ST. LOUIS - TRIVIA

St. Louis hosted the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which introduced ice cream cones, iced tea, and hot dogs to the world.

The world's first continuous public school kindergarten was founded in St. Louis in 1873.

St. Louis residents financed Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic, hence the plane was named "Spirit of St. Louis".

The Eads bridge was the world's first steel truss bridge.