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

  • An O’Fallon Family Scrapbook

    An O’Fallon Family Scrapbook

    This is from a book of newspaper clippings kept by the Krekel family. Bertha must have been quite the historian, as she took it upon herself to freely editorialize facts published by Miss Keithly, and are what are shared in this story. Otherwise, it is exactly the way it was published in June of 1912,…

  • The Osage in Saint Charles

    The Osage in Saint Charles

    When French Canadian Louis Blanchette (1739-1793), founder of the City of Saint Charles, arrived in 1769, his only neighbors were the American Indians. The Sauk, Fox, Pottowatomie and Osage were the predominant tribes, using the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers for passage, to trade furs with the settlers in St. Louis… Read more

  • O’Fallon, Missouri

    O’Fallon, Missouri

    The City of O’Fallon, Missouri was officially founded as O’Fallon Station by two German brothers Arnold and Nicholas Krekel. Arnold had purchased and platted the land, but Nicholas was the only one that ever lived in O’Fallon. Read more…