A nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the city's historical role as the jumping-off point for westward expansion in the United States. The Gateway Arch, the iconic monument on the St. Louis riverfront, was built specifically to commemorate this history. The phrase is strongly associated with the city in American cultural geography.
Everyone called it the Gateway to the West, but he had lived there his whole life and never once headed anywhere west.
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(US) , Missouri, United States.
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