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The Oregon Trail crosses Marshall County. The Infamous Donner Reed Party rested along the banks of the Big Blue river and lost one of its members, Sarah Keyes, who is still buried at Alcove Springs (located outside of Marysville). Many documented pioneer bodies are buried surrounding Alcove Spring.
In 1849 Francis James Marshall, from Weston, Missouri, came to Marshall County and established a ferry service on the Big Blue River at "Independence Crossing." A few years later Francis Marshall decided to stay on in Marshall County and make it his home. He moved his Ferry business to an upper crossing now known as Marysville (the city is named after Marshall's own wife Mary).
The county was officially organized on August 25, 1855. It was named for Frank [or Francis] J. Marshall, member of the first territorial legislature, who operated a ferry on the Big Blue River at the Oregon Trail crossing.
On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" passed through Marshall county. This tornado measured F4 on the Fujita scale and had a damage path 800 yards (730 m) wide and 100 miles long. Eighteen people were killed and sixty were injured.
Adjacent Counties
- Gage County, Nebraska
- Pawnee County, Nebraska
- Washington County
- Nemaha County
- Riley County
- Pottawatomie County
Cities
- Axtell
- Beattie
- Blue Rapds
- Frankfort
- Marysville (County Seat)
- Oketo
- Summerfield
- Vermillion
- Waterville
Other Townships & Communities: Balderson, Barrett, Bigelow, Blue Rapids City, Center, Clear Fork, Cleveland, Cottage Hill, Elm Creek, Franklin, Guittard, Herkimer, Home, Hull, Irving, Lillis, Lincoln, Logan, Lone Elm, Marietta, Mina, Murray, Noble, Richland, Rock, St. Bridget, Schroyer, Vliets, Walnut, Wells and Winifred
Cemeteries
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Marshall County Historical Society
