
Native America Influence ~ St. Charles, MO
Posted by:
YoSam.
N 38° 46.909 W 090° 28.961
15S E 718662 N 4295574
One of 6 markers on the courthouse lawn about the area
Waymark Code: WMP3PK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2015
Views: 3
County of marker: St. Charles County
Location of Plaque: 2nd St. & Jefferson St., Borromeo Statue, courthouse lawn, St. Charles
Plaque Erected by; The City of St. Charles
Date Plaque Erected: September 25, 2003
NATIVE AMERICAN INFLUENCE
Many Native American tribes inhabited the St. Charles area when explorers arrived from Europe. French Explorers named the Missouri River after the Missouri Tribe [Misuria] of Indians who were buffalo hunters and farmers. They lived along the Missouri River from the junction with the Mississippi to southwestern Iowa. The historic Portage des Sioux was a busy stopping place for the Indian tribes on their voyage up and down the Mississippi River, and for their portages across the land peninsula to the Missouri River. Indian nations trapped, hunted and fished and traded with the settlers.