Saint Genevieve, Missouri - A Place Full of Mines

The french had been colonizing in north america for a while before saint genevieve is established. So what brought the french to missouri? Of the same reasons that any of those native nations were here. Salt is such an important commodity in this age before refrigeration, you needed a lot of salt to preserve your food. All this becomes a huge boost of the economy by exporting itA little bit to everywhere, but especially down to new orleans.

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