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By Editor | May 5, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Ste. Genevieve’s only indirect involvement in the American Revolution will be celebrated at the Centre For French Colonial Life (CFCL).
The center is opening an exhibition this weekend to bring to life the “Battle of Fort San Carlos,” sometimes called “The Battle of St. Louis,” and the Ste. Genevieve militia’s important role in it.
“Saving St. Louis: the Ste. Genevieve Militia at the Battle of Fort San Carlos,” will open to the public this Saturday.
In 1779, Spain declared war on Great Britain, which had been preoccupied with the American colonial revolution for five years. The British looked at it as a golden opportunity to plunder the large, but somewhat weakly defended Louisiana Territory Spain controlled west of the Mississippi River.
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By Editor | January 6, 2021
By MARK EVANS
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In addition to battling COVID-19, seeing the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park established, the Ste. Genevieve Museum Learning Center and the new art guild museum open and other accomplishments previously listed, several other noteworthy things took place in 2020.
One notable thing did
not take place.
For once, the Mississippi River, consummate friend and foe of the old village, stayed within its banks throughout the year.
At one point in the spring, predictions were made that it could be a moderate flood year during the summer. That, however, never materialized, with the river stage actually dropping below four feet at the Chester, Illinois gauge.