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  2. History of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The settlers in early Spanish Missouri, both black and white, were mostly French-speakers, and the Catholic Church was a significant part of life. [42] Through 1773, Missouri parishes lacked resident priests, and residents were served by traveling priests from the east side of the Mississippi. [42]

  3. Colonial history of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The early history of St. Louis. Conard, Howard L. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference (6 vol 1901); complete text online at U. Missouri Digital Library; Foley, William E. The Genesis of Missouri: From Wilderness Outpost to Statehood (University of Missouri Press, 1989) Gardner, James A.

  4. History of St. Louis before 1762 - Wikipedia

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    European exploration of the area began nearly a century before the city of St. Louis was officially founded. In the early 1670s, Jean Talon, the Intendant of New France, ordered an exploration of the potential of the Mississippi River after hearing of rumors that it connected to the Pacific Ocean. [5]

  5. Boonslick - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. New exhibit at State Historical Society documents 75 ... - AOL

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    A new photo exhibit at the State Historical Society of Missouri displays small-town life in Missouri through the Missouri Photo Workshop.

  7. History of St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    Map of the British and French settlements in North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763). The earliest settlements in the middle Mississippi Valley were built in the 10th century by the people of the Mississippian culture, who constructed more than two dozen platform mounds within the area of the future European-American city.

  8. Missouri Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The Missouri Historical Society was founded in St. Louis on August 11, 1866. [1] Founding members created the historical society "for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state". [2] [3]

  9. Isham Majors - Wikipedia

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    According to the History of Cass County Missouri by Allen Glenn (1917), Isham came to this area from Tennessee with his brother David in 1840. [3] Either way, that would make his family among the first Anglo-American settlers in the area. At that time, Cass county (then called Van Buren County) was a sparsely inhabited semi-prairie region.