ST. CHARLES COUNTY HISTORY

By Dorris Keeven-Franke

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Award winning author, and International speaker. President of the Archer Alexander Memorial Foundation. Member of the Missouri Speakers Bureau and the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. President of the Boone’s Lick Road Association. Executive Director of the Missouri Germans Consortium. She has been writing for over 35 years and published several books on local history, German immigration, and other topics. Currently working on To Tell a True Story – Archer Alexander.

Author: Dorris Keeven-Franke

  • Establishing the birth of a City

    Establishing the birth of a City

    When does a city become a city? Even though Saint Charles was incorporated in 1809, it was here for many years before that!

  • The Hanging of Reverend White

    The Hanging of Reverend White

    In 1838, Samuel Audrain emancipated his enslaved man named Absalom White, a preacher and an abolitionist …

  • JUNETEENTH

    JUNETEENTH

    Sadly, it would not be until that following June 19th, that the U.S. Military would arrive in Texas and those that had been freed there were even told of what Lincoln had done! Today we celebrate that day as JUNETEENTH.