In 1720, Philippe de La Renaudière had been sent by Philippe de Renault, the Director of Mines of the French colonies in America to find gold and silver west of the Mississippi River.

He found lead in La Mine, but no silver or gold.

[6] In about 1843, the Church of Christ was organized in Lamine but it disbanded after a few years due to deaths and removals and was reconstituted on August 7, 1865 by Elder P.

[8] Brothers-in-law John T. Redd and Thomas B. Gibson opened a general store in Lamine in 1871.

[9] Mellor Village and Mounds Archeological District, one of the known Hopewell Indian settlements located at the confluence of the Lamine and Missouri rivers in the Lamine township, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 with a boundary increase in 1974.