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French settlers remained on the east bank of the Mississippi at Kaskaskia and Fort de Chartres until 1750, when the new settlement of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri was begun, During its early years, Ste. Genevieve grew slowly due to its location on a muddy, flat, floodplain, and in 1752, the town had only 23 full-time residents. Despite its ...
Early settlements in Missouri Settlement Founding Mine La Motte: 1717 settlement Ste. Genevieve: 1750, 1735–1785 [11] St. Louis: 1764 Carondelet: 1767, St. Louis annex 1870 St. Charles: 1769 Mine à Breton: 1770, 1760–1780 [16] New Madrid: 1783, 1789 [17] Florissant: 1786 Commerce: 1788 Cape Girardeau: 1792 Wolf Island: 1792 Saint Michel ...
Ste. Genevieve was established in the 1750s by French colonists, when the territory west of the Mississippi River was part of French Louisiana.It became the principle civic center of the region, and continued to be so when the area passed into Spanish control with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri: ca. 1793 Residence It is a poteaux-sur-sol house built for Jean Baptiste Valle, the most prominent resident of early Ste. Genevieve and its last commandant. [2] The house is one of the finest examples of the blending of French and American architecture in the area.
Location of Ste. Genevieve County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
Founded around 1740 by Canadian settlers and migrants from settlements in the Illinois Country just east of the Mississippi River, Ste. Geneviève is the oldest permanent European settlement in Missouri. It was named for Saint Genevieve (who lived in the 5th century AD), the patron saint of Paris, the capital of France. While most residents ...
According to Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri, and most of the descendants of the early settlers, 1735 is the most generally accepted date. Dr. Carl J. Ekberg, in his book, Colonial Ste. Genevieve, suggests that Ste. Genevieve was founded closer to 1750, based on interpretations of early letters, maps, and Catholic Church documents. Ste.
Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States Coordinates 37°58′48″N 90°2′41″W / 37.98000°N 90.04472°W / 37.98000; -90