The city thrived as an outfitting center where pioneers gathered supplies before setting out into the wild west, and it soon adopted the nickname " the gateway to the west" .

圣路易市充当物资中心，因而兴旺，拓荒者都会先在这里集齐必需品才出发前往西部，亦令本市不久之后得到 “西部门户”的别称。

Seattle's Space Needle was constructed for the 1962 World's Fair, while in St Louis the 192-metre " Gateway Arch" was erected, marking the city's status as the gateway to the west.

西雅图的太空针塔是为 1962 年的世界博览会而建造的，而在圣路易斯，192 米高的“门户拱门”拔地而起，标志着这座城市作为西方门户的地位。