Collection Grandir dans le comté de Saint-François : Bonne Terre et la compa de plomb de Saint-Joseph...

Product Name: Collection Grandir dans le comté de Saint-François : Bonne Terre et la compa de plomb de Saint-Joseph...
ISBN：9780738519043 collection
Growing Up in St. Francois County : Bonne Terre and the St. Joseph Lead Company, Paperback by Bequette, James, ISBN 0738519049, ISBN-13 9780738519043, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

In 1673, Father Marquette and Louis Joliet paddled southward down the Mississippi River and maintained a detailed journal of their observations. Their reports spoke glowingly of vast mineral deposits in the area destined to become Southeastern Missouri. From those earliest known beginnings, and continuing until the outbreak of the Civil War, numerous mining camps flourished. The St. Joseph Lead Company, located in Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, became the worlds largest producer of lead ore. With nearly 100 vintage images and personal stories of growing up in Bonne Terre, James Bequettes informative memoir displays the influence the lead company had on the community, and in turn the love the community had for St. Joe. The first image seen by visitors of the town ring true, proclaiming "Welcome to Bonne Terre: Good Earth-Good People.".