Saint Joseph
A city of northwest Missouri on the Missouri River north of Kansas City. It grew as a supply depot in the 1850s and became the eastern terminus of the Pony Express in 1860.
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| Noun | 1. | Saint Joseph - a Christian holy day Mar, March - the month following February and preceding April |
| 2. | Saint Joseph - a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony expressMissouri, Show Me State, MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union |
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