franklin county missouri, an 1878 plat book: part 1

from images (found here) of the original book. republished public domain

HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY

A vast region of country in North America was claimed by France, on account of explorations made by Marquette and Joliet, in 1763, and by Hennepin and Dugay, from 1680 to 1683. Sparse French settlements were made in various parts of this vast region, extending from the lakes on the North to New Orleans on the South, and on both sides of the great rivers draining the Mississippi valley. In 1712 the territory of Louisiana was granted to Crozet, who resigned it in 1717. It remained a province of France till 1763, when all east of the Mississippi river, with the exception of certain reservations in the southeast, was ceded to the English, and all west of this river was given to Spain, inclusive of the territory reserved East of the Mississippi.