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The earliest recorded use of "Missouri" is found on a map drawn by Marquette after his 1673 journey, naming both a group of Native Americans and a nearby river. [1] However, the French rarely used the word to refer to the land in the region, instead calling it part of the Illinois Country. [1]
Also in 1629, peaches were listed as a crop in New Mexico. [67] William Penn noted the existence of wild peaches in Pennsylvania in 1683. [68] In fact, peaches may have already spread to the American Southeast by the early to mid 1600s, actively cultivated by indigenous communities such as the Muscogee before permanent Spanish settlement of the ...
Nearly all attacks took place against settlements in the central part of the state, north of the Missouri River, or along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. [57] Among others, places raided or attacked included Charette, Cote sans Dessein, Femme Osage, Fort Cap au Gris, Portage des Sioux, and St. Charles. [57]
According to Filson, Kentucky was first discovered by James M. Bride and others during 1754. They marked their territory on a single tree located in the mouth of the Kentucky River. [3] Daniel Boone and John Finley decided in 1769 to return to Kentucky to explore.
Franklin, Missouri, founded in 1816, became a large port on the Missouri River and an early center of settlement and economic activity. There, the Boone's Lick Trail ended and William Becknell (c.1787/88-1856), blazed the Santa Fe Trail further to the southwest to the adjacent Spanish Empire 's colonial territories in its province of New Mexico .
Geological map of Mammoth Cave National Park, incl. St. Louis Limestone Outcrops of the St. Louis Limestone near Frenchburg, Kentucky. The St. Louis Limestone is a large geologic formation covering a wide area of the midwest of the United States. It is named after an exposure at St. Louis, Missouri.
The area of the confluence of the two rivers, alternately known as the village of Kansa, Chouteau's, Quindaro, Westport Landing, Missouri River Quay, Town of Kansas, City of Kansas, and finally Kansas City, has been subject to several floods and river course changes. Since 1800, the confluence has moved about a quarter mile up the Missouri River.
Sac River 107 miles (172 km) St. Francis River 470 miles (760 km) Saling Branch; Salt River; Shoal Creek; Sink Creek; Skinner Creek; South Grand River; South River; Spring River (Arkansas), of Missouri and Arkansas 57 miles (92 km) Spring River (Missouri), of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma; Squaw Creek; Sweet Oak Branch; Taff Branch; Tarkio ...