The Louisiana Purchase was only 350 miles wide at its southernmost ... Napoleon became emperor of France in 1804, and by the early 1800s, there were many loyalists who loved Napoleon in New ...

Most Americans have heard the story of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery that was sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the new Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806. What most people do not ...

Early settlers in the old lead belt that became Washington and adjacent counties were French until the late 1790s.