ST. CHARLES COUNTY HISTORY

By Dorris Keeven-Franke

Author: Dorris Keeven-Franke

  • Boone & Sibley at Fort Osage

    William Clark and Nathan Boone’s overland march of mounted dragoons from St. Charles, followed what later became the Boone’s Lick Trail

  • The Osage Nation

    In 1803, the 6,000 strong Osage Nation was the largest, most powerful Native American nation immediately west of the Mississippi River.

  • BURIED HISTORY, UNCOVERED STORIES

    In February of 2025, Audrey Pinson and other students from the University of Missouri Columbia – School of Journalism, contacted those working on this project and began work on a documentary about the Smith Chapel Cemetery. The public is invited to the Premiere showing of this documentary on August 23, 2025 at 6:00pm where the…