Boone's Lick Road - Kountz Fort (1800) - St. Peter's, MO
Posted by: gparkes
N 38° 44.660 W 090° 38.286
15S E 705267 N 4291054
Kountz Fort waypoint along the historic Boone's Lick Road.
Waymark Code: WM5RCB
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2009
Views: 10
The marker states:
BOONE'S LICK ROAD
Kountz Fort (1800)
Marked by the
Daughters of the
American Revolution
and the
State of Missouri
1913
As the county and the trail developed, a chain of private forts were established to protect investments. Nicholas Countz, who owned a landing on the Missouri River and established Kountz Fort as one of the forts, in the chain of forts on the lower Missouri River. He and his two brothers were leaders in the companies that were organized to control the rampaging Indians, in the area of Cottleville. The Countz and the Cottles were pioneer families who developed the area seven miles west of St. Charles.
Noting the Cottles, the current town, Cottleville, is named after them and the community which they established.
Perhaps the best website I have seen giving an understanding of the trail, is from the
LDS church. Their focus is Mormon usage of the trail, but you start to get a feel for the layout of the trail.