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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  • Documentary Premiere

    Documentary Premiere

    This film follows a determined group of community leaders and students working to keep history alive at Smith Chapel Cemetery in Foristell, MO: a site founded in 1871 by nine formerly enslaved individuals fighting to build a future for their families. It will be shown Saturday August 23rd in Ogelsby Park with a program beginning…

  • Freedom Seeker Martin Boyd

    Freedom Seeker Martin Boyd

    On October 31, 1864, freedom seeker Martin Boyd, born in 1826, left the 300-acre plantation of Alexander Boyd and tried to make his way to George Senden’s store on Main Street in St. Charles, only to make it as far as Peruque Creek Fort at the Missouri Railroad Bridge. There Capt. L.D. Jay would enlist…

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone and his family arrived in the fall of 1799…