LAST - White settlement for Corps of Discovery - La Charrette, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 37.591 W 091° 03.612
15S E 668857 N 4277116
Then called "La Charrette" now known as "Marthasville"
Waymark Code: WMJVW8
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2014
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County of marker: Warren County
Location of marker: One St., Wessel Park entrance, Marthasville
Marker erected by: Boone-Duden Historical Society
Marker Text:
LA CHARRETTE
1800 - 02 - A small French settlement, located in the western part of the Boone settlement along the
Missouri River, south of the present town of Marthasvile. It consisted of seven houses, and was to be a
convenient place for hunting and trading with Indians.
1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition came to this small settlement on May 25.
This was the Expedition's last white settlement as they journeyed on to the Pacific Ocean.
People in the settlement gave them milk and eggs to eat.
1806 - 07 - In September 1806, Lewis and Clark stopped again at this small settlement
on their way back from the west.
A schoolhouse was built on the edge of La Charrette. Anthony C. Palmer was the teacher. He was paid $9
per student per year in trade for meat, cattle or country linen, and given a sufficient schoolhouse with
firewood.
1813 - Rebecca Boone, age 74, wife of Daniel, died at the home of their daughter, Jemima Callaway, and was
buried in the Bryan Cemetery near Marthasville.