Cantonment Martin
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Cantonment Martin
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Cantonment Martin was intended to be a temporary Army camp to provide support for an engineering expedition led by Stephen H. Long. Possibly the first troops marched from St. Louis, Missouri, to what is now the western border of Missouri. The troops, commanded by Capt. Wyly Martin, established a post that was probably on the northwest section of Cow Island, because of abundant cottonwood timber there. Cow Island was named Isle au Vache by the French, which literally meant Island of the Cow. A l
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