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The history of St. Louis began with the settlement of the area by Native American mound builders who lived as part of the Mississippian culture from the 9th century to the 15th century, followed by other migrating tribal groups. Starting in the late 17th century, French explorers arrived.
Later waves of St. Louis settlers included Italians, Serbians, Lebanese, Syrians, and Greeks, who settled here by the late 19th-Century. St. Louis's current boundaries were established in 1876, when voters approved separation from St Louis County and establishment of a home rule charter.
The Treaty of St. Louis was signed on November 3, 1804 in Portage des Sioux by William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory and District of Louisiana, and representatives from the Sac (Sauk) and Fox ceding land in Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin to the United States Government. 1805.
Explore the storied history of St. Louis, from its founding in 1764 to the 1904 World’s Fair to the present day. The Missouri History Museum’s exhibits occasionally change, but they’re always well done.
The first settlements were made by LaSalle on the Illinois River near what is now Peoria and at Starved Rock. They were administered by LaSalle's captain, DeTonty. Cahokia, founded in 1699, was the earliest French settlement still in existence.
Archaeologists first used a backhoe to excavate 12 to 18 inches to remove 19th and 20th century rubbish to expose the 18th century living surface as well as evidence of homes and other buildings. “What we’re looking at is part of the original settlement of St. Louis as it was platted back in 1764,” Meyer said.
Most of the early settlers were French; many were associated with the fur trade. St. Louis transferred to the Spanish in 1770, returned to France under a secret treaty with Napoleon and, following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, became part of the United States.
The history of St. Louis, Missouri from 1763 to 1803 was marked by the transfer of French Louisiana to Spanish control, the founding of the city of St. Louis, its slow growth and role in the American Revolution under the rule of the Spanish, the transfer of the area to American control in the Louisiana Purchase, and its steady growth and ...
St. Louis, initially nothing more than rows of cabins, became a center for trade along the Mississippi River. As it developed, the settlement was designed in the fashion of a colonial French city. Unlike the cabins in Illinoistown, St. Louis featured vertically placed logs covered in plaster.
Earliest arrivals were from farther east or England, followed by Irish and, soon after, Germans. They joined large numbers of transplants from other parts of the country. Some seventy percent of American-born St. Louisans in 1850 were from Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginia.