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.

Tag: Boone’s Lick Road

  • Dardenne Prairie

    Dardenne Prairie

    By 1821, Missouri had become a State, and St. Charles County had established “Dardenne” as a Township…up until 1980 they simply listed the Township as there was not an actual town incorporated by that name until 1983 or a City until 2001. Today it is one of the fastest growing areas in our county, having…

  • Captain Campbell’s Ice House

    Captain Campbell’s Ice House

    They had stored guns and ammunition in the ice house on the old Alexander place, which was now owned by Captain Campbell. Knowing what this meant, Archer would make his way to the Peruque Creek Fort manned by the Union Army’s Home Guards, to warn them.

  • Germans helped create the road

    Germans helped create the road

    The Boone’s Lick Road as it winds its way through St. Charles County, was used by early immigrants as well, that were settling in Missouri. Today there are still many sites to be seen that are still standing…