Gateway Arch History

By lstech18

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark Expedition
    Lewis and Clark explore Missouri and find St.Louis which helped them get to the west. And thats why St.Louis is named Gateway To The West, also why the Gateway Arch was named The Gateway Arch.

  • Eero Saarinen design

    Eero Saarinen design
    Eero Saarinen starts to design and figure out how he wants the arch to look and how tall he wants it to be or where it's placed; he starts to work on the arch.

  • Arch Construction

    Arch Construction
    After Eero Saarinen designs and figures out how he wants it to look people start to work on it.

  • Arch Completion

    Arch Completion
    After 2 years of hard work the arch gets completed then becomes the most famous landmark!

  • Westward Expansion Museum Opening

    Westward Expansion Museum Opening
    The Westward Expansion Museum is right below the Gateway Arch and it holds the Gateway Arch sculpture that builders looked at so that they knew what they are building. It also holds facts about Lewis and Clark. It opened years after the Gateway Arch did.

  • Gateway Arch Opening

    Gateway Arch Opening
    After finally completing the arch it gets opened up to public instead of just a beautiful and famous landmark standing there. You can even go inside.