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John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital is a 355-bed hospital located in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] It is one of two divisions of the VA St. Louis Health Care System (VASTLHCS), a healthcare provider under the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). [2]
The Jefferson Barracks Military Post is located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, south of St. Louis. It was an important and active U.S. Army installation from 1826 through 1946. It is the oldest operating U.S. military installation west of the Mississippi River, and it is now used as a base for the Army and Air National Guard .
Foreclosures aren't the only bargains in today's housing market -- what about lighthouses and Army barracks? A ranger's cabin? SmartMoney.com reports on the U.S. government's fire sale of ...
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is an American military cemetery located in St. Louis County, Missouri, just on the banks of the Mississippi River. The cemetery was established after the American Civil War in an attempt to put together a formal network of military cemeteries.
Madison Barracks; Fort Michie; Fort Montgomery (1776) Fort Montgomery (1844) Forts of New Netherland; Fort Niagara; Fort Ontario; Fort de La Présentation; Fort Schuyler; Fort Slocum; Fort Stanwix, open to the public; Fort Terry; Fort Ticonderoga; Fort Tilden; Fort Tompkins (1812) Fort Tompkins (1812) Fort Tompkins (1814) Fort Tompkins (1847 ...
In 1827, the United States War Department decided to replace a 22-year-old arsenal, Fort Belle Fontaine (located 15 miles (24 km) north of St. Louis on the bluffs above the Missouri River) with a larger facility to meet the needs of the rapidly growing military forces in the West. Lt. Martin Thomas selected a 37-acre (150,000 m 2) tract of land on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and ...
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Each bridge is 3,998 feet (1,219 m) long with a 909-foot (277 m) long arch bridge spanning the shipping channel. [2] The northern bridge was built in 1983, and the southern opened in 1992. A delay occurred during the construction of the southern bridge when a crane dropped a section of it into the river and it had to be rebuilt.