Charles D. Eitzen
A bust of Charles Eitzen in the Hermann City Park bears a fitting inscription: "A tribute to the memory of Charles D. Eitzen whose life was a record of generous deeds and public usefulness."
One of Hermann's first settlers, Charles D. Eitzen arrived penniless in 1838 and died the wealthiest man in the county. At age 19, he went to work as a clerk in Wiedersprecher's General Store; two years later he owned the store.
The visionary Eitzen amassed a huge fortune as a merchant and shipping agent.
"Many of Hermann's first residents saw the river as a formidable barrier," wrote historian Dorothy Heckmann Shrader. "Charles Eitzen looked at the same river and saw rare opportunity."
Eitzen, who held a virtual monopoly on the Hermann wharf, bought and sold pine lumber coming out of the Gasconade River and its tributaries. At times, as much as 200,000 board feet of lumber were piled up along Wharf Street. In addition, he was the shipping agent for the Maramec Iron Works near St. James. Eitzen literally made money coming and going. The big ox-drawn wagons returned to the iron works filled with goods from his store.
Eitzen was generous with his fortune, leaving to his community a fine city park and to his county a magnificent courthouse.
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