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Event:  First Streetcar Run is Completed
Category:  Transportation and Infrastructure
Brief Description:  On July 4, 1859, the City´s first streetcar, called a "street railroad," was partially completed along Olive Street. Erasmus Wells, the president of the Missouri Railroad Company, made the first run.
Year:  1859
Decade:  1850 - 1859
Beginning Date:     Jul. 04, 1859
Ending Date:     Jul. 04, 1859

 

 

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