Missouri-Quadricentennial Plaza-Jamestown Settlement - Jamestown VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 13.550 W 076° 46.990
18S E 341804 N 4121414
Permanent settlement in the area was not established by France until the 1730s. In 1763 France ceded this region which was part of the Louisiana territory to Spain, who ceded it back in 1800.
Waymark Code: WM13DEA
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2020
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Missouri-Quadricentennial Plaza— Jamestown Settlement —
Capital-Jefferson City
Permanent settlement in the area was not established by France until the 1730s. In 1763 France ceded this region which was part of the Louisiana territory to Spain, who ceded it back in 1800. France sold the region to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1812 the area became the Missouri Territory. Because of the slavery issue, Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state under the Missouri Compromise.
1673-Explored by Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette for France
1735-Permanently settled by the French
1821-Admitted to the Union as the 24th state.
Admission fee? (Include URL/link in Long Description to website that gives the current fee): no
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