. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . he found fine lead-mines on thewest side of the stream he came to camp on the soilof what was to be Mis-sou-ri. Here a town or sprangup in 1735 known as Le Grand Camp, or le vieuxvillage cle Sainte Gen-e-vieve. This is the first town built in Mis-sou-ri. In1785 a great flood swept oer the land, and the folksin the old town had to leave. They built their new homes three miles from theold site, some six-ty miles from St. Lou-is ; and inthe St. Gen-e-vieve of this day will be found the sonsof those who first had the nerve to till the soil of ourSta
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . he found fine lead-mines on thewest side of the stream he came to camp on the soilof what was to be Mis-sou-ri. Here a town or sprangup in 1735 known as Le Grand Camp, or le vieuxvillage cle Sainte Gen-e-vieve. This is the first town built in Mis-sou-ri. In1785 a great flood swept oer the land, and the folksin the old town had to leave. They built their new homes three miles from theold site, some six-ty miles from St. Lou-is ; and inthe St. Gen-e-vieve of this day will be found the sonsof those who first had the nerve to till the soil of ourState and give it the face of home. The names of some of the men who built up thistown are known to us all to this day. The chief 24 History of Missouri. men were Fran-cois Val-le, Jean Bap-tiste Mau-rice,Fran-cois Cole-man, Jaques Boy-er, Hen-ri Mau-rice, Par-falt Da-four, Jo-seph Be-quet-te, Jean Thor-mure, Jo-seph Gov-reau, Lou-is Bois-due, Jean , L. Ga-bou-ry, J. Beau-rais, B. N. Jan-is,J. B. Prat-te, and some whose names I could not. STATE U-NI-VER-SI-TY, CO-LUM-BI-A, MO. find out, though the names of all those who firstbuilt up a land should be put in the tales of thatland. The next place to be made a town was but asmall spot on the Mis-sou-ri Riv-er, the Vil-lage
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