Marthasville - 1817 to 1893 - Marthasville, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 37.592 W 091° 03.612
15S E 668857 N 4277119
Maps usually mess this up, but street names here are "One St.","Two St." , "Three St.", etc.. and not normal 1st St., 2nd St., 3rd St., kept from pioneer days
Waymark Code: WMP171
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2015
Views: 3
County of marker: Warren County
Location of marker: One St., Wessel Park entrance, Marthasville
Marker erected by: Boone-Duden Historical Society
Marker text:
MARTHASVILLE
The oldest village in Warren County, it succeeded the French village, La Charrette. Dr. John Young named this village after his first wife, Martha.
1817 - This village was part of Dr. John Young's farm and part of the William Ramsey Spanish Land Grant #1688.
1818 - A post office was established at Marthasville with Warren Swain as postmaster.
1820 - Daniel Boone, age 86, died at the home of his son, Nathan, and was buried in the Bryan Cemetery
near Marthasville.
1826 - Dr. Young sold most of his property to Harvey Griswold.
1830's - German settlers began arriving on farms nearby.
1840 - Marthasville was the main landing place on the Missouri River for Warren County.
1855 - Griswald [sic] died. Augustus F. Grabs became Justice of the Peace and Postmaster.
1865 - Grabs died. In later years, Helen Rusche, great-granddaughter of Grabs, donated his house to the
city of Marthasville.
1893 - the M. K. T. Railroad came to Marthasville. The depot is the oldest on the railroad.
The Missouri River washed away all remains of the original village of La Charette many years ago. When Lewis and Clark were there, the mouth of Charrette Creek was across the river and perhaps seven miles upstream from where it now enters the Missouri opposite the present town of Washington. The town, named after George Washington, was platted in 1827 on the site of a Spanish fort, San Juan del Misuri (St. John's of the Missouri), which existed there from 1796 until 1803