Historical Marker

First Hospital West of the Mississippi River

Historical marker location:
413 S 4th St, Saint Louis, Missouri
( Marker is on South 4th Street just south of Spruce Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1988

The state of Missouri was actually named after a tribe of Sioux Indians called the Missouris, whose name means "town of the large canoes".
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