louis hadn't separated from St.Louis County in 1876 then it wouldn't be as deadly as it is today.

@ThisHouse 2 года назад

Great video on a great city! Thanks for making this! I love St. Louis history!!!

@herrgodfrey9563 2 года назад

Riding in the elevator in the Arch is trippy. Also, they're absolutely tiny. I don't recommend if you're claustrophobic.

@laurenleclaire9512 Месяц назад

I have rode in the new egg ones but I still remember the old baskets that were open and you could see the inside structure of the Arch. There are stairs inside of it also.

@Lauren-zq9ux 2 года назад

I’m a St.Lousian, and while I’m glad topics like this are covered over our city, their are many that are kept secrets and repressed that I wish would get covered. Like the gas chemicals that were sprayed throughout north stl. during America’s war with the Russians. Our own government sprayed chemicals as a “test” in poverty stricken and predominantly black streets, to see how they would react to the chemicals. My mother today runs a home health care and takes care of many elderly patients who say they remember running behind those trucks. Their parents, who were mainly alive during those times passed from different cancers.

@KMBrown-ro7dh 2 года назад

💯💯💯

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

Somebody just said she ran behind those trucks two days ago and now I’m here. This is not a coincidence in my eyes, I’m going to look further into that. I also said during those conversations that I believed that’s where a lot of cancers came from. They said it was for mosquitoes 🤦🏽‍♀️

@KMBrown-ro7dh 2 года назад

@@cheezyhussle7942 💯 That’s why I believe they are still doing it. In my community they still have that truck that goes throughout the neighborhood and sprays. And they use that same excuse talking about the mosquitoes, just like Pruit Igo. (Forgive me if the spelling is incorrect)

@Lauren-zq9ux 2 года назад

For as much as STL likes to say BLM, I don’t see this on the news, or any of the families hurt from this ever get retributed. Also I read that they did studies and tested some subjects back in the 80’s, and they found radiation.

@loveyourvibez1340 2 года назад

So many secrets hidden

@HardGayMoose 2 года назад

Shout out for St. Louis for building the infrastructure of a Warp Gate way before having the tech to finish it. Now that's city planning!

@hisaddle Месяц назад

The Federal government did it. It and the grounds around it are controlled by the National Park Service. Spent me first 45 yrs in STL.

@StLouis-yu9iz 2 года назад

As a St. Louisan, I appreciate you covering this topic and feel you did a great job (as usual). I hope everyone has the chance to visit StL and see this and all the other cool attractions here!

@thisguy2720 2 года назад

Like the major robberies going on right now. STL has some cool things but it's a sheet hole

@treenutbuster6086 2 года назад

@@thisguy2720 in my entire life of living in St. Louis, I have never been robbed. I don’t think I know anyone who has been robbed. It does happen, but this isn’t a widespread issue at all.

@thisguy2720 2 года назад

@@treenutbuster6086 30 cars get broken into at a blues game and it's not a widespread issue?

@Flickawho 2 года назад

Every major city has spats of break ins, especially at major sporting events. These things are unfortunate but aren’t isolated to StL. Also, things are replaceable. Like say Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago… just don’t go where you shouldn’t when you shouldn’t and you have a high probability of being ok.

@thisguy2720 2 года назад

@@Flickawho no they're going up in stl. What the ish hole cities with crime have I'm common is they're all ran by lefty's who dont prosecute

@pyronical 2 года назад

Mate, your ability to make "bite size" history pieces is pretty great. Enjoyed this video thoroughly, Netflix should hire you for "Netflix shorts". (greetings from New Zealand, glad you fixed your mic btw)

@lwells3937 2 года назад

I remember in the 90s meeting your rugby team in an Irish bar named McGircks in South St. Louis. It was So much fun

@edwardbeaty8899 2 года назад

I was a kid when it was being built. And we would visit relatives a few times a year so I got to see it being built. A little higher every time. Went up it during the first year.

@lolawinewinelola 2 года назад

My grand father built it

@donalddodson7365 2 года назад

Ryan, nice summary of the context and building of the Arch. Visiting the Museum and the Arch several years ago was a great experience. Visitors on windy days should expect a slight motion at the top. Thank you for kindling good memories.

@scottcastro9383 2 года назад

Fun fact: the Gateway Arch can sway up to 18 inches during a windy day!

@lesterscrugs2272 2 года назад

We are still waiting for Illinois to build a giant statue of a guy with a croquet Mallet directly across from the arch

@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 2 года назад

As a toddler, I saw the unfinished arch. Forty-ish years later, I was driving cross-country, and, on the other side of the Mississippi, noticed that the arch, when reflected, made a lovely oval. Then, I took an off ramp and nearly ran off the road as the arch and it’s reflection became a Möbius strip. From the little bit I know, Saarinen was likely to have anticipated and/or planned for the effect.

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

Can you elaborate on this, I googled Möbius strip and I couldn’t quite understand what you meant by it

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

Like were you just distracted that it took The shape or did that view actually cause you some type of effect on the road. I’m just curious, that’s all.

@fabrisse7469 2 года назад

@@cheezyhussle7942 When coming at the arch head on from the other side of the Mississippi, it looks like a complete oval with the reflection in the river. As I went around the exit ramp, the oval twisted until it looked like a Möbius strip. From the angles of the sides of the arch, I think Saarinen may have anticipated the effect.

@phdz1535 2 года назад

The Arch is the tallest man made monument in the US. IT'S 75 feet taller than the Washington Monument and over twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.... My Grandfather and his 2 brothers was very proud to say they helped build the Arch. ...

@KMBrown-ro7dh 2 года назад

💯💯💯

@lolawinewinelola 2 года назад

My grand father did too

@lesterscrugs2272 2 года назад

We built it to simultaneously hide the weather control machine and also be the transmission antenna. That's right, St Louis controls all the weather across the Midwest.

@foebwildn3757 2 года назад

You trolling or serious because that’s wild but not hard to believe

@nickmenn5443 11 месяцев назад

You’re definitely getting kicked out of the Louminati

@MattLarose 2 года назад

I had absolutely no idea you could go inside the thing. That's crazy

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

It’s crazy how we’re a country and don’t know about things in different states. It’s not uncommon but this is interesting and crazy to me that you didn’t know that. You now like you always think everybody knows certain things and this was one for me. Never crossed my mind how many people know nothing about the Arch And it’s down the street from my house. 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

@garydean0308 5 месяцев назад

It is a horrible trip in that tiny elevator.

@MattLarose 5 месяцев назад

@@garydean0308 I can imagine! Does the elevator have glass to look through or is it just a cramped freight elevator?

@garydean0308 5 месяцев назад

@@MattLarose just a small metal box.

@ronaldwinker2197 2 года назад

My neighbor was one of the crane operators. It was an exciting time watching the Arch being built. It was on the Feast of St Jude (Patron Saint of impossible causes) the final piece was put in place. Something to see. I think I paid a dollar and two bits my first time up!

@wadethomas6952 2 года назад

Thank you for covering I'm from Missouri nice to hear the story behind The gateway

@bigdeal6852 2 года назад

I was down there with my whole Family and Uncles and Cousins when they were putting in the last piece ! My Dad got that part on an 8mm movie camera ! I was 6 yrs.old !

@TheChainChasers 2 года назад

I went to the top my only visit to st louis to watch cardinals play in 2014 playoffs. The arch is amazing, can't find many better words to describe it.

@ThatJakeGuy99 2 года назад

Very nice video on my city. Been to the top too many times to count. Grandfather helped build it. Lots of love for the arch ♥️

@lolawinewinelola 2 года назад

My grand father helped as well 😊

@ramencurry6672 2 года назад

It’s good that you visit. In other cities most locals ignore the famous landmarks even if they’re very famous

@Brokenfingergamer 2 года назад

An absolutely awe-inspiring piece of engineering! I’ve visited it in the past, along with the museum contained below, and it was quite a amazing experience. Only wished that people would stop trying to carve their names and/or rude messages into the steel of both sides…

@CaughtCrazy 2 года назад

Everyone else is too, as of last May , defacing any Historical Monument in the State of Missouri will Get the Max punishable by law, Which I wish was carving something stupid in their chest with a Sodering Iron How many do you think it would take, before they Quit doing it .

@ezragonzalez8936 2 года назад

Ugliest eye sore Ronald McDonald's designed!

@kja9881 2 года назад

Love St. Louis a very nice city! Saw the Arch and Busch Stadium 🏟️ Cardinals beat the Pirates.

@michaelross6792 2 года назад

I always went to games against the Pirates, they almost always win those. Lol. Sadly I haven't been to a game since Ozzie Smith was on shortstop

@ramencurry6672 2 года назад

The suburbs are nice too

@tomservo56954 2 года назад

I've been there...it's more breathtaking to be on the ground looking up than at the top.

@theblacksheep5226 2 года назад

I barely remember when the legs of the arch were completed and watching them work on the very top. An incredible piece of work.

@Tuberuser187 2 года назад

The thing I like most with this Monument is the park and setting around it, like how an attractive painting is enhanced by a good frame.

@robertschaefer3223 2 года назад

I used to live across the street from the Arch and walked the grounds almost every day.

@joeymacme 2 года назад

As a history channel you really should know better than to use the term "Irish Potato Famine" for what was effectively genocide of the Irish people carried out by the ruling British. The potato blight occured throughout Europe, not just Ireland. The "famine" however, did not. Food was continuously exported from Ireland by the British throughout this period.

@OneOfThoseTypes 2 года назад

Holy ****, there's always that one dude....

@jdavis9684 2 года назад

I was a senior in high school in 1967.I got a summer job as part of the first crew to work at the Arch. I basically took tickets downstairs, loaded passengers into the cars and pressed the button sending them to the top. Up on top the procedure was reversed to send folks back down. Occasionally I would answer questions from tourists like "Can you see Chicago from here?". That fall I went east to start college. Other than a few passengers who shouldn't have had that big lunch before boarding the cars it was a great summer job.

@janinegarverick5602 2 года назад

SERRIN THE FRENCH ARTIST WHO CREATED THE ARCH DESIGNED IT SO PERFECTLY. I LOVE HOW THE SUN GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE ARCH AND AT NIGHT IT HAS THE SMALL SIMPLE LIGHT UNDER THE ARCH AND IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SEE THE CAPITAL AND IT ALL REFLECTS UPON THE WATER OF THE RIVER. AS ABOVE SO BELOW

@hisaddle Месяц назад

that domed building is an old courthouse. The capital of Missouri is in Jefferson CIty, MO.

@ticnatz 2 года назад

I live overseas, but I spent many years in St. Louis. Been up there. Can't wait to go back...

@ItsAVolcano 2 года назад

First time I've seen someone reference Lewis & Clark, Sacagaweas husband and her son by name and yet not her.

@WillGallagher1 2 года назад

Cities separating from their surrounding county often has a very negative impact at least in small or mid size cites like St. Louis & Baltimore... It allowed rich people to freeload off city resources//opportunities while taking their bounty to the county suburbs. They don't pay a dime towards maintaining and improving the city they are benefiting from meanwhile all that money that should have gone towards city schools is concentrated in the burbs a their 5 star resort campus schools.

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

Damnit you nailed it… that’s exactly what’s happening in St. Louis and then they blame blank people for the downfall after they were put in literal projects. 🤦🏽‍♀️🎯🎯🎯

@foebwildn3757 2 года назад

It’s funny how he doesn’t mention the arch was built over a black town

@hustler3of4culture3 2 года назад

Everyone who works or lives in the city pays city earnings tax of 1%.

@hustler3of4culture3 2 года назад

So your argument that all the money is gone is false

@bigguyCIA4u 2 года назад

@@hustler3of4culture3 That 1% city income tax is an absolute pittance when you have hundred of thousands of people paying property and sales taxes out in the suburbs. As a result, the city itself crumbles while its suburbs prosper. Happens all across the Midwest

@ryanhugh86 2 года назад

Louis and Clark did not take the Oregon Trail. They travelled further North through Montana.

@MrCtal19 Год назад

They traveled up the Missouri River

@scotianbank 2 года назад

As much as I love the US, and am proud of be half American, it's stuff like Andrew Jackson ever making it to the $20 bill that doesn't let us move on. I say, don't forget the past, but leave it behind and focus on the future. Andrew Jackson might've done some great stuff for our country, but he also committed heinous atrocities... The very least we could do is remove him from modern currency.

@denisefarmer366 2 года назад

The Trail of Tears😥 No words can adequately describe this cruel and tragic event forced by the US government.

@embo4887 2 года назад

Ive been in the arch once. The elevator is the best part. You go up, then slam over go up slam over. Its great But when you are up there. Man it has some sway. Its worth it.

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

They’ve upgraded the carts you should try them now, might not be as exciting tho 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

@ramencurry6672 2 года назад

I didn’t go up since I’ve already been up on the Eiffel Tower

@amandacokeley9141 Год назад

One of my favorite travel memories is riding the elevator to the top of the arch and watching the sunset from the top on a very clear summer day. One of the most amazing experiences of my life.

@hoosermama1 2 года назад

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. STILL live in Kansas City, Missouri. And have only been to St. Louis one time. 20 years ago. Tried to go up in the Arch. However with no success, as it was a 4½hr wait. It's a beautiful sight. Especially when its captured at the right angle on camera.

@fijitears 2 года назад

I would’ve waited that with you. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@janinegarverick5602 2 года назад

Gotta love the Blues and Jazz music too

@christinelund7897 2 года назад

Absolutely! And we have the Blues Museum downtown featuring our great local talent.

@2023-Sucked 2 года назад

Another structure by Eero Saarinen is the TWA terminal at JFK in New York, would be cool to see a video on that at one point

@joestrike8537 2 года назад

A great idea! The terminal was recently reconfigured into a luxury hotel too, saving it from the wrecker's ball. There's a great view of it from the walkway between the AirTrain station and the JetBlue terminal.

@2023-Sucked 2 года назад

@@joestrike8537 oh trust me, it’s on my list of things to do when visiting NYC, I live about 3 hours away, so not a horrible ways away

@joestrike8537 2 года назад

@@2023-Sucked Since it's a public hotel you can probably go into the place and check it out; I took a flight out of it when it was still a terminal & it's totally sci fi inside (I'll have to revisit it myself one of these days)

@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 2 года назад

Don’t forget Dulles! I’d love to see a piece on Saarinen’s chapel at MIT, too.

@sharksport01 2 года назад

Saarinen designed a few residences. I work at one. Its a masterpiece!

@christinelund7897 2 года назад

The man who built the system of capsules taking people up and down was a guest at a hotel I worked at and he said they paid him a small fortune to come and replace the system with something newer and better but in all that time, no better system was created and they replaced it with the same system. Nice man, tipped well.

@nonelost1 7 месяцев назад

I went up the arch in late 1974. Going up in one of those little elevators can be claustrophobic as there is room for only one person in each elevator pod. I first heard about the arch a few years earlier, while watching a documentary in 9th grade showing footage of the insertion of the last piece in 1965. It was fascinating watching them spray water on the top of the arch to make sure that they could get the last piece to fit in there right.

@lilitharam44 2 года назад

13:20 is where it starts to explain about the Arch for those in a hurry.

@lindawilliams1933 2 года назад

I see the beautiful monument every morning out my kitchen window. LOVELY.

@aztecmomma 2 года назад

I live 2 1/2 hours south-facing St. Louis and often go there for different things. I love history especially from my home state.

@DwayneIsKing 2 года назад

I remember being a kid and being absolutely blown away seeing that there was a whole ass museum under the Arch. Loved it ever since

@loribach534 2 года назад

Great work! Part of my research project encompasses St. Louis. It is multicultural like Dallas, Washington, Houston, LA, and Boston and all have extreme poverty; like our entire country now!

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

The rich people did it 🤷🏽‍♀️

@finn_4761 2 года назад

“Architecture isn’t about why, it’s about why not!” -Some Scientist

@ghayes220 2 года назад

Very fascinating historical video. Great job. Love your channel.

@optimusperrine1 2 года назад

The Oregon Trail started in Independence, MO. Just playing the game you could have got that face right.

@janinegarverick5602 2 года назад

Such a beautiful city, love the Archway to The Gateway

@rudyjavurek2817 2 года назад

Personally live 25 miles SW of the Arch and proud of it. Unfortunately did not work on the expansion on the ground in 2017 but know several sheet metal workers that did.

@oveidasinclair982 2 года назад

I was up in the arch, it was exciting getting up there and then to look out of the windows once up there

@sheadreamz 8 дней назад

It’s standing proof that even if you don’t have a plan to finish some thing when you start it, you only need pure willpower and determination to finish it.

@vincentstrack4933 2 года назад

I know this is nit picking but the only reason they got the Olympics is because they through a fit that the games were going to Chicago and said that if the Olympic committee didn't strip Chicago of the games St. Louis would have their own. The Olympic committee caved because the event was still new and they didn't want to take any chances.

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

A win is a win, you sounding like a hater right now 😂

@motionsick 2 года назад

My mom brought me here when I was a kid. Elevator is crazy rocks back and forth as it "climbs the stairs"

@mech-a-redneck9745 2 года назад

If you are driving along US 6 In Warren county Pennsylvania. Just west of Starbrick, Pennsylvania. You will pass a sign that reminds people of the steel plant where that Stainless Steel was made.

@josephbrandtner7713 2 года назад

The Arch was first proposed to Pittsburgh, PA. They wanted to mount it over the Ohio River at the Point. After all, Pittsburgh is the original "Gateway to the West". Louis & Clark started there! A boat builder up the Mon river in Braddock, PA. built their boat. But Pittsburgh turned down the Arch. That's when they aproached Stl Louis.

@sirblack1619 2 года назад

Never hear that before. How was Pittsburgh the original gateway to the west?

@davidwilliams5649 2 года назад

All these years I had NO idea that you could go into the arch! 😳😳😳 Great video! I learned a lot!

@Yeeeeeeeehawcowboy 2 года назад

im about to visit it tomorrow for my birthday! super excited

@azieg9ygeb Год назад

@@Yeeeeeeeehawcowboy how was it?

@Yeeeeeeeehawcowboy Год назад

@@azieg9ygeb it was good, wish you could stay in the arch longer but they make you come back down after about 5 minutes

@azieg9ygeb Год назад

@@Yeeeeeeeehawcowboy that’s unfortunate. Thanks for the info tho!

@Yeeeeeeeehawcowboy Год назад

@@azieg9ygeb its worth it because theres other stuff to do too, not to mention the atmosphere surrounding the park is incredible, but i feel like the price to go up in the arch is a bit much for just being able to stay for a few minutes

@janinegarverick5602 2 года назад

I lived in Savanah GA and the beautiful old parks especially Dauphin Park. The Little City that reflects the Large City, Saint Louis

@cheezyhussle7942 2 года назад

Never heard of it, I must look into it

@DanteDH88 2 года назад

It did not line up at the top during construction, that's why tensioners we're installed along the back in order to pull the Arch apart in order to squeeze the last piece in, according to a documentary I watched a few days ago. Great video I had never thought of someone jumping off.

@nathangottschalk1049 2 года назад

Amazing video, thought there is a correction that needs to be noted. At 9:11 the name stated for the affair is Jefferson. The actual name was the “camp Jackson affair” or “camp Jackson massacre”. It was called that because the Missouri state guard camp (southern leaning) where many of the victims had come from before being arrested by union forces. The camp itself was named in honor of the governor of missouri ( southern leaning)

@thatfordguy2268 2 года назад

Very interesting, but you forgot just a couple things. The Anheuser-Busch brewery is just a couple blocks from the arch. You know Budweiser "The King of beers" And Kshe 95 one of the nations longest running rock radio stations. St. Louis is the best city for free attractions. The Science Center, city museum, art museum and the Zoo all have free admission.👍

@noahs.1557 2 года назад

Cant spell architecture without arch 😎

@joestrike8537 2 года назад

Booooooohhhh!!!

@TubbysExplorationsYT 2 года назад

There was another stunt too. Mid 1990's if I remember correctly, a "spiderman" scaled the Arch. He was decked out with specialized climbing gear, equipped with suction cups and wearing rubber coated fabrics. He actually reached the top, where a police escort was waiting inside the hatch to take him into custody.

@Brian_rock_railfan 2 года назад

Awesome video

@WesternBlazer 2 года назад

Awesome narration!

@jlpc67 2 года назад

Great video, very well done

@MoonLightOnWater1 2 года назад

Born in Saint Louis, now living in Portland, Oregon❤️

@Wildstar40 2 года назад

12:46 The beginning of the story of the Arch without 250 years of unneeded back story.

@kevinjfallon 2 года назад

Excellent channel!

@aaronschaefer4167 10 месяцев назад

4:24 jean baptist! 😂 I think native French speakers must be cracking up.

@jeffwebb2966 Год назад

Thank you for a well done historical video. The arch is really beautiful and one wonders whether it would be built again in this time. One day we will get around to polishing and cleaning the stainless structure and it will be even more reflective of the sunsets and city lights. There is a lot of history and great architecture in St. Louis. We have some problems but they can be overcome with will and love for each other.

@BigT2664 Год назад

I used to think the Arch straddled the Mississippi River. I have been in St Louis several times but only seen it from a distance. Fascinating piece of architecture, but I have to admit it was a letdown when I realized it did not straddle the river.

@desertodavid Год назад

@Thearoncrosby, funny you should mention that. I remember cars going underneath the archway in both directions. I could have swore I-70 used to go underneath it.

@elishamoonwilliams4271 Год назад

I appreciate this video, I do wish you put the story of Percy Green on the stunt section.

@vassa1972 2 года назад

Interesting video

@darthmaul216 2 года назад

I remember nerdcubed climbing up that in a monster truck

@dn744 2 года назад

If these are said to be new cities, then why destroy a huge section for a monument.

@ronaldwinker2197 2 года назад

Mostly unused warehouses since the Port of St Louis lost their usefulness with the dawning of barrages. the Catholic Church (Old Cathedral) was the only building left intact. Just north of the Laclede's Landing, the New Rams Stadium was to be built.

@sagichnicht6748 2 года назад

It's the US. In Hamburg they turned their historic warehouses into a stunning urban quarter instead of tearing it down and replacing it with a huge highway, a park and a monument.

@dn744 2 года назад

@@ronaldwinker2197 Makes sense

@dn744 2 года назад

@@sagichnicht6748 UK the same. My local town took the unused buildings and turned into 600 plus luxury apartments from £550k to £3.4 million. I was working in Hamburg in 1996. Stunning place.

@dn744 2 года назад

@@sagichnicht6748 cheers

@rikijett310 2 года назад

Been there twice. It's worth a visit!!!!

@garneauweld1100 Год назад

I was there the day the last piece, or keystone, left the ground in the morning. I think it arrived at the top between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. I was four, and I have a very good memory.

@MrCtal19 Год назад

Jefferson stayed in St. Charles which is where Lewis & Clark set sail up the Missouri River to Oregon. There is a statue of the 2 explorers and their dog in Old Town St. Charles. If you are an optimistic person you can find the good of St. Louis and the surrounding communities.

@sjTHEfirst 2 года назад

Oh my god, thanks for rewriting our history. 😢

@TheCrazyCloon 2 года назад

What

@MGarrison 2 года назад

1:53 what the hell is going on on the left? It looks like the horse is feeling him up with his knee and dude is like "I love you!"

@NostalgicNell 2 года назад

THIS is the kind of thing I needed in high school. Thank you for this video. Just one thing many out of staters mispronounce - it’s or·ruh-gn not or-e-gone. ❤️

@janinegarverick5602 2 года назад

Beautiful Original Historic Architecture

@CJColvin 2 года назад

Downtown St.Louis Missouri there's the Arch.

@CJColvin 2 года назад

@Freddy Meissner Yes the City of St.Louis has extremely dangerous I tell you what.

@fortress1133 2 года назад

I was an illinoisan for 50 years (now Long Islander). HUGE Cardinal fan still and been to the arch many times. If you have claustrophobia the ride to the top is not for you. Climbing into that little "egg" with several other people is very tight. Then you feel like you're going to go upside-down before it straightens out. And yes it does move while you're up there. Quite an experience.

@NativeHoney608 2 года назад

Every native alive carries the historical trauma caused by manifest destiny. I hope people realize the cost of progress.

@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 2 года назад

Driving a car and sleeping in a bed sure does beat driving a horse and living in a tent. I'll take progress.

@ronaldwinker2197 2 года назад

True, but just as German (Tribes) fought Romans, the English destroyed the Welch, the Scotts, and the Irish, the Native American Tribes fought, enslaved, and even consumed their rivals. Columbus found the New World to be just as the Old: People hating one another. Names and faces change but people remain the same.

@NativeHoney608 2 года назад

How are people actually trying to argue with my statement. Wow. Just wow.

@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 2 года назад

@@NativeHoney608 Probably because you're projecting your beliefs onto others with zero evidence and nobody agreeing while using an electronic device on the internet which shows your hypocrisy.

@LucidFL 2 года назад

@@NativeHoney608 Some of us would rather not live in mud huts.

@tizzman3612 Год назад

Was that old Bedford Village at the beginning of the video?

@joshhutch4432 2 года назад

Expodentially 🤣🤣🤣 lmfao my mind is blown.

@DeanStephen 2 года назад

Are you the Ryan Socash from Chicago who lives in Poland?

@samuelmahoney6878 2 года назад

You know, great video and all, but everyone knows it’s a weather control device. Check the local weather radars. (For those not local, it’s a joke, but weather often does either avoid or concentrate in the local area.)

@jamesoverholt878 2 года назад

That's cuz of the heat bubble caused by everything being paved. It's like a weather force field

@weenisw 2 года назад

The automobile was so popular in St. Louis that it hollowed itself out, demolished much of its downtown, and regrettably made itself dramatically less relevant

@CJColvin 2 года назад

If there's someone to blame for creating the Automobile for creating all of this, it's Henry Ford (the man who created the Model T).