On Katy Trail north of Missouri Highway 94, on the right when traveling north.
From Dutzow to Augusta along Katy Trial State Park is 11.4 miles South from Dutzow trailhead, Katy visitors may take a side trip via highways 94 and 47 to the old German town of Washington, four miles one way. The bridge across the Missouri . . . — — Map (db m132891) HM
On Katy Trail north of Missouri Highway 94, on the right when traveling north.
One of the shortest distances between Katy Trail State Park trailheads is the 3.7 miles from Dutzow to Marthasville. Dutzow is located in a large gap in the line of Missouri River bluffs. The Katy Trail runs along the base of the bluffs, while . . . — — Map (db m132892) HM
On Katy Trail north of Missouri Highway 94, on the left when traveling south.
Daniel Boone was legendary while he was alive, thanks to his exploits in leading American settlers to Kentucky and both fighting and befriending American Indians. Outwardly simple—an accomplished hunter and woodsman, conspicuously brave yet . . . — — Map (db m132894) HM
On Depot Street at 1st Street (State Highway D), on the left when traveling west on Depot Street.
From its inception and throughout its 25-year history, Katy Trail State Park
has been one of the most successful rails-to-trails conversions projects in the
United States. As the longest developed rail-trail in the United States, it
has been . . . — — Map (db m169253) HM
On Boone Monument Road, 0.6 miles east of Missouri Highway D, on the left when traveling east.
Daniel Boone
Born in Philadelphia County
(later Berks County [Pa])
October 22, 1734
(modern: November 2, 1734)
Died in St. Charles County, Mo
September 26, 1820
and wife
Rebecca Bryan
Born January 9, 1739
Died March 18, . . . — — Map (db m61573) HM
Near Depot Street at 1st Street (State Highway D), on the left when traveling west.
1799
The Village of La Charrette
Long before Europeans settled in this area, Native American tribes including the Missouria, Osage, Sac and Fox used this land as their home or hunting grounds. The French, followed by the Spanish, were . . . — — Map (db m169262) HM
On 1st Street south of Depot Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
From its inception and throughout its 20-year history, Katy Trail State Park has been one of the most successful rails-to-trail conversions projects in the United States. As the longest developed rail-trail in the United States, it has been . . . — — Map (db m61695) HM
On 1st Street, 0.1 miles north of Missouri Highway 47/94, on the right when traveling north.
This small house was built by the men of the Marthasvile Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee to commemorate the stops of the Lewis and Clark Expedition at Charrette village May 25, 1804 and September 20, 1806. This French style house is on the . . . — — Map (db m61521) HM
On 1st Street near Missouri Highway 47/94, on the right when traveling north.
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 Marthasville. It consisted of seven houses, and was known to be a convenient place . . . — — Map (db m61522) HM
On 1st Street south of Depot Street, on the left when traveling north.
Missouri was a beginning and end for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Planned by President Thomas Jefferson and carried out by the two captains and a large crew, the expedition is a keystone American event. When the United States took ownership of . . . — — Map (db m61691) HM
On 1st Street south of Depot Street, on the left when traveling north.
One of the shortest distances between Katy Trail State Park trailheads is the 3.7 miles from Marthasville to Dutzow. Shortly after leaving Marthasville, trail users cross Tuque Creek on a 190-foot-long through-truss bridge.
The Tuque Creek . . . — — Map (db m61698) HM
On 1st Street south of Depot Street, on the left when traveling north.
The distance along Katy Trail State Park from Marthasville to Treloar is seven miles. The old Marthasville depot is next to the grain elevators near the Marthasville trailhead. Before the Highway 47 underpass at milepost 78.1, look right . . . — — Map (db m61700) HM
On 1st Street at Depot Street, on the left when traveling north on 1st Street.
As a means of discouraging British expansion west of the Mississippi, Spanish Lieutenant Governor Zenon Trudeau invited Daniel Boone to establish a colony of American settlers in this area of Spanish Louisiana. In 1799, Boone and his family . . . — — Map (db m61523) HM
On 1st Street south of Depot Street, on the left when traveling north.
"the party being extreemly anxious to get down ply their ores very well, we Saw Some cows on the bank which was a joyfull Sight to the party and Caused a Shout to be raised for joy at [blank] P M we Came in Sight of the little french Village . . . — — Map (db m61650) HM
On 1st Street south of Depot Street, on the left when traveling north.
"Camped at the mouth of a Creek called river a Chauritte, above a Small french Village of 7 houses and as many families... The people at this Village is pore, houses Small, they Sent us milk & eggs to eat."
William Clark, May 25, 1804 . . . — — Map (db m61681) HM
On Market Street just west of Texas, on the left when traveling west.
The Advent of the Grain Elevator
An entrepreneur named Joseph Dart, aided by engineer Robert Dunbar, invented a device in 1842 to speed up the grain moving process. The elevator mechanically used a system of ropes and pulleys to scoop grain . . . — — Map (db m169245) HM
Near Market Street at Texas, on the left when traveling west.
1895
New Holstein
When a railroad passed through town, the community often adapted. Sometimes entire towns moved closer to the tracks or new towns grew around depots. At the railroad depot in the river bottoms south of Holstein, area . . . — — Map (db m169251) HM
Near Market Street at Texas, on the left when traveling west.
Farm to Market
Today's modern shopper can walk through a grocery store and have every type of commodity they want within arm's reach, thanks in part to the railroad. We have come a long way since the frontier days when produce such as . . . — — Map (db m169252) HM
On Market Street at Texas, on the left when traveling west on Market Street.
The distance along Katy Trail State Park from Treloar to Marthasville is seven miles. Peers, about halfway to Marthasville, was founded in 1893 when the railroad arrived. It was named for MKT attorney Charles Peers. The gap between the trail . . . — — Map (db m169247) HM
On Market Street at Texas, on the left when traveling west on Market Street.
Katy Trail State Park users cover the longest segment between trailheads on the entire trail from Treloar to McKittrick: 16.10 miles. Treloar, another railroad town founded with the arrival of the Katy in 1892, has two old grain elevators as . . . — — Map (db m169249) HM
On Market Street near Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Daniel Boone, universal symbol of the American frontier, was 65 when he came to Upper Louisiana, now Missouri, 1799. His wife Rebecca was 60. The Spanish lieutenant governor granted Boone 845 acres nearby here on Femme Osage Creek.
Boone did . . . — — Map (db m42564) HM
On West Veterans Memorial Parkway (Old U.S. 40) at North Market, on the right when traveling west on West Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Our Debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude America will never forget their sacrifices. . . . — — Map (db m237078) WM
On Main Street at Market Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
In Memory Of
All American Veterans
This memorial honors all American
veterans who, although separated by
generations, shared a comon
undeniable goal -
to valiantly protect
our country's freedoms.
The memories of these . . . — — Map (db m42560) WM
