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FREDERICKTOWN
CITY HALL
Fredericktown is located at
37°33’ 34” N 90°17’ 40” W
Fredericktown Missouri History
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 French Louisiana Sieur Antoine de la Mothe 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.