Courtesy of: State of Missouri Archives, PO Box 778, Jefferson City MO 65102 archref@mail.sos.state.mo.us http://mosl.sos.state.mo.us/arch.html Maries County Organized 2 March 1855, from Osage and Pulaski Counties and names for the Maries river. County seat: Vienna 65582. Maries is probably a corruption of the French "marias" meaning "marsh, swamp." The Maries River, like the upper reaches of the Osage River was once said to be call "Le Maries dy Cygnes" or "Marsh of Swans." It has also been suggested that the Big and Little Maries rivers were named for two French girls and that the name is the plural of Marie. Courthouse burned on 6 November 1868. Townships: Boone, Jackson, Jefferson, Miller, Dry Creek, Spring Creek, Johnson. Shirley Scott shirleyscott@juno.com The Scott Family: http://www.geocities.com/shirleyascott My Family Tree: http://www.angelfire.com/mo/winkeler/index.html ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.