Fredericktown’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fredericktown. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The history of Fredericktown revolves around the history of lead mining. The earliest beginnings
of Fredericktown occurred around 1715 when local Indians guided French explorers to the area, which at that time was part of Upper Louisiana, in order to show them sources of lead which the French had hoped would also contain silver.
The French governor of Louisiana, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, failed to find silver, but succeeded in recruiting other French investors in the Company of the West, organized in 1717, to exploit the mineral resources of Louisiana.
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Start Fredericktown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fredericktown’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPencil Sketch of Fredericktown, M…, 1875: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fredericktown, decade by decade
5 historic places in Fredericktown
Fredericktown has 5 listings on the National Register, and they protect 30 historic buildings, because Fredericktown Courthouse Square Historic District alone counts 26.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Pencil Sketch of Fredericktown, Missouri by Emile Herzinger (1875) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.