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Saint Joseph[sAnt jO´zuf] Pronunciation Key. 1 City (1990 pop. 9,214), seat of Berrien co., SW Mich., on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the St. Joseph River across from Benton Harbor; inc. 1834. A resort with beaches and mineral springs, it is also a port and producer of household, automobile, and rubber goods. Native American villages, a Jesuit mission, Fort Miami (1679), and a fur-trading post occupied the site before permanent American settlement began c.1830. 2 City (1990 pop. 71,852), seat of Buchanan co., NW Mo., on the Missouri River; inc. 1845. A port of entry, it is the trade center of a rich agricultural and farming area. The city is a large market for livestock and grain, and has meatpacking and food-processing plants. Among its manufactures are electrical products, machinery, chemicals, and clothing. The city was laid out c.1843 on the site of a trading post founded (1826) by Joseph Robidoux. In 1860, St. Joseph became the eastern terminus of the pony express. The city was also an early, important railroad center until bypassed by the transcontinental railroad. Of interest are the pony-express stables (now a museum), the poet Eugene Field's home, and the city museum with noted Native American relics. Missouri Western College is there.
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