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Father Of Mass Transit

December 2, 2004 By admin Leave a Comment

Erastus Wells came to Missouri from New York where he had been orphaned at age fourteen. He quit school to become a clerk in Watertown and Lockport, New York. He was just twenty when he arrived in St. Louis with $140 in his pockets – savings from his New York jobs that had paid a maximum of twelve dollars a week. He later became a congressman and a leading figure in westward settlement. He is important to Missouri because of his work in transportation.

AOWM – December 2

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