by admin232xy | Mar 27, 2024
Paddlewheel steamers Audio recording by Paddlewheel steamers https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_7.mp3 Around 1849, excitement swept through a small farming community in the Meramec River Valley, where three counties meet, with news that two...
by admin232xy | Mar 26, 2024
Dot on a map Audio recording by Dot on a map https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_6.mp3 In 1845, Capt. John C. Fremont (later General), known in history as the great pathfinder, drew a series of lines on a map of his old surveys of the western...
by admin232xy | Mar 26, 2024
Early settlers Audio recording by Early settlers https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_5.mp3 Fr. Jacques Gravier led the first European expedition up the Meramec River in 1698, looking for silver and furs and found lead, iron, silica sand and...
by admin232xy | Mar 26, 2024
Franklin & Pacific Audio recording by Franklin & Pacific https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_4.mp3 Chartered in 1849 to connect St. Louis with the Pacific Ocean, the Pacific Railroad led to the 1852 founding of Franklin by William C....
by admin232xy | Mar 26, 2024
Meramec River – Waterway to the Ozarks Audio recording by Meramec River - Waterway to the Ozarks https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_3.mp3 The Meramec River winds along the northern border of the Ozarks, draining 3,980 square miles in its...
