ST. CHARLES COUNTY HISTORY

By Dorris Keeven-Franke

Category: People

  • Louis Blanchette and his “les Petite Côtes”

    Here is more about Louis Blanchette (sometimes found as Blanchett) and the earliest  settlement north of the Missouri River known as Saint Charles, originally known and often referred to as Les Petite Côtes or The Little Hills. Today, Block 20 where Blanchette lived according to an original plat of Saint Charles, is the 900 block…

  • The Hanging of Reverend White

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

  • Benjamin Oglesby

    After Freedom seeker Benjamin Oglesby served in the 56th U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War, he returned home…