French STL heritage. by Jordyn Berry

1673

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Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet during their journey to the Mississippi River, were the first Europeans to visit that would later become Missouri.

1769

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St. Charles was settled by Louis Blanchette as a trading post.

1764

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St. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede along with his stepson Auguste Chouteau on February 215, 1764.

1804

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William Clark and Meriweather Lewis set out from St. Charles on May 21, 1804.

1807

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The General Assembly of the Louisiana Territory put into action legislation on June 27, 1807, allowing enslaved people to sue for their freedom. yessss.

1812

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The Territory of Louisiana was renamed the Territory of Missouri June 4, 1812.

1815

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Lawrence County was established from Arkansas County on January 15, 1815. The most part of Lawrence County became Lawrence County, Arkansas when the Arkansas Territory was created in 1819.

1817

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In 1817, the steamboat Zebulon M. Pike created a new era in transportation for the river as it arrived in St. Louis for the first time.

1818

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A petition to Congress from Missouri requesting statehood was presented by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Henry Clay on January 8, 1818.

1820

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The first Missouri Constitutional Convention met at the Mansion House Hotel in St. Louis. Written in only 38 days, it was adopted on July 19, 1820.