- St. LouisIn August 1763, Laclede and his stepson Auguste Chouteau departed New Orleans to establish a settlement in the Illinois Country, where in February 1764 they established St. Louis on high bluffs overlooking the Mississippi.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Missouri
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The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century. New France set up small settlements, and in 1803, Napoleonic France sold the area to the U.S. as part of the … See more
Indigenous peoples inhabited Missouri for thousands of years before European exploration and settlement. Archaeological excavations along … See more
Territorial government and the War of 1812
Although Napoleon and France took de jure control of … See moreThe population of the Mississippi River region served by St Louis increased rapidly to about 4 million people in 1860. With railroads just … See more
Economic growth during the 1920s
The Hall brothers, Joyce, Rollie, and William, emerged from poverty in Nebraska in the … See moreIn May 1673 the French Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and French trader Louis Jolliet paddled down the Mississippi River in canoes along the … See more
The Missouri economy grew steadily from the end of the war to the early 20th century. Railroads replaced the rivers, trains supplanted steamboats. From 817 miles of track in … See more
Politics after the war
After the war Republicans gained strength in the state, although Missourians voted for Democratic … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA licence Colonial history of Missouri - Wikipedia
During the 1710s, the French government again began to pursue a course of increased development of Louisiana. In August 1717, King Louis XV accepted the offer of Scottish financier John Law to create a joint stock company to manage colonial growth. Law's Mississippi Company (renamed the Company of the West in 1717 upon receiving its charter) was given a monopoly on all trade, owners…
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA licence- Carondelet: 1767, St. Louis annex 1870
- St. Louis [17] [23]: 1764
- Mine La Motte: 1717 settlement
- Ste. Genevieve: 1750, 1735-1785 [21] [22]
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WEBAlthough it has moved some distance from its original site, Sainte Genevieve remains the oldest continuously inhabited white settlement in present-day Missouri. Some 30 years later, Pierre Laclède Liguest, a …
Missouri Early History:Missouri First Inhabitants - eReferenceDesk
WEB1673 - First Europeans, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, discovered the land that would later become Missouri were were the during their voyage down the …
Missouri Digital Heritage: Timeline of Historic Missouri 1673-1820
WEBJesuit missionaries established the first European settlement in modern Missouri at the Mission of St. Francis Xavier (near modern Des Peres) in 1700. It was abandoned in …
Sainte Genevieve | French Colonial, Mississippi River, …
WEBSainte Genevieve, city, seat (1812) of Sainte Genevieve county, eastern Missouri, U.S. It lies along the Mississippi River, opposite Kellogg, Illinois, approximately 60 miles (100 km) south of St. Louis. The first permanent …
Firsts in the early history of Missouri - Genealogy Trails
WEBThe first settlement by white men in Missouri was at Ste. Genevieve in 1736, about three miles distant from the present town of the same name. The first Indian tribes known to …
Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park (U.S. National …
WEB14 Apr 2024 · Established by 1750, Ste. Geneviève was the first permanent European settlement in Missouri. Early French Canadian settlers were drawn here by the rich agricultural land known as Le Grand …
Frontier and Pioneer Life Research Guide | The State Historical …
WEBIn 1818, she and four other nuns traveled from France to St. Charles, Missouri, where they established the first free school west of the Mississippi. The school, The Academy of …
Early Settlers in Missouri - Genealogy Trails
WEBWhether the first settlement at Ste. Genevieve be fixed at the traditional period of 1735 or at a later date, it is unquestionably true that it was made in the interest of gold and silver …
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