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: St. Charles

  • Elijah Lovejoy in St. Charles

    Elijah Lovejoy in St. Charles

    It would only be a few weeks later though when Lovejoy was revisited by another angry mob on November 7, 1837, in Gilman’s Warehouse in Alton. There Elijah Lovejoy was shot and murdered while trying to save his press.

  • St. Charles County History

    St. Charles County History

    If you are visiting St. Charles, the buildings that line it have intriguing history that share the stories of St. Charles back to when it was officially incorporated in 1809. Here are the histories of all of them…Read more