| Show the mound city st lo 10 us rejoices in the sobriquet of mound city from tl e fact that the original settlers found there many elevations which it is suppose 1 were relics of that strange people who dwelt in the ohio and mississippi val leys and are known to modern times only as tl e mound alders io ade q aate explanation has yet been found of theia strange mode of leaving of their existence the 1 bestone bluffs on which a part of st louis stands furnish a solid toun dation for the business buildings |