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Early Missouri History Notes From St Charles Area
In October many wagons and carriages passed through St Charles toward Boone's Lick. The 1816 era saw early steamboat freight attempts on the Missouri River near Council Bluffs. The 1819-1820 period records Boone family influence, mission work, and the drafting of Missouri's state constitution in St Louis with key figures like Boone, Meson Peck, and Rev. James Welch. The text also notes early church foundations and elections by territorial authorities.
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Chas. Phillips
Osborn Knott
Chas. Tayon
James
Morrison
Baptiste Breguiers
St Charles County
St. Charles
Boone's Lick Collery
Beonslick
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
U.S
Talbot Chambers
Missouri
Ger. Atkins
Masonic Lodge
Dale
Sour
Grand Lodge
Nashville
Tennet
John Meson Peck
House of Flanders Callaway
Ferome Osage
Daniel Bote
Peck
Boone
Missouri Territory
James Welch
Nim
Bellefontaine
St. Louis
Charles ‘Aghinstn
Connecticut
Decemterch
Desdenne
Nicholas
Boone's Lick
Mic Salt
Constitutional Convention of the
Teeritary
Charles
Major Ben
Emmons
Cole Nathan
Hiram J. Baker
Dam
David Barton
Thos
J. Ben On
Alexander McNair
Clarks Clark
the Tersary
Mathias McGirk