Talk:Mine La Motte, Missouri

Spanish colonists?
Nothing I've ever read about this region makes me think that there were actual Spanish colonists here. It was under Spanish dominion at times, and there was a Spanish governor at Ste. Genevieve. But Spanish involvement never went beyond administrative control here; it was all French. One or two adventursome Spaniards wouldn't justify stating that the minerals here were exploited by Spanish and French colonists. Nor does de Soto's passing by two centuries earlier have any relationship to colonists. My deletion can be reverted with proper citation, which I'd find to be interesting reading. --Kbh3rd talk 23:48, 15 April 2010 (UTC)