ST. CHARLES COUNTY HISTORY

By Dorris Keeven-Franke

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Award winning author, and International speaker. President of the Archer Alexander Memorial Foundation. Member of the Missouri Speakers Bureau and the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. President of the Boone’s Lick Road Association. Executive Director of the Missouri Germans Consortium. She has been writing for over 35 years and published several books on local history, German immigration, and other topics. Currently working on To Tell a True Story – Archer Alexander.

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  • Where the Road began

    Where the Road began

    It would be James Morrison who would open the Trading Post on Main Street in 1804 that would sell the product of his salt lick in what is later called “the Boonslick” in Howard County.

  • Old Maps

    Old Maps

    Historical research using maps, is one of my favorite techniques. Here’s what an long lost 1817 map told me, about the Boone’s Lick Road…

  • 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,…