Valle Mines in Jefferson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Slave Cabin

Photographed by Thomas Smith, July 22, 2023

1. Slave Cabin Marker

Inscription.
Built around 1840 and said to have been a slave cabin used by a previous owner on a farm in Valle Mines (St. Francois County). Around 1870, Salim Grandjean, a Swiss immigrant, gold miner and wagon maker, purchased the farm from his uncle and transformed the cabin into a "grainery".

Donated to the Valle Mines Historic Department by Mrs. Tara Parkhurst, St. Louis

Exhibit reconstructed in memory of Ellis Grandjean

Erected by Valle Mines Historic Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Immigration • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.

Location. 38° 1.926′ N, 90° 29.753′ W. Marker is in Valle Mines, Missouri, in Jefferson County. It is on Valles Mines School Road 0.6 miles south of State Highway V, on the right when traveling north. The marker is on the grounds of the Lost History Museum of Valles Mines. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14115 Valles Mines School Road, Valle Mines MO 63987, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Artesian Spring / Valles Mines (here, next to this marker); In Memory of Aime Amant Vaille

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Dedicated to all our Veterans (approx. 7.1 miles away); Petit Canada (French Village) (approx. 7.1 miles away); These Gave All (approx. 8.1 miles away); Bonne Terre (approx. 8.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.3 miles away); Mooney's Bridge (approx. 8.9 miles away).

Photographed by Thomas Smith, July 22, 2023

2. Slave Cabin Marker

Photographed by Thomas Smith, July 22, 2023

3. Slave Cabin Marker

This is the Lost History Museum of Valles Mines

Photographed by Thomas Smith, July 22, 2023

4. Slave Cabin Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 24, 2023, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 836 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 24, 2023, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.