Discover St. Louis: Journeying West by River and Rail

Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, opportunity-seekers flocked from the East Coast to St. Louis. Join Isaak Loewen, Transportation Studies Librarian at the St. Louis Mercantile Library, for a glimpse into the lives of travelers who crossed the country by train and boat. Drawing from diaries, letters, and other treasures from the archives, we will uncover their routes, pastimes, and reflections on the long journey.