ST. CHARLES COUNTY HISTORY

By Dorris Keeven-Franke

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History happens. All stories, especially the difficult ones, need to be heard. Award winning author, a public historian, professional genealogist, and International speaker. Member of the Missouri Speakers Bureau and the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Author: Dorris Keeven-Franke

  • Missouri’s Emancipation

    Missouri’s Emancipation

    Missouri’s Emancipation of its’ slaves would not happen until January 11, 1865. The Constitutional Convention called together in St. Louis was chaired by German born Arnold Krekel, a founder of O’Fallon, Missouri…

  • Celebrating 250 years – Our Role in History

    Celebrating 250 years – Our Role in History

    The entire United States is about to celebrate our Nation’s 250th Anniversary. And we are part of that history. The earliest settlement north of the Missouri River and west of the Mississippi River, was a tiny village that became known as Saint Charles. Founded on the banks of the Missouri River, amongst the Osage, was…

  • August 31st

    August 31st

    Campbell is still waiting for the heavy wagons to catch up to him. The household goods will be loaded on a flat bottomed Keelboat to be shipped up river. The whole caravan can then move faster.