Anna: The City of St. Louis is on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River. The City of East St. Louis is on the Illinois side of the River. Two seperate states, two seperate cities seperated only by the River... Hope this helps.. Lorena ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 3:51 AM Subject: [MO] East St. Louis vs St. Louis > Dear Listers, > Could someone explain the difference between "East St. Louis" and "St. > Louis" proper? Both are frequently mentioned in grandmother's diaries. > Are they two different places or just two different names for the same > city? Is there a map of these two places? Where would I find such a map? > Hope I'm not asking too many questions. Would appreciate any help. > Thanks, > Anna > T-town > Researching: Berkemeyer/Johnston/Shinall > Also searching: Jones/Miller/Wagner > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > Visit http://www.usgenweb.org > The USGenWeb Project-Archives-Census-Tombstone > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >