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

  • Documentary Premiere

    Documentary Premiere

    This film follows a determined group of community leaders and students working to keep history alive at Smith Chapel Cemetery in Foristell, MO: a site founded in 1871 by nine formerly enslaved individuals fighting to build a future for their families. It will be shown Saturday August 23rd in Ogelsby Park with a program beginning…

  • AUGUST 21, 1829

    AUGUST 21, 1829

    And so begins the journal of William Campbell from Lexington, Virginia to Dardenne Township in St. Charles County Missouri. Begun in August of 1829,View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • Exploring New Beginnings: Virginia to Missouri

    Exploring New Beginnings: Virginia to Missouri

    I bid adieu to numerous friends and acquaintances, all of whom professes to wish me well. Many of them sincerely, some of them from the bottom of their hearts, some deceitfully and others with indifference. I parted from many whom I respected and esteem highly. I left a numerous tribe of relatives and many old…