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Settlement in Spanish Missouri also proved attractive to slaveholders in Illinois, where the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 left the status of slavery uncertain. Among these American pioneers was Daniel Boone , who settled with his family after encouragement from the territorial governor. [ 34 ]
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 ...
The first European settlers were mostly ethnic French Canadians, who created their first settlement in Missouri at present-day Ste. Genevieve, about 45 miles (72 km) south of St. Louis. They had migrated in about 1750 from the Illinois Country. They came from colonial villages on the east side of the Mississippi River, where soils were becoming ...
Missouri was initially settled predominantly by Southerners traveling up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Many brought slaves with them. Missouri entered the Union in 1821 as a slave state following the Missouri Compromise of 1820, in which Congress agreed that slavery would be illegal in all territory north of 36°30' latitude, except Missouri.
Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People 1808-1908. Vol. 3 (SJ Clarke publishing Company, 1908) biographies of prominent figures. online. Shirley, Christian (2004). Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus the French Dynasty That Ruled America's Frontier (1st ed.). New York City: Farrar Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374110055.
The Missouri Territory was originally known as the larger Louisiana Territory since 1804 (encompassing most of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase from the French Empire) and was renamed by the U.S. Congress on June 4, 1812, to avoid confusion with the new 18th state of Louisiana (further to the south on the lower Mississippi River with its river port city of New Orleans), which had been admitted to ...
It was originally called St. John Meyer's Settlement and was the site of the Spanish log fort San Juan del Misuri (1796–1803). Family and followers of Daniel Boone settled the area across the river from Washington, Missouri starting in 1799.
Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri) Image 19 Forrest Smith , elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri )