Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Copy of history of old and new Court House in St. Charles placed in corner stone. Recites history of planning and building of county courthouse in 1848-1849. Gives names of county judges, amounts, and contractors. In 1888 and 1894 ballot proposals to build new courthouse were defeated. Recites history of planning, financing, and construction of new courthouse from 1897-1901. Gives names of judges, architects, contractors, and costs. Cornerstone laid March 8, 1901., 1901 Mar 8
Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of materials related to the history of St. Charles, Missouri, and spans the lives of three generations of the Benjamin Emmons family. Persons involved in the early transactions include Edward Bates, Frederick Bates, Charles Dehault Delassus, John C. Edwards, Archibald Gamble, Hamilton Gamble, J. Mackay, William G. Pettus, Amos Stoddard, and Zenon Trudeau. Manuscripts include St. Charles land documents from the French and Spanish periods, including Zenon Trudeau's...
Dates:
1901 Mar 8