Show the mound city st louis rejoices in the sobriquet ot of mound city from the fact that the original settlers found there many elevations which it Is supposed were relics relies of that strange people who dwelt in the ohio and mississippi val les leas and lare are known to modern times only as the mound builders no adequate explanation has yet been found of their strange mode of leaving memorials of their existence the limestone bluffs on which a part of st louis stands furnish a solid foun dation for the business buildings |