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By 1804 and Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the Settlement of San Carlos had become a village of 100 families that resided on the northern bank of the Missouri River. They incorporated themselves as the Village of St. Charles in this new America in 1809, giving themselves more opportunity to make decisions in stride with the rapidly growing territory.
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