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The Pike was a wide  mile-long span of the Fair that showcased all sorts of amusements and activities.
The Pike was a wide mile-long span of the Fair that showcased all sorts of amusements and activities.
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==Description==
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Though the major theme of the 1904  St. Louis World's Fair was one of education, the Pike's exhibits were a mixed bag of attractions- from the elaborate to the simple,  that focused on not only informing the average fairgoer, but thrilling, scaring, and  humoring them with elaborate and sometimes eyebrow-raising amusements.
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These rides, attractions and concessions were  more varied, elaborate and  costly (seven to eight million dollars),  than any previous Exposition.  Some called it a headquarters for fun and entertainment, while others labeled  it an overelaborate carnival and a den of iniquity.
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The Pike turned south at the two ends, which created wider entrances to handle the enormous evening mobs.
 
The expression `Coming down the Pike,' originated from this area of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
 
Pike-goers could visit  Constantinople, Cairo or even the North Pole; while in the same day take in a Paris fashion show, visit Blarney Castle or the Tyrolean Alps. One could experience the world's `Creation,' or `Hereafter,' or ride a burro or camel. Visitors could see elephants sliding down chutes, witness an epic  naval battle or see forever atop the largest Observation Wheel ever built. A reenactment of the Galveston Flood could be viewed, or a visit to Jerusalem.
 
Concessionaires and barkers, armed with megaphones lined the Pike, competing with blaring brass bands for the fairgoer's attention. In the  evening, with the palaces closing at dusk, the Pike was always crowded and attractions such as belly-dancing was quite popular.
 
Frederick Remington's statue "Cowboys Off the Trail" (also entitled- "Cowboys Shooting Up A Western Town,"), greeted fairgoers as they walked into the  Exposition's eastern  entrance.


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* [[Barrios Diamond Palace]]
* [[Barrios Diamond Palace]]
* [[Battle Abbey]]
* [[Battle Abbey]]
* Beer Garden
* [[Beer Garden]]
* [[Bohemia Cafe]]
* [[Bohemia Cafe]]
* [[Camera Obscura]]  
* [[Camera Obscura]]  
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* [[Water Chutes]]
* [[Water Chutes]]
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==After the Fair==
Plans were made to make The Pike permanent after the Exposition as well as adding a beach and a stadium, but Washington University cancelled them.
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