La Charrette was a small French settlement in the western part of the Boone settlement along the Missouri River, south of the present town of Marthasville. From 1800 to 1802 it consisted of seven houses and was known as a convenient place for hunting and trading with Indians. On May 25, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition came to this settlement, the last white settlement on their journey to the Pacific Ocean, where the people gave them milk and eggs to eat. In September 1806, Lewis and Clark stopped there again on their way back from the West. A schoolhouse was built on the edge of La Charrette, where Anthony C. Palmer taught and was paid $9 per student per year in trade for meat, cattle, or country linen, along with a sufficient schoolhouse and firewood. In 1813, Rebecca Boone, age 74, wife of Daniel Boone, died at the home of their daughter, Jemima Callaway, and was buried in the Bryan Cemetery near Marthasville. Marthasville, the oldest village in Warren County, succeeded the French village of La Charrette. Dr. John Young named the village for his first wife, Martha. In 1817, the village was part of Dr. John Young's farm and part of the William Ramsey Spanish Land Grant #1688. In 1818, a post office was established at Marthasville with Warren Swain as postmaster. In 1820, Daniel Boone, age 86, died at the home of his son, Nathan, and was buried in the Bryan Cemetery near Marthasville. In 1826, Dr. Young sold most of his property to Harvey Griswold. During the 1830s, German settlers began arriving on nearby farms. By 1840, Marthasville was the main landing place on the Missouri River for Warren County. In 1855, Griswald [sic] died, and Augustus F. Grabs became Justice of the Peace and postmaster. In 1865, Grabs died. In later years, Helen Rusche, great-granddaughter of Grabs, donated his house to the city of Marthasville. In 1893, the M. K. T. Railroad came to Marthasville, and its depot is the oldest on the railroad.