During the period that St. Charles County was governed by the Spanish, the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone would decide local disputes under this “Judgment Tree”. A memorial to the tree is located about a 1/10^th of a mile from the Katy Trial trailhead at Hwy 94 in Matson, Missouri. A mural of Daniel Boone dispensing justice under the Judgment Tree is located in the Missouri Senate Chamber.
Link: www.senate.mo.gov/Newsroom/Photos/tourguide/murals.html

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A pencil sketch of the old 1901 St. Charles County Courthouse and statue of St. Charles Borremeo - the namesake of St. Charles County.
Credit: © Robert Guinness 2006
Link: http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/uedivis/ue6091.htm

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The west colonnade of the old St. Charles County Courthouse which was the scene of many historic celebrations throughout St. Charles’ history