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 Trails Park,
Marysville
Commemorates the eight trails which crossed the Blue
River here, and the ferry which operated nearby from
1852 to 1864. The full-size replica of a rope
ferry in the park was built using locally sawed logs and
square nails. A series of plaques explain the
ferry and the eight trails: the Oregon, Pike's
Peak-California and Mormon Trails, the St. Joe Road of
the California Trail, the military road, the stagecoach
and Pony Express routes, and the Otoe-Missouria Trail. Take U.S. 77 south out of
Marysville. Immediately after the south overpass turn left onto the levee road and go 1.4 miles. Just before the west overpass turn
left onto road leading to park.
Trail and Stagecoach Markers
In the 1930's many markers were put up by local
historians to commemorate the Oregon Trail and the Pony Express and stagecoach routes.
Some were made from the red granite boulders left in
this area by retreating glaciers during the last ice
age.
Trails Junction.
Point where two branches of the Oregon Trail converged,
near the Marshall and Washington County
line. A traveler in 1850 wrote that at the trails
junction, "the road was as far as the eye could see over
the plains crowded thick with wagons." The marker is
on 1st Road 2
miles north of U.S. 36.
Northwest Quadrant
Oregon Trail marker
in Washington County, erected in 1935 to coincide with
the 50th Anniversary of the nearby town of Bremen.
On Harvest Road 3/4 mile west of 1st Road, in Washington
County, Northwest Quadrant
Oregon Trail crossing on present day Highway 77 is marked with a modern sign
and a silhouette of a wagon and oxen, west of the
highway. On Highway 77 between Quail and Quiver
Roads, Southwest Quadrant
 Oketo
Cut-off. A shortcut used by the stagecoach
for several months in 1862-63 after the stage line owner
had a disagreement with Marysville and decided to bypass the
town altogether. Two markers, on 12th road south of
Cherokee Road, and on Cherokee Road just west of 11th
Road. Northwest
Quadrant. Near the 12th Road
marker is a gravesite where Louis Tibbets is buried.
Site of the David Smith stage
station
on the Overland Stage Route. The station and inn
"became famous along the stage line on account of Mr.
Smith's management and Mrs. Smith's culinary
accomplishments." Marker is 2 miles north of
Axtell on 30th Road just below Granite Road,
Northeast Quadrant
Vermillion Lower Crossing, the point where wagon
trains forded the Black Vermillion River, or used a
rough log toll bridge. On Yoeman
Road ½ mile west of 18th Road,
Southeast Quadrant |
