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St. Charles : Les Petites Côtes
- Title
- St. Charles : Les Petites Côtes / Dianna Graveman and Don Graveman with a foreword from Mayor Patti York.
- Author
- Graveman, Dianna
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2009]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | F474.S16 G73 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Graveman, Don
- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In 1769, French Canadian fur trader Louis Blanchette built a cabin on the Missouri River in what is today St. Charles. He called the settlement Les Petites Cotes, or the little hills. Other now famous explorers soon passed this way, including Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who began their expedition here in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory. Daniel Boone forged a path through St. Charles along the Boone's Lick Trail, which later joined the Santa Fe Trail and then the Oregon Trail. Today St. Charles hosts many annual events to celebrate its rich history and transport visitors to the past. However, the site of Missouri's first state capitol has not survived without tragedy and an occasional natural disaster, including a cholera epidemic, tornadoes, floods, and a couple of disastrous railroad bridge accidents"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Images of America.
- Uniform Title
- Images of America
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 126).
- Contents
- In the beginning -- Many firsts -- Life on the river -- Churches and schools -- Defending town and country -- Business as usual -- Life and times in St. Charles -- Disaster strikes -- Main Street, U.S.A. -- St. Charles today.
- ISBN
- 9780738561059
- 0738561053
- LCCN
- 2008934416
- OCLC
- ocn276818501
- 276818501
- SCSB-9449804
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library