Sitting on the banks of the Missouri River, Washington is one of the picturesque river towns in Missouri. It was originally called St. John Meyer's settlement and was the site of a Spanish log fort named San Juan de Misuri. Some of its earliest settlers were followers of Daniel Boone,

The city of Pacific is in Franklin County, Missouri, that extends into St. Louis County to the east. This is an impressive transformation considering it started as a log cabin in 1820. Originally named Franklin, it grew steadily throughout the first half of the nineteenth century. Major William C. Inks