Old Mines, Missouri

id: old-mines-missouri-163-17151951
title: Old Mines, Missouri
text: Old Mines is the name of an unincorporated community and surrounding area in southeast Missouri that were settled by French colonists in the early 18th century when the area was part of the Illinois Country of New France. The early settlers came to mine for lead, and their descendants still inhabit the area where, through a combination of geographic and cultural isolation, they maintained a distinctive French culture well into the 20th century. As recently as the late 1980s there may have been a
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description: Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mines,_Missouri
date created: 2010-11-29T07:43:20Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T13:53:00Z
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