MARION CITY

NAME: Marion City COUNTY: Mo ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Average Midwest BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring or Fall

COMMENTS: River camps there now, a marker denoting where the city was REMAINS: None

Marion City was a bustling riverport on the Mississippi. Wiped out by flood of 1848, most moved to Palmyra then, a few rebuilt but were wiped out by a later flood. After the second flood it was deserted. Submitted by: Stephen Booth

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