100 Year Anniversary - New Haven, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 36.897 W 091° 12.786
15S E 655571 N 4275562
Small town where Lewis and Clark passed, and John Colter lived.
Waymark Code: WMJXXK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
Views: 3

County of Marker: Franklin County.
Date Marker Erected: 1956.
Location of Marker: Main St., Miller's Landing, @ Levee.

Marker Text:

1856    NEW HAVEN    1956
Early prominent Missouri River port, New Haven was settled about 1805 and was named Miller's Landing for pioneer Philip Miller, The Pacific R.R. (Mo. Pac.) reached here in 1855 and the town was laid out and renamed the next year.

John Colter, member of Lewis and Clark Expedition, explorer of Yellowstone Park, settled a few miles east in 1810.

The New Haven Flood control levee here was completed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in April, 1955.

Subject: Town

Commemoration: 100 years

Date of Founding: 1856

Date of Commemoration: 1956

Address:
City Hall 101 Front St., New Haven, 63068 Marker at: Main St. & Miller St. Miller's Landing Levee New Haven.


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