1906 St. Louis C.T.P. Canine Tax Paid Dog License Tag

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A small shield shaped aluminum tag, the holes perfect, full red paint left in the number, collie dog profile above number. This little tag is from St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of its issue, St. Louis was the fourth largest city in America!! Read the fascinating history, provided by Wikipedia, below the description.1-1/2 inches tall x 1 inch wide, St. Louis C.T.P. (Canine Tax Paid) 1906 8910 Taken from Wikipedia: (read all about wonderful, beautiful St. Louis) St. Louis ( English /seÉªnt Ë^luËÉªs/ , French /sÉ>Ìf lwi/ ) is an independent city [2] in the U.S. state of Missouri . It is bordered by the Mississippi River on the east and by St. Louis Countyon the north, south, and west. St. Louis is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, and the second largest in Illinois after Chicago. Sometimes written as Saint Louis , the city is named for King Louis IX of France . St. Louis is known for its French and German heritage and Victorian past. Two events at the beginning of the 20th century, the 1904 World's Fair and 1904 Olympic Games (the first ever held in the United States) are of particular pride to St. Louisans. In the 21st century, St. Louis has transformed from a manufacturing and industrial economy into a globally known focus for research in medicine , biotechnology , and other sciences .The city has many nicknames , the most popular being "Gateway City", as it is seen as the Eastern/Western US dividing mark. St. Louis is also called "Gateway to the West" on behalf the many people who moved west through St. Louis via the Missouri River (first leg of the Oregon Trail ) and other wagon trails. St. Louis is also called "Mound City". This term originated with the Native American burial mounds that once were common in the city. These were largely destroyed to level the ground as the urban area grew. The city has several modern names such as "The Lou", "St. Louie", "The Western-Most Eastern City", "River City", or "The 314" (reference to the area code for St. Louis center). The most popular abbreviation for St. Louis is the "STL" in reference to the airport code for the city and the long-standing use of an interlocked S, T, and L by the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team (the St. Louis Browns also used an interlocked STL).The City of St. Louis lies at the heart of Greater St. Louis , a sprawling region which includes parts of both Missouri and Illinois . The St. Louis MO-IL MSA was the 18th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with 2,801,033 people as of the July 2006 US Census estimate. Contents 1 History 2 Central Area Revitalization 3 Geography 3.1 Topography 3.2 Climate 3.3 Flora and fauna 3.4 Metropolitan statistical area 4 Cityscape 5 Culture 5.1 Tourism 5.1.1 Tourism outside the city proper 5.2 Entertainment and performing arts 5.3 Parks and outdoor attractions 6 Sports 6.1 Media 7 Economy 8 Demographics 9 Law and government 9.1 Crime and social issues 10 Education 10.1 Public education 10.2 Private education 10.3 Higher education 11 Infrastructure 11.1 Medicine 11.2 Transportation 11.2.1 Roads and highways 11.2.2 Airports 11.2.3 Public transportation / Subway/Buses 12 Sister cities 13 See also 14 References 15 External links History " The City of St. Louis has affected me more deeply than any other environment has ever done, I consider myself fortunate to have been born , rather than in Boston, or New York, or London. " T. S. Eliot on St. Louis Main article: History of St. Louis, Missouri Prior to the arrival of French explorers in 1673 the area that would become St. Louis was a major center of the Mississippian mound builders . The presence of numerous mounds, now almost all destroyed, earned the later city the nickname of "Mound City". European exploration of the area had begun nearly a century before the city was founded. Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette , both French, traveled through the Mississippi River valley in 1673 , and five years later, La Salle claimed the entire valley for France . He called it " Louisiana " after King Lo... read more

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