Eckerts Tavern - St. Charles, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 46.654 W 090° 29.002
15S E 718615 N 4295101
Once a tavern, was a restaurant called "Canoe" when I was there; now named Braddens. In sector 27 of NRHP District map
Waymark Code: WM12B59
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2020
Views: 4
County of building: St. Charles County
Location of site: 515 S. Main St., St. Charles
Built: 1818
ECKERTS TAVERN
"This is the site and part of the famous Eckert's Tavern, well known between the years of 1818 and 1846 with the migration of various expeditions to the west. The tavern proper was a large building and stood facing Main Street. The second story was destroyed in the tornado of February 26, 1876. The livery stable, known as Anderson's, together with the wagon yard and blacksmith shop where wagons were traded and repaired and had their horses shoed, etc., were in constant use by the patrons of the tavern. this area was where the patio tables and small pond sit today.
"In 1825 President John Quincy Admas appointed Benjamin Reeves, George Sibley and Thomas Mathers as commissioners to carry out the mapping and finish the route to Santa Fe. The men assembled at Eckerts Tavern to write their reports concerning the survey and the marking of the entire road from St. Charles to Santa Fe New Mexico, and now called the Santa Fe Trail.
"This is also the site where Zebloun M. Pike stayed and gathered his supplies and materials for his expedition in 1806. He was instructed to explore the western and southwestern parts of the Louisiana Purchase, He was to travel up the Missouri River then the Osage River, and as a result he discovered the Rocky Mountain Peak named after him." ~ NRHP Nomination Form