Hermann in Gasconade County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

The Iron Landing

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 1, 2024

1. The Iron Landing Marker

Inscription. From about 1840-1860 iron products manufactured at the historic Maramec Iron Works located near the present town of St. James were hauled over The Iron Road and loaded on steamboats for shipment to eastern markets. This marker approximates the actual landing and commemorates that early industry.

This marker erected & maintained by The Brush & Palette Club, Inc. Hermann, Missouri - 1997

Original marker erected by Sea Explorers Ship 95 of St. James, Mo. Aug. 5, 1956

Erected 1997 by The Brush & Palette Club, Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.

Location. 38° 42.459′ N, 91° 26.109′ W. Marker is in Hermann, Missouri, in Gasconade County. It is at the intersection of Schiller Street and Wharf Street, on the left when traveling north on Schiller Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 Wharf St, Hermann MO 65041, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor.

It is also in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Terminus of the Iron Road (here, next to this marker); The Concert Hall and Barrel Bar (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gustav Wohlt House

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(about 400 feet away); Gasconade County Courthouse (about 400 feet away); The Maria Waechter House (about 500 feet away); 232 Wharf St. (about 600 feet away); 114 Schiller Street (about 700 feet away); Schlender Building (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hermann.

Regarding The Iron Landing. Excerpt from a 1985 historic survey of Hermann conducted by David Denman of the Missouri Heritage Trust:

The first personal fortune accumulated in Hermann was made by a shipping and commission merchant, Charles D. Eitzen, who was responsible for the large volume of pig iron bars arriving at the wharf in Hermann from the Maramec Iron Works in Phelphs County well to the south. Frustrated by poor access to markets the owners of the iron works eventually came to depend on the “Iron Road” as it was called which they blazed in the late l840s leading to Hermann. Eitzen was responsible for sending the iron on boats to markets up the Ohio and later to the developing industries in St. Louis.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 1, 2024

2. The Iron Landing Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 30, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.