The river landing was a popular Indian trail, and a campsite for French fur traders. Leonard Harold, follower of Daniel Boone, came from Virginia to Missouri in the late 1700's and settled the river front area that would later become . . . — — Map (db m169477) HM
From Augusta to Dutzow along Katy Trail State Park is 7.70 miles. Augusta has a strong German heritage like many other lower Missouri River towns. This area has several wineries open to the public. Founded in 1836, Augusta has preserved . . . — — Map (db m133204) HM
Katy Trail State Park runs for 5.70 miles from Augusta to Matson. The first four miles are away from roads, and trail users can enjoy the farm landscape and bottomland forest of the Missouri River floodplain, lined by increasingly taller . . . — — Map (db m133202) HM
1832 - Julius Mallinckrodt arrived from Dortmund, Westphalia, Prussia. Mallinckrodt purchased land from Ludwig Eversmann, and married Mary McClenny. The Mallinckrodts dreamed of a new Dortmund.
1835 - Mallinckrodt asked Alexander . . . — — Map (db m169475) HM
September 8, 1881, the "St. Charles "Democrat" reported that Dr. Hampson Strother Clay intended to become a physician in Augusta. Before locating in Augusta, Dr. Clay, an 1873 graduate of the Missouri Medical College, had lived in Darst Bottom . . . — — Map (db m133208) HM
May 23, 1804, was an eventful day for the Lewis and Clark party. Early in the day they stopped at Boone's Settlement on Femme Osage Creek, though they did not meet Daniel Boone himself. A mile later, the boats passed along Tavern Rocks, a towering . . . — — Map (db m305363) HM
The Missouri River you see before you is not the same river that Lewis and Clark experienced on
their journey. For Lewis and Clark, the river was filled with islands, side channels flowing around the islands, quiet backwaters and marshes, as well . . . — — Map (db m254201) HM
When we think of American wine, California comes to mind, and perhaps Oregon, Washington or New York. But Missouri? Ja, absolutely. German immigrants settling on the lower Missouri River, and later, Italians coming to the St. James area, brought . . . — — Map (db m133207) HM
(Original Dutzow)
Founded by Johann Wilhelm Bock. He named this village after his estate in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany.
1832 - A landholding company, Frederick Rathje & Co., purchased 252.79 acres of land in the original Stephen . . . — — Map (db m298214) HM
Staudinger-Grumke
House-Store
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1857 — — Map (db m169480) HM
