. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. e old colonial road—prop-erty of the King. In 1804, when the transfer of upper Louisianawas made to the L^nited States, this Governmentinsisted that it be received from France, accordingto the terms of the treaty with Napoleon. In orderto do this, Delassus, Spanish Commandant atSaint Louis, must first deliver the country to somerepresentative of the French Government, who inturn would deliver it to the United States. PierreChouteau was first chosen to represent the FrenchGovernment, but was objected to on the groundthat his residence here as
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. e old colonial road—prop-erty of the King. In 1804, when the transfer of upper Louisianawas made to the L^nited States, this Governmentinsisted that it be received from France, accordingto the terms of the treaty with Napoleon. In orderto do this, Delassus, Spanish Commandant atSaint Louis, must first deliver the country to somerepresentative of the French Government, who inturn would deliver it to the United States. PierreChouteau was first chosen to represent the FrenchGovernment, but was objected to on the groundthat his residence here as a Spanish subject barredhim. Captain Amos Stoddard wasfinally chosen, and arrived on the9th of March, 1804, and on his ar-rival run up the French flag as theSpanish descended. As the twoflags met on the flag staff salutesw^ere fired. In deference to the French na-tion, and by request of the inhabi-tants, the French flag remained un-til the following day, March loth,when the same ceremony took placein raising the American flag, thus The SAINT LOUIS 5 Saint Louis has the unique distinction of havingseen the flags of three great nations floating overher in token of sovereignty within the space oftwenty-four hours—a distinction that possibly can-not be claimed by any other city. A petition for the incorporation of Saint Louisas a town was presented in July, 1808, but was notgranted by the Court of Common Pleas untilNovember 9, 1809, with a population of about1800. It was incorporated as a City in December1822, with a population of about 4800, and cov-ering an area of three hundred and eighty-fiveacres. Now it embraces forty thousand acres, witha frontage on the Mississippi river of twent}^ miles,and a population of over 700,000. In October ofthis year, it is planned to fittingly celebrate theone hundredth anniversary of the incorporation ofthis great city, and to erect a permanent monu-ment at this celebration in commemoration of thatevent. The first ferry across the
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