Historical Markers in Portage Des Sioux, Missouri

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Historical Markers in Portage Des Sioux, Missouri

1 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage Des Sioux — 1815 Treaty — Between All Warring Indian Tribes and the U.S. — Signed at Portage des Sioux —

Overland escape route of Sioux Indians between Mississippi and Missouri Rivers gave name to Portage des Sioux — — Map (db m140635) HM

2 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage Des Sioux — Forts and Blockhouses — 1799 - 1812 —

Forts and block houses built on this site to protect white settlers from Indians and afterwards used in War of 1812 — — Map (db m141011) HM

3 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage Des Sioux — Lewis & Clark 1804 —

1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition to northwest obtained men and supplies here — — Map (db m140967) HM

4 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage des Sioux — Louisiana Territory — 1673 • 1763 • 1800 • 1803 — Portage des Sioux - St. Louis —

Settled by France in 1673 Ceded to Spain 1763 Ceded to Napoleon 1800 Sold to President Jefferson 1803 — — Map (db m141010) HM

5 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage des Sioux — Our Lady of the Rivers — Monument to a memory —

Back in 1951, raging flood waters threatened to destroy Portage des Sioux. The community pulled together and prayed to Mary, who was given the title, Our Lady of the Rivers. The flood waters receded and the community was saved. This shrine is . . . — — Map (db m140002) HM

6 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage Des Sioux — Pere Marquette & Joliet 1673 —

Pere Marquette and Louis Joliet explored Mississippi Valley in 1673 — — Map (db m140634) HM

7 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage Des Sioux — Portage des Sioux 1798 —

In 1815 representatives of Indian tribes arrived in several thousand canoes to negotiate a peace treaty with the white settlers — — Map (db m140966) HM

8 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage des Sioux — St Rose Philippine Duchesne — First School - 1818 —

Arrived from France on mission to convert the Indians and established first school west of the Mississippi in St. Charles County — — Map (db m140970) HM

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9 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage Des Sioux — St. Francis of Assisi Church —

First chapel built c1813 First brick church completed in 1839 destroyed by fire in 1879 Present church built in 1879 — — Map (db m141013) HM

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