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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  • Elijah Lovejoy

    Elijah Lovejoy

    as long as I am an American citizen, and as long as American blood runs in these veins, I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish, whatever I please on any subject, being amenable to the laws of my country for the same.

  • Early French home later used in Civil War

    Early French home later used in Civil War

    Gregorie Kircereau who was a nephew of St. Charles’ second Commandant Carlos Tayon built this house but it was later used as a headquarters by the Provost Marshall during the Civil War.

  • From Virginia to Missouri

    From Virginia to Missouri

    This story is just one of the hundreds of settlers that came from Virginia to Missouri…