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.

Category: Places

  • Blanchette’s house…

    Blanchette’s house…

    Circa 1793 – The site of the home of the City of Saint Charles’ founder Louis Blanchette who settled here with his wife and children in 1769. Soon after he was appointed Commandant by the Spanish he built three buildings along the small stream nearby. 906 S. Main (still standing)

  • Original Plat of Saint Charles

    Original Plat of Saint Charles

    Everyone loves old maps. They do a lot more than give directions. Historic maps can share what a place looked like at a certain point in time and transport us back to another era. This is the story of a map that takes people back in time, to the City of St. Charles historic past,…

  • The Boone’s Lick Road

    The Boone’s Lick Road

    The first roads were simply animal traces that the indigenous people followed. These developed as the population grew into trails, and then into roads that could be maintained…