Saturday, October 13, 2007

A bit of history


What:
The old St. Louis Courthouse, located conveniently near our hotel

When:
Built in the early 1800's




Notable fact:
Location of the Dred Scott trials of 1847 and 1850

If you, like me, were napping during your American history classes, read this.





















No, really. Go back and read the stuff on the link.

Seriously.


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