Show Tm ALL LL r S Sf of the Worlds Work Display For f o r In Every Branch it is Unsurpassed HISTORY OF ITS INCEPTION Fittingly Commemorating the Idea ta of or Louisiana Purchase Soon Became A National One OneSt April St 51 peels Mo Mora April 30 The exposition comprising a II IIara purchase eta ara romp comp a repent 0 collection and exhibition tion the worlds peoples p ople products In I n ei I j modes of ot living diversions transportation facilities In fact tact a n 1 concentration of universal arts manufactures m and products of oC the forest orest and sea soa had its Inception loll mine tan tion in 1898 and was completed comPeted In ln April II 1904 The exposition commemorates the centennial of oC tho purchase orates Nales rom from France Fronc In by the United I Elites Elates of oC the vast ast strip of or territory from the Gulf of Mexico to tie the Dominion of oC Canada and extending from the tho Mississippi 1 river to o 0 the crest cresto o of the Korky Mountain range rane and since known krown as QS the Louisiana Purchase Tor BELONGED TO FRANCE The entire Mississippi valley atley originally lean belonged belonge to Franco ranco by right of oC discovery and exploration In 1783 1763 Spain acquired the thA Louisiana Louisina territory after titer the treaty of lC peace It at Parts Paris when Vance France which had ceded cedell Louisiana Iou to tl Spain under tho the secret treaty of ot 1762 1162 n rave ne up all her other possessions in North America to Great Britain Spain heI held the territory for tor 37 17 years return ir Ir It to 10 France rane on tho the demand of oC Na Nn Napoleon Napoleon through tho the secret treaty trul cf cC St it Oct 1 1800 Na Nn Napoleon Napoleon was then first consul of ot France l The United Untied States Slates by b the tho Revolution Revolutionary try ary Ir had hul won sovereignty over tho the territory between betl en tho the Atlantic ocean and Ind the Mississippi river Spanish rials were still In authority at New Now Oro leans Inane although tho Louisiana had hid preen been returned to Trance Tho The I Ih hostile h tUe attitude of ot thin tha Spaniards to toward ward cards Americans Americana navigating the tho Mis resulted In agitation which led Pre Provident ld nt Thomas Jefferson to under undertake undertake take the purchase of ot tho the city and Inland of t New el Orleans In order to control the tho of or tho the Mississippi Robert II n Livingston United States minister to Vance France and James Monroe afterward president of ot tho the United States were ere ac ne accordingly cordingly commissioned lolled to conduct tho the for tor this transfer Instead ot of o the sale of ot the tho Island of ot New Or Orleans leans luns clone alone Napoleon proposed the Halo anlo of t the entire Louisiana territory for In order to secure lecure funds for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the equipment of oC his armies OFFER ACCEPTED The representatives of oC the United States Stales at once accepted 1 tho tiro offer and the treaty was signed at nt Paris April 30 1103 5 The fhe formal transfer of or the tho terri teal territory tory t r took place at nt Now Orleans Dee 10 1903 1503 and for or Upper loul i lann nt m t t St 51 Louis outs on March 10 30 HOt 1541 I STATES STITES FORMED OUT OF IT I The Tho newly purchased territory em cur embraced I braced raced square Aquaro miles find Is lit Isnow isnow now divided Into tho the following 14 U states and Ind Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Kansas Kan ae Colorado Nebraska Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South bouth Da lla Dakota kota kata k ta Wyoming and Montana EXPOSITION SUGGESTED In the fore toro part port of 0 1898 nn on editorial editorials ns s published In a n St Louis Lotus paper to the effect that the tho centennials of ot tho the events in tho the history of ot tho thin United States Slates were not all nil over oer end and predicting H that tho the greatest was yet to too o be h Centennial of oC tho the acquisition non tion of ot the t e Louisiana territory This Thill was as tak taken n up 1111 In the Hio press pross anti commented upon resulting In organised agitation by b the Missouri Historical so BO BOrlet The clamor for or n commemorate te live centennial c became become no so general that in response re r ome to strong public sentiment nov Stevens Steens of Missouri Issued a n call callor fo or r a convention of or delegates represent Ing IE the tha states and territories embraced In Ibn the Louisiana l Purchase territory to toe be e held In Ht St Louts Louis on Jan 10 m The convention was waN attended by b 93 03 del delegates ules appointed by h tho respective and Rn 1 It WIS unanimously wed to hold hohl an nil exposition exposition ona In its scope In iii St Louis louls The Tho invention extended nn an invitation to the inc Ih States to government f us nA lit it in the tho enterprise rind and on 1 appointed an committee with lion Hon David Davit k chairman also as rind MIl a n of or to 60 representative citizens ot t f St Et Louis Lou Is to cooperate co o I snot In the suite n t r Plant devised raising t ere cre fr far raising to i build tho Iha exposition buildings anal MM defray e the 5 general nal expenses s and It U that the amount paM pair for xui r Ihn h u lr r y should ho bo raised t one mae third by subscription to I h hold 1 h hp tho city ell and to 10 A b be I eked asked front the United Stubs WORK BEGUN The r was M Increased In me a hl to 10 MO 00 nUll work June h i BAn gun c Congress panned Ju ell a bill 1111 UM 4 1000 1 promising C the rp rt and appropriation If IC l a tz ns of ot St al Loulu bouts raised th that r n 11 Jan 12 1901 1001 It Wal announced l 1 t ho Louis liar popular tO DM O by the Q sale alo ot or tock stuck reached Sr 0 and 1111 On n Jan 30 1901 nn an oral orate e n e was pa by th tM municipal na ns natho I the o tho IS ot or cy llY I Qa to thin tho amount of at The Tho Thoon Theby b by r th hOllO of ot wa 1 I s on Feb Febe ir ira 1 a 1 IW by the United e senate la lari o on ri l 3 and n n d tho kuin lIum of oC was W II of ethe 1 ni nl bill on e 81 alga ne tho t 10 bill on 1 on starch 12 I I HOI 1901 appointed 1 tho the national commission of oC nine nino members It was wag then decided to open tho the exposition on an April 30 1001 l Ot OFFICERS Ol I I ELECTED t Officers were elected tho the company was Incorporated and tho the site for or the exposition was chosen In Forest orest I Ironic n a vast ast national park In the Ihl southwest southwestern ern em border of at St Louis Trees were felled ell some Borne hills were leveled tho the course of ot the river Des Peres which ran through tho the park was In part changed and the mammoth enterprise way was under wa way 1 by hv b tho the t tAug time that thaI on o n Aug 20 TO 1901 President Is I cued n a proclamation addressed se l to tn nil all tho the nations of ot tho the world and 1 extending them an Invitation to participate In tho the worlds fair Acceptances received r In Indicated Indicated 1 the participation of oC nearly nearh all nil tho the civilized lents of oC the tho world EXPOSITION BITE SITE The site was made ready rendy embracing 15 I 1240 0 O neres of at grounD practically an anarea anarea area two miles long and onel ne ae mile wide requiring six miles mile of or fence to enclose It II The Worlds Worl s Columbian exposition nt at Chicago embraced acres tho the Paris exposition In lu 1000 1900 occupied acres acre tho the Pan nt at acres the tho Centennial nt of Philadelphia acres and tho the at nt Omaha 1 0 acres The Chicago expo exposition buildings covered a 11 total of oC OO acres while over acres are covered with wIll t buildings at nt the tho ho Louisiana I Pur lur Purchase ur chase exposition MAIN MIN EXHIBIT I PALACES The main exhibit palaces pounces nt at St LOUB have under tinder roof roo acres Those nt at n t Chicago covered 82 2 acres at nt lo 15 16 acres noes and at Omaha nine nIno acres An As time tho time passed aid the exposition Increased 1 In hr tho enthusiasm of or the tho project correspondingly corr In Increased increased creased Additional A appropriations n I tot for 01 the tho erection of oC buildings and exhibits wore were rondo made by II the tho United States ROV Missouri alone appropriated foreign or hm nations Increased their original appropriations tine 1 naked asked for larger allotments of o space for tor their exhibits and the tho exposition was us pra practically r d on n r the tho most mo liberal basis bass It 11 became o apparent that tho the Immensity of oC tho the enterprise would I 1111 Its 1111 anti formal opening to the world on the date origin I ally appointed I April l r 50 10 0 1903 n id the th o time Wull w t is extended one year ar antl I ly IY I announced TUB rIm DEDICATION On Oil April 30 1993 1003 20 0 months after tho the first t stake for tor the tho location of ot the tho exposition ex exposition exposition position buildings had Ind been heen driven n on an September 3 1903 1003 the exposition stood over half completed ted and on that day lla was WI dedicated d to Its memorial purpose by b tho the president of ot till lie United States Sin Theodore Roosevelt and anel oilier othor national dignitaries anti or ot ortho tho the exposition company Some Home of ot the Uio smaller smeller buildings hind been heen erected most of ot the tho large exhibit palaces Imd hlll been completed although Machinery hall halt and tho the Transportation building two to of ot tho largest larr lIt on tho the grounds rounds hind had Just been heen commenced and Mexico had Imd the time only ani pavilion on time tho th grounds In At tho the dedication ceremonies former President Grover Cleveland 1 also put parti maring nn on unique epoch In inthe tho the history hl lory of or tho the United States whim a apro 1 pro president and a former president of tho the United States assisted In ceremonies commemorative of ot ft a national event In the tho years yearl additional time grunted every effort was teas made to hurry harry the tho work orl of or completion of o th the exposition anti to collect and ru rush h forward the ex ox to be to Installed from the four tour quarters quarter of ot the tho earth In tho the i exposition grounds thud tho force of ot MOO workmen was wait constantly augmented until worn dally engaged In ru tho lino work to n a shushed termination At the opening excepting In ht a It few tew minor details tho the Louisiana Purchase exposition practically completed at Dt n a cost of ot almost GOVERNMENT NT Tho The United States governments total appropriation amounted to and In addition tho the government recent recently ly loaned to the do exposition c company U making a II grand total of oC secured tram from tho the national government The Tho state pinta municipal and other appropriations of ot this country made a n total of ot almos and to y y this Is added tho the from St SI StLouis StLouis Louis and her citizens The Tho balance of ot the total cost of or the exposition was expended by b the other nations ot or the tho world The architecture of ot this universal ex exposition exposition position is majestic In the great Ivory hory white wilia exhibit palaces historical In 11 tho lh foreign and state buildings and alit 1 uni universally un I IC C II cosmopolitan and unique in concession structures TEN TI PALACES J S Tho Time main t picture comprises comprise ten great I palaces arranged l In ln ull In their location location Surmounting a 11 Mill hill and feet from Crom the top of the building bunding to the tho level of nr tho exposition lIlon grounds below hall overlooking tho thu hit o Cascade These duce cascades are aro the tho largest ever con comm constructed I and nn l of ot water watern a n minute pour our down In tierce three cent torrents torments at lit night g gt be being 11 Itell by t t electricity At their bases banes stretch tho the lagoon which winds wind its lis way tray through tho the main milin portion of or tho tune exposition picture and traversed tra cd by gondolas Thu rho Cascade gardens are aio semicircular In form torm eloping gradual gradually ly h front from Festival hall to the tho main level lovel of at the grounds Each side of or this cres crey crescent crescent cent shaped 1 hill hili Is with a 11 wide hlo stairway and Its 13 crown surmounted by hy Festival hall Is covered by tho the Col of ot States Stales The rhe court of or honor stretches from tho the main entrance to th the 3 lagoon containing monuments typical typically ly h commemorative of nt tho the Louisiana t mm t purchase chief of oC which Is It tho the Loul slant lana purchase monument feet high with shaft 17 11 feet cot In diameter sur surmounted surmounted mounted by hy a 1 statue of ot liberty facing tho time city of o St Louis and looking out outto outto outto to tho the world a n I guiding star to the sculptural groups symbolical of ot the tho 12 13 states stales tell tutu 1111 1 two t territories formed tanned from the time Louisiana purchase which width are 10 lo rated at the other othor end of or the tho court cour of oC honor In it the tho ot or States sur surmounting surmounting mounting time the crescent ell hill hili and flanking Festival 1 hall one of oC tho the most ornate exposition structures The main portion of ot the tho exposition Is occupied by hy the Ite G 10 large ex exhibit r hibit palaces ns nil follows Liberal nits meta minCH toad and metallurgy Manufactures education varied Industries electricity city transportation trap s p art tl t rau t chi agri agricultural cultural std horticulture In ht addition to these Is tho time group roup of ot permanent stone structures erected for Cor the die dis display play piny pilI of ot art at nt a 1 cost coat of oC local c ed Ill rl at It n t the time rear of pt tha tho th o Cascade c e gardens behind Festival r hall ball time tho Washington n s 6 o university buildings In III tho the western part of lit tho time grounds which cost I OOOO tail and are utilized 11 by hY h tho the exposition expo Ilon until Its liB close eloic when whon they the will Ho Uc turned tUrn 11 over overto overto I to tn Washington university the forestry n h MIl anti game gains building and the time build buildIngs Ings of ot tho time different dlf fe r eat governments s of ot the tit world MISSOURI STATE STAm ING INGIn In time tho eastern rn portion of ot the Ihl grounds are located all 1111 tho buildings R the tho Missouri Inte building standing on ha till prow brow ot or the tho plateau and overlooking tho main portion of the tho grounds blow below Th lh which In is located tho the of or tho lino officials constituting government m It tho Is sent tho of ot mn main tho n build expos Ill IllIn In time 1110 Washington university group n anti and I la III located on the top tal of oC a n gentle gonto rise of ot ground overlooking the tho exposi exposition l lion tion from tho the west we t Skirting the tho northern boundary of ot tho time exposition lIlon for tor almost r mile 1 I both tho both Street of or Concessions lined on sides by buildings containing a total various it attractions erected at nt a 0 total cost coil of ot has boon been by officially officially termed termed This Thill Theo The Pike street I V N J Y Yand N rN and corresponds to the tho Midway of ot the Columbine Columbian exposition THE rilE fLOCK CLOCK f The beautiful of ot time the th is III the clock with witha a u dial lull ICO feet III In diameter and hands hande 60 o trot fret long which correctly correctly notes flutes tho the time Another attractive feature is time the ruse e warden six acres neres In area and con coa containing training O oo rose roso trees Time THo follow following ing counties lava have erected buildings nt al the tho total expenditures exp not noted ed rd t Austria Brazil Cey Ceylon Ce I lon Ian China Cuba Cub 2 20 I Germany OO Great India Italy Jui Japan in Mexico rn Plain SWOllen Sweden tho Netherlands Over Oyer t 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