The Marshall republican., 1911-03-17

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ippi Valley territory after the In
dams were the French.
The first Spanish governor of
Missouri was Don Pedro Piernas.
The first commandant of the
first territory OF Missouri then
known as Upper Louisiana, was
good st. Ange de Bellerive.
The first settlers OF Missouri held
much in common. There we're no
farmhouses or separate, hogs, and
horses, the property of all the
village.
The first governor of the new
territory of Louisiana under the
American flag was Gen. James
Wilkinson.
The first division Of the Terri
tory OF Missouri, then called Louis
lana, was into the military COM
mand of st. Louis, st. Charles, Ste.
Genevieve and Cape Girardeau.
The first English-speaking i'm
migration TO Missouri was from
Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois To
diana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The first petition to Congress by
Missourians, made Sept. 20, 1905
asked that "funds be appropriated
for the support and land set apart
Of a French and English school in
each county and for the building
OF a seminary or university, OF
learning. where not only the
French and English languages but
likewise the dead languages, math-
ematics, material and moral phil
osophies and the principles OF the
constitution OF the United States
should be taught
The first stone house built in
Missouri was by Maj. Nathan
Boone In st. Charles County. Maj.
Boone's father, Daniel Boone, died
In this house, September 20. 1920.
for the building and maintaining
The first time residents OF Mis-
souri, Territory had direct voice in
the affairs of government was in
1912, when n delegate to Congress
was elected from the newly organ
lied territory. He could speak in
Congress, but had no vote.
The first delegate to Congress
from Missouri was Edward Hemp
stead.
The first and only governor OF
the Territory OF Missouri was Capt
William Clark.
The first counties In the Terri
tory of Missouri were five In num-
ber-St. Charles, st. Louis, Ste.
Genevieve, Cape Girardeau and
New Madrid. The number had
grown to fifteen when the state
caem into the Union. II Is TOY ia
and the City OF st. Louis.
The first Legislature OF Missouri
passed laws regulating weights and
measures, creating county offices,
establishing courts and county
seats, providing for the punish
ment OF criminals, regulating cleo
tons, forbidding Sabbath desecra-
ton, and encouraging the killing
OF wolves, panthers and wildcats.
The first bank chartered by the
Legislature OF Missouri was the
Bank OF St. Louis.
The first large permanent En-
glish settlement was made in the
Boon's Lick country in Howard
County In 1910. Here came Capt.
Benjamin Cooper, with 100 famil-
les from Madison County, Ky. and
founded Franklin and other VIII
lagos.
The first steamboat to ascend
the Mississippi River above the
mouth OF the Ohio was the Gener-
al Pike, al ungainly craft, which
landed ut st. Louis in 1915.
The first steamboat to ascend
the Missouri River was the Inde-
~pendence, which in twelve days
made the journey from st. Louis
to Old Franklin in 1919.
The first newspaper west OF the
Mississippi River was the Missouri
Gazette, now the st. Louis Repub-
lie, in 1908.
The first Protestant Church in
Missouri was the Bethel Baptist
church, near Jackson, Cape Girar-
deau, organized in 1905.
The first serious division in Con-
gress upon sectional lines was
over the admission of Missouri to
the Union as a state.
The first lieutenant governor Of
Missouri was William H. Ashley,
chief officer of the Missouri Fur
Company, afterward representative
In Congress. He was twice defeat
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