HISTORY OF PAPINVILLE 1673 TO 1820
This week the
time line will start about the explorers that we have records on that came to
this part of Missouri. The first explorers were the Frenchmen. The time line
will begin.
1673 Pere
Marquette, a Frenchman explored two Indian villages. The Great Osage and the
Little Osage.
1715 French
explorers reached the Big Osage River (area of
Bates County).
1785-1794 Fort
Corondelet was built
1801-1802
Chief Pawhuska visits Thomas Jefferson and went to New York Missionary Society
to see if they could get missionaries to come and educate their people.
1806 Zebulon
Pike visited the Little Osage site. This site was located on the south side of
the Osage River which is now Vernon County. The Grand Osage site was located on
the north fork of the Osage River which is known as the Marais des Cygnes
River.
1816 William
Waldo was sent to be the agent to trade with the Osage Indians.
1816 William
Waldo was a government interpreter at a factory on the Marais des Cygnes River
what is now Papinville.
1820
Pawhuska (known as Chief White Hair) son of Chief Pawhuska the great, went back
to Washington to ask president Monroe if he could send them some help to
educate his people.
Next week the time line will be about Harmony
Mission 1821 to 1858 starting of the border and Civil War in Papinville.
Papinville has a lot of history. We have to keep history going so the next
generations will know the history of the area. If any one is interested in this
history you are welcome to join our association. The map at the bottom of this
time line is a map of The Land of the Osage. It gives you an idea as to where
the two villages were located. Until next week.
Submitted
by Phyllis Stewart
