Marysville (Kansas)
Marshall County
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Marysville is a city in Kansas and the administrative seat of Marshall County.
Etymology
Marysville was named after Mary Marshall, wife of Francis J. Marshall. He opened here on 11 November 1854, the first post office in the Kansas Territory and installed a ferry over the Big Blue River, which was opened to 1864, the year at the same place on a bridge that was in operation.
History
Marysville was on the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail and was a station of the Pony Express, which is still preserved.
Traffic
Marysville is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 36 ( Pony Express Highway) with U.S. Highway 77
Fauna
In Marysville, there is an isolated population of a dark form of the gray squirrel, which is why Marysville is also called Black Squirrel City.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Moondog, composer and musician †
- Michael McClure, poet
- Ralph Nelson Elliott, Financial Research †
- Kendra Wecker, basketball player
- Kenneth W. Dam, Deputy Secretary of State 1982-1985
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- Statistical data on Maryville
- Place in Kansas
- Location in North America
- Marshall County ( Kansas)
- County Seat in Kansas