Femme Osage, Missouri
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YoSam.
N 38° 38.191 W 090° 56.528
15S E 679111 N 4278450
This small village with a population of under 60.
Waymark Code: WM1APR9
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/20/2024
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County of village: St. Charles County
Location of village: State Hey T & Cappeln Osage rd., Femme Osage
Created: 1801
"The location of Femme Osage village is quite romantic. The small collection of houses nestled among the trees in the valley of Femme Osage ... gives the place the appearance of some old Swiss village ...
"A blacksmith and wagon shop, a shoe shop and one small general store, comprised all the business houses of the place, most of the trading being done at Augusta, five miles away." ~ History of Saint Charles County,1885, St. Louis Pub. Co., page 239
"It is said that one of the early settlers found the body of an Osage squaw in the stream, giving it the name of Femme Osage meaning Osage Woman. ... Here Jonathan Bryan built the first water mill west of the Mississippi River, in 1801. It was of rude construction; its product was six to ten bushels a day and the meal had to be sifted because of its coarseness. At the same time a man named McSpaddin made gunpowder by hand which sold at one dollar a pound." ~ Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, 1901, Conrad, Vol. 2, pages 422, 423
"Femme Osage is situated at Sec. 20, Twp. 45 N, Range 1 E, on Highway T, in the southwest corner of the county.
"Mail via Augusta." ~ Standard Reference Guide of Missouri, 1974, Rand, McNally