Crossroads: A History of St. Charles County, Missouri

Crossroads: A History of St. Charles County, Missouri by Steve Ehlmann. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780974786438.

This account of the history of St. Charles county is based on research in documents, letters, newspapers, and an array of secondary sources. It begins with the Creole settlers who lived for several generations on the eastern side of the Illinois country. When the Treaty of Paris replaced French with British rule, it was revealed that France had transferred the western side to Spain the year before. Many of the Illinois French, preferring Spanish Catholic government to British, crossed the Mississippi to St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve, Florissant, and other western villages. Throughout this book, the author tells the story of the cultural, political, and economic changes that transpired as people of different origins, objectives, and faith arrived in St. Charles county. Education, race relations, sports, traditions, celebrations, legal and economic issues, and a host of other topics are discussed and explained in this book. If it happened in St. Charles County, the reader will likely find it here.