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First Men To Vist
The first Europeans set foot on Missouri soil. Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet descended the Mississippi from the North and supplied the first written accounts of
exploration in Missouri -
Mo Is Claimed
The area was claimed for France by Robert de La Salle. As part of the Louisiana Purchase Territory, Missouri has belonged to three nations. -
1735
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri’s first permanent settlement, was founded. -
1762
France ceded the area to Spain. -
1764
The City of St. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede Liguest and Auguste Chouteau. -
1802
By secret treaty, Spain returned the Louisiana Purchase Territory to France. -
1803
The United States bought the Louisiana Purchase Territory from Napoleon for $15
million. -
1804
The Lewis and Clark Expedition set out from St. Louis. -
Territory of Missouri
A portion of the Louisiana Purchase Territory became the Territory of Missouri -
Statehood
1818-Congress received a petition requesting statehood for Missouri -
Missouri Compromise
1820-The “Missouri Compromise” was written, including measures allowing Missouri to
enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state to maintain the balance
of slave and free states in Congress. -
Fonstitution
1820-Missouri’s first constitution was adopted on July 19th. Missouri’s first General Assembly
convened at the Missouri Hotel in St. Louis on September 18th. -
Union
Missouri was admitted to the Union as the 24th state on August 10th; the state Capitol
was located in St. Charles until a permanent location was designated. -
New Jeff city
Jefferson City was designated as Missouri’s permanent seat of government. -
Fire in Jeff
Missouri’s first Capitol in Jefferson City was destroyed by fire. -
UOM
The University of Missouri was founded in Columbia. -
Gateway To Gold
With the discovery of gold in California, many Missouri towns became gateways to
the West, a event that inspired the design of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis -
Not Kansas Yet
The area that would later be Kansas City was incorporated. -
Ponys Run Wild
The Pony Express began its 18-month run in April from St. Joseph.
