
Spanish Commandants and First Settler Historical Marker - St. Charles, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 46.484 W 090° 29.074
15S E 718520 N 4294784
Quick Description: Daughters of American Revolution historical marker commemorating two Spanish Commandants and the first settler to the area.
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 2/22/2007 7:44:00 PM
Waymark Code: WM18FA
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Long Description:[Original text was photos of text. That has been contaminated and is now gone. ]
Text:
1821 MISSOURI 1921
"Nor North, Nor South, Nor East, Nor West
But part of each, of each the best.:
Upon the block number twenty was located the headquarters of the two Spanish Commandants for the District of St. Charles.
Louis Blanchette
Charles Tayon
This tablet also marks the location of the dwelling where Blanchette, the first settler, lived and died.
1769 1793
Dedicated the fifth day of October 1921
by the Missouri State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.