May 11, 2025

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St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904

Learn about the World’s Fair held in 1904. This Fair would surpass even the Great Columbian Exposition of 1893. To celebrate the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 from France by President Thomas Jefferson, St. Louis was chosen for a grand World’s Fair held in 1904. Ragtime music, advances in Science, Transportation, Medicine, Foreign Relations, and ethnic groups ...