Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference, Volume 6Howard Louis Conard Southern History Company, 1901 - Missouri |
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... land upon which Sedalia stands , and founded the city . ( See " Sedalia . " ) The name was derived from that of his daughter Sarah , familiarly known as " Sed . " He remarked that he had previously named a flatboat for her elder sister ...
... land upon which Sedalia stands , and founded the city . ( See " Sedalia . " ) The name was derived from that of his daughter Sarah , familiarly known as " Sed . " He remarked that he had previously named a flatboat for her elder sister ...
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... Land Company near the site of the present city of Columbia in 1819. The de- sign of the founders was to make it the per- manent county seat of Boone County , but it never had more than twenty inhabitants , and in 1821 , when Columbia ...
... Land Company near the site of the present city of Columbia in 1819. The de- sign of the founders was to make it the per- manent county seat of Boone County , but it never had more than twenty inhabitants , and in 1821 , when Columbia ...
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... land Society of St. Louis , which he served as president in 1894-5 , and a member of the Missouri Historical Society , of which he has been president since 1894 . 1894. He is also a member of the American Historical Association , a ...
... land Society of St. Louis , which he served as president in 1894-5 , and a member of the Missouri Historical Society , of which he has been president since 1894 . 1894. He is also a member of the American Historical Association , a ...
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... land and the instruments of production to the people , and for a distribution of the products of labor in conformity with im- proved methods . As a result of the loss of the great railroad strike at Chicago in 1894 , there was evolved ...
... land and the instruments of production to the people , and for a distribution of the products of labor in conformity with im- proved methods . As a result of the loss of the great railroad strike at Chicago in 1894 , there was evolved ...
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... lands in and about Wooton for centuries . Marble tablets and brass inscriptions in the little church at Wooton give a record ... land among his followers , the offi- cer Thomas getting a tract in the South Ham ( an abbreviation of Hamlet ) ...
... lands in and about Wooton for centuries . Marble tablets and brass inscriptions in the little church at Wooton give a record ... land among his followers , the offi- cer Thomas getting a tract in the South Ham ( an abbreviation of Hamlet ) ...
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