A wagon train of German Catholic Settlers from Teutopolis, Illinois arrived in this area on November 11, 1874, the Feast Day of St. Martin of Tours. That year, they built and dedicated a log cabin Church to St. Martin. The John Deiterman family . . . — — Map (db m161699) HM
The first settlers to this area came by wagon from Teutopolis, Illinois, in 1872. Having arrived on St. Martin's day, November 11, they called the settlement Martinsville. The name was later changed to Tours in honor of the city in France where . . . — — Map (db m161693) HM
