The American city of St. Louis

Historically, St. Louis was the port of Indian fur trading market and the largest cattle market in the United States, and later developed into the center of American leather and shoemaking industry. 1764, Pierre Leclid, a French adventurer and businessman, came from New Orleans to the intersection of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, the birthplace of St. Louis. At that time, the French Empire was in decline. With the desire to get rid of the control of British colonists and build the last city in France, he established the initial prototype of the city on the west bank of the Mississippi River. In memory of King St Louis IX of France, this place was named St Louis.

After the Civil War, due to the construction of railways and the rapid development of transportation, industry and commerce, St. Louis became a hub of land and water transportation and an important base for the development of the western region. St Louis has a vast economic hinterland, excellent transportation and water resources, and abundant natural resources such as coal, iron, limestone and non-ferrous metals nearby, which provides extremely favorable conditions for the development of modern industry. There are more than 3,000 industrial enterprises in the St. Louis metropolitan area, which is one of the gathering areas of various industries in the United States. Therefore, diversification, specialization and modernization are the most striking characteristics of St. Louis industry. The automobile manufacturing industry was once in a leading position in the country. After the middle of the 20th century, it fell to the second largest automobile manufacturing center in the United States after Detroit. 1979165438+1October 2, St. Louis and Nanjing became sister cities (the first pair of sister cities in China and the United States);

On September 27th, 2004, St Louis and Wuhan became sister cities.

Other twin cities: Bologna, galway, Bogor, Guyana, Georgetown, Lyon, Senegal, Samara, Stuttgart, Szczecin, Poland and Sydney, Australia.

The Third Summer Olympic Games

The third Olympic Games was held in St. Louis, USA from July 1904 to1October 23rd.

The venue of this Olympic Games has been changed again and again. Baron Coubertin chose new york, and the International Olympic Committee took a fancy to Chicago. Finally, it was decided by American President Roosevelt and hosted by St. Louis. 1902, the IOC meeting agreed with the ruling of the president of the United States.

There are 625 athletes from 12 countries (533 from the United States), including 8 female athletes. There are 87 events in the competition. Only 12 countries participated in this Olympic Games, which is the least number of participating units so far. The Olympic Games lasted more than five months, and it was a long time. This Olympic Games is called the American Olympic Games, and Europe * * * sent 4 1 people to attend the conference. George bonhag, an American black college student, won 1 bronze medals in the men's 200m and 400m hurdles, which was the first time that a black track and field athlete won an Olympic medal. The United States won 23 of the 25 events in track and field. Only two American track and field gold medals were lost to athletes from other countries. Etien Desmato, a Canadian policeman from Montreal, defeated all American opponents and won the kettle throwing competition. This is the first time that the United States has tasted defeat in this track and field competition. De Mato was expelled from the police station for taking part in the competition without authorization, but when he won the championship, the order was immediately revoked. Except this time, 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games once again included the event of throwing kettle bells. The second gold medal that America lost was the decathlon. This event was included in this year's competition for the first time. At that time, the competition schedule was only one day, and five of the six players were Americans. Finally, Thomas Kelly, an Irishman from England, took the gold medal from the host. Cheating appeared for the first time in this Olympic Games. In the 40-kilometer marathon on August 30th, the weather was hot and the road was dusty. After the start of the competition, crowds, vehicles and 365,438+0 contestants almost packed the runway, and the weather and dust made people breathless. American Fred Lotz ran ahead. When running 12 km, leg cramps stopped. The 2000 audience gave him warm applause. The band played the Stars and Stripes, and President Roosevelt's daughter, Alice Roosevelt, awarded him a medal and took pictures of him herself. But it wasn't long before another American player, Thomas Hicks, ran behind Lotz and entered the playground. Lotz's scam was exposed. He argued: I came to get my clothes. As soon as I entered the playground, there was such a warm scene that I didn't have time to explain it. The swimming competition was held in an artificial swimming pool next to the World Expo. The starting platform is a row of floating things placed in the water. Because the athletes can't stand the pressure of 6-8 people, they stand on it and the water flooded their knees. In addition to platform diving, there is a strange long jump. Athletes are not allowed to do anything to see who can jump farthest. William Dickie of America finally won. All swimming competitions take yards or miles as the distance unit, because the results are calculated in yards or miles, which is different from other competitions in meters, so there is no Olympic record for this swimming performance. Some European countries didn't attend because of the vast ocean and high travel expenses. Even teams from Britain, Germany, Australia, Hungary, Switzerland and Greece sent only 39 athletes. This is the least number of European countries and people in the history of the Olympic Games. The situation in other countries is similar.

Only the United States participated in individual events (such as cycling) in this Olympic Games. Therefore, when counting achievements, some countries are included, while others are not. In addition, some foreigners studying or working in the United States also took part in the competition. In the past, foreign books and periodicals regarded them as Americans, but now they are corrected according to their actual nationality.

In addition to men's boxing, this Olympic Games also set up women's boxing. In addition, there are new events such as baseball and water polo.

Like 1900, the World Expo was held during the Olympic Games. The sports meeting dragged on for a long time. The organizer of the conference planned to arrange a competition day for colored athletes, but it could not be held because of Coubertin's fierce opposition.