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

  • Gottfried Duden

    Gottfried Duden

    He would spend three years here visiting with Nathan Boone, Jacob Zumwalt, and others, observing the life of those who had already uprooted their families and headed west. They had a reason to head to this new territory….

  • The Bates Family

    The Bates Family

    From the Twin Chimneys Elementary which was built in 1993: Most of the Winghaven Development is located on what was the Bates’ property. Even now, if you superimpose the 1800’s property map over present day satellite images, they are still eerily similar. The part of the Twin Chimneys subdivision, Little Oaks, is where the original…

  • Settlement begins

    Settlement begins

    This was a difficult time, as we were just a Territory, and with little representation in D.C., and thoughts of Statehood were beginning. The demographics were changing as well, as the fur traders were giving way to those coming from the states of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee buying up huge swaths of cheap land and…