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

  • Old Maps

    Old Maps

    Historical research using maps, is one of my favorite techniques. Here’s what an long lost 1817 map told me, about the Boone’s Lick Road…

  • Researching the history of a place

    Researching the history of a place

    Check back to this site and learn more research methods that I will be posting periodically….

  • Elijah Lovejoy

    Elijah Lovejoy

    as long as I am an American citizen, and as long as American blood runs in these veins, I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish, whatever I please on any subject, being amenable to the laws of my country for the same.