Days 26-28: Katy Trail through Marthasville, Bluffton, Jeff City
The Katy Trail follows the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas railway line, alongside the Missouri River. In local parlance, it became known as the K-T variant of the Missouri Pacific, and in time K-T became Katy. The most memorable story I could find about the Katy centered on a railway agent named William Crush and his crazy idea. […]