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Lousiana Purchase - St. Louis sold to the U.S. by the French
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First Steamboats Arrive in St. Louis
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Missouri Admitted to the Union as a State
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View of St. Louis
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"Scryscraper" begins to be used to describe buildings
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Excavation in Culebra Cut begins (French)
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The Home Insurance Buidling Opens in Chicago
Many say that this building was the first skyscraper because of its use of metal frame. -
James Edward B. Allen is born (Etcher of "The Connectors")
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Americans take over the Panama Canal
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Steam Shovel at Work in Culebra Cut
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Culebra Cut Section of Panama Canal is Finished
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The Connectors
