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.

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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Cottleville Methodist Church

    Cottleville Methodist Church

    The Methodist religion had come to Missouri with the preachings of John Clark in 1816… Read more