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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  • Celebrating 250 years – Our Role in History

    Celebrating 250 years – Our Role in History

    The entire United States is about to celebrate our Nation’s 250th Anniversary. And we are part of that history. The earliest settlement north of the Missouri River and west of the Mississippi River, was a tiny village that became known as Saint Charles. Founded on the banks of the Missouri River, amongst the Osage, was…

  • ST. CHARLES TERRITORY IN 1808

    ST. CHARLES TERRITORY IN 1808

    The treaty with the Osage…There General William Clark began to negotiate a Treaty with the Osage, which would cede nearly 200 square miles of land between the Missouri and Arkansas River to the United States. Soon it was renegotiated, and on November 10th a Treaty negotiated by Auguste Choteau added “all claims to land north…

  • Saint Charles in 1804

    Saint Charles in 1804

    a number of the Inhabitants had assembled to see us set off we fired our Swivel, from the Bow of our boat; and gave them three Cheers, which they returned;