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Show The "Mound City." St. I-Ouls rejoices In tho sobriquet of Mound City from tho fact that tho orlglnnl settlors found thero many elevations which It Is supposed were relics of that strange, people who dwelt tn the Ohio and Mississippi valleys val-leys and are known to modern times only as tho Mound IlutldcrB, No adequate ade-quate explanation has yet been found of their strnnga modu of lenvtng memorials ot their existence. Tho limestone bluffs on which a part of St. Louis stnnds furnish n solid foundation foun-dation for tho business buildings. |