St. Charles County Historical Society

St. Charles County Historical Society A historical research and archival resource center

SCCHS is dedicated to preserving the history of the county, through its photos, documents, artifacts and oral history. We maintain an archives that serves as a research center for anyone wanting to research local history or their own family history. Our mini-museum has a great exhibit on the Civil War, and we have great events for history lovers of all ages.

Looking back on women's history month, we are thrilled that 77 people were able to hear Patti Dickherber's enthralling p...
03/27/2026

Looking back on women's history month, we are thrilled that 77 people were able to hear Patti Dickherber's enthralling presentation on so many ordinary women who did extraordinary things during the American Revolution ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ’ช

Thank you to Gingham's Homestyle Restaurant for sponsoring this FREE America250 lecture series, and to St. Charles City-County Library for hosting these lectures!

We had a BLAST at Rock 'N' Roll Bingo this Saturday! Thanks to everyone for coming out to play!
03/23/2026

We had a BLAST at Rock 'N' Roll Bingo this Saturday! Thanks to everyone for coming out to play!

We had 60 people attend the first lecture in our America250 lecture series this past Saturday! Thanks to everyone who ca...
02/19/2026

We had 60 people attend the first lecture in our America250 lecture series this past Saturday! Thanks to everyone who came out to honor Black History Month by learning about Free and Enslaved Black People during the American Revolutionary War in the West.

Thank you again to Gingham's Homestyle Restaurant for sponsoring this lecture and for providing the delicious coffee and pastries! We also thank the St. Charles City-County Library for hosting!

We are putting on a FREE history lecture series this year because 2026 is America250! Lectures will be held the second S...
01/26/2026

We are putting on a FREE history lecture series this year because 2026 is America250! Lectures will be held the second Saturday of the months listed on the flyer at rotating Library branches around the county!

Huge Thank You to Gingham's Homestyle Restaurant for sponsoring this event and to the various St. Charles City-County Library Branches for hosting the lectures!

01/26/2026

Red, White, and Who Knew: The backstory to how Matson and Defiance got their names --
Many small towns in St. Charles County began because of the railroads coming through. Matson was named for the farm that was on both sides of the Katy Railroad track that was built through St. Charles County in 1888. Two miles north a gentleman named Craig insisted that the railroad build a station and the government locate a post office where he lived and name them Craig. When he was unsuccessful in this endeavor, he named the town Defiance, in defiance of Matson.

Hope you enjoyed this weekly fun fact for our America250 history fun fact series!

Due to the snow this weekend, our January Quarterly Luncheon has been postponed to January, 31 at 11:30am-1:30pm at Piaz...
01/26/2026

Due to the snow this weekend, our January Quarterly Luncheon has been postponed to January, 31 at 11:30am-1:30pm at Piazza Messina! Hope everyone is staying safe and warm!

Have you ever wondered how the early French inhabitants constructed their houses and outbuildings? If so, come to the Ja...
01/16/2026

Have you ever wondered how the early French inhabitants constructed their houses and outbuildings? If so, come to the January 24 luncheon and hear Ste. Genevieve historian Bob Mueller share all the answers!

REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 3PM ON MONDAY, 1/19. Call (636)946-9828 to get tickets, OR register online here: https://www.scchs.org/eventdetail/236/january-2026-quarterly-luncheon-french-colonial-architecture

Luncheon Details:
๐Ÿ—“๏ธJanuary 24, 2026 at 11:30am-1:30pm
๐Ÿ“Piazza Messina (5535 State Highway N, Cottleville, MO 63304)
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ$30 per ticket: includes lunch and lecture
Open to the public - SCCHS members and non-members alike!

๐“™๐“ช๐“ท๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐”‚ 2026 ๐“ ๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“›๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ธ๐“ท: ๐“•๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“๐“ป๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐““๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ข๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ช๐”‚, ๐“™๐“ช๐“ท๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐”‚ 24, 11:30 ๐“...
01/10/2026

๐“™๐“ช๐“ท๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐”‚ 2026 ๐“ ๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“›๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ธ๐“ท: ๐“•๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“๐“ป๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ

๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐““๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ข๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ช๐”‚, ๐“™๐“ช๐“ท๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐”‚ 24, 11:30 ๐“๐“œ - 1:30 ๐“Ÿ๐“œ

๐“›๐“ธ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“Ÿ๐“ฒ๐“ช๐”ƒ๐”ƒ๐“ช ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ช: 5535 ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐”€๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“, ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ, ๐“œ๐“ž 63304 ๐“ฃ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ฝ

๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ(๐“ค๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ป/๐“๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป) $30.00 ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“น ๐“ฃ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ $30.00

๐“๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ โ€œ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐““๐“ธ๐“ทโ€™๐“ฝ ๐“‘๐“พ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ถ ๐“›๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“๐“ท๐”‚๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ, ๐“ ๐“ข๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“œ๐“ฒ๐“ญ-๐“œ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“น๐“น๐“ฒ ๐“ฅ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“•๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“๐“ป๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎโ€

๐“‘๐”‚ ๐“–๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ข๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ป: ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ซ ๐“œ๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ป, ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“ฎ. ๐“–๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ท

$30 ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ฝ; ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ! ๐“ž๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“น๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฌ - ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ท-๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ ๐“Ÿ๐“ฒ๐“ช๐”ƒ๐”ƒ๐“ช ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ช 5535 ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐”€๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ, ๐“œ๐“ž 63304

๐“œ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ซ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ. ๐“ข๐“ฎ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ด ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€

https://www.scchs.org/eventdetail/236/january-2026-quarterly-luncheon-french-colonial-architecture

Red, White, and Who Knew? | Happy 2026, aka America250! For this week's history fact, we are excited to share a glimpse ...
01/09/2026

Red, White, and Who Knew? | Happy 2026, aka America250!
For this week's history fact, we are excited to share a glimpse into the Spanish support of the American Revolutionary War, specifically in the Louisiana Territory where St. Charles County is located today. The Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain preserves original records like the ones pictured below detailing local Spanish requests for financial support and permission to sail up the Mississippi River with troops.
Huge thanks to The Queen Sofรญa Spanish Institute for partnering with us last year to showcase these amazing original documents as part of the America&Spain250 Initiative!
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At SCCHS, we are kicking off this semi-quincentennial year with a new social media series to share fun facts from local history throughout 2026. Follow along each week to discover bits of St. Charles County history you may not know (or if you do, congratulations you are officially a history buff)!

Come for the book DISCOUNTS! This Ansel Adams book is $140 on Amazon but we just sold it for $10!
11/15/2025

Come for the book DISCOUNTS! This Ansel Adams book is $140 on Amazon but we just sold it for $10!

The Used Book Sale is hopping! Stop by the Foundry Art Centre today before 3pm!
11/15/2025

The Used Book Sale is hopping! Stop by the Foundry Art Centre today before 3pm!

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