August 3, 2006. The Warren County Record announced plans of the Marthasville Lewis and Clark Committee to establish a 5-foot red granite monument in Marthasville’s Wessel Park with a La Charrette plaque. The plaque is a much larger and more detailed rendition of the one shown on the back cover of La Charrette: A History of the Village Gateway To The American Frontier Visited by Lewis and Clark * Daniel Boone * Zebulon Pike reissued earlier this year.

The plaque’s placement in Wessel Park will highlight the La Charrette Village vertical log cabin erected there since May 2003 for the bicentennial arrival of Lewis and Clark at the long lost village. September 20, 2006 marks the bicentennial return of The Corps of Discovery to civilization at La Charrette Village.

Retired fireman Bob Daus of nearby Dutzow (once the home of early German settler Gottfried Duden) was commissioned to create the work of art. The 25-pound bronze sculptor of his Liberty Artworks, Inc. www.libertyartworks.com will aid in my objective to return ‘life’ the village. Committee Chairman, Connie Tesson said, “It will be here hundreds of years after we are gone. Its a beautiful thing.” Local historian and friend, Mr. Ralph Gregory provided the inscription for the monument. Local business woman Ann Jenkins designed the plaque’s artwork.

Congratulations to everyone who helped make this a reality! Join the celebrations in Marthasville September 20 by “Shouting for joy” as the the explorers return to the frontier of the Louisiana Purchase.