Societies are enduring and cooperating social groups that posses
patterns of relationships individuals create through regular
interaction.
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Painting Depicting steamboat traffic to an early city. |
Historians often seek to learn how people interacted in
particular contexts. This collection of historical narratives
relates stories about the founding of Illinoistown, the settlement
that came before East St. Louis, and the establishment of St. Louis.
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