In 1868, William Milton Prier was the owner of 520 acres of land which would become Appleton City. In 1870 when the Railroad came through this area, he sold most of his holdings for land development. However, he retained this site in Block 36 . . . — — Map (db m181430) HM
Before Appleton City was founded, the open prairie was the hunting grounds for the Osage Indians and French fur traders and trappers.
When the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad reached this site in September 10, 1870, where was no town. The . . . — — Map (db m181431) HM
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway arrived in 1870 connecting St. Louis to the Southwest
Oldest M.K.&T Passenger Depot, September 1870 — — Map (db m88737) HM
(Front): Early thriving Osage River post. Osceola was settled during the mid-1830's largely by Southerners. The settlement and its first store were known as the "crossing of the Osage at Crow and Crutchfield's," until the name of the Indian . . . — — Map (db m36090) HM
In memory of
Citizens of Osceola
murdered by Kansas
Jayhawkers
and the Union Army
Of the 12 men ordered to be
murdered by Gen. James H. Lane,
3 are known
Mr. Berry • Champion Guinn
Micajah Dark (13 yrs later)
In June 1861, . . . — — Map (db m61518) HM
Created from the Lousiana Territory, the Territory of Missouri was established by an Act of Congress in 1812, and became the 24th State on August 10, 1821. Sixteen years later in 1837 there were about sixty people living here on the banks of the . . . — — Map (db m61468) HM
The reputed outlaws, John Younger and his brother James Younger thought a gun battle with detectives JAmes Wright and Louis J. Lull (alias Allen). L.B. Daniels acted as a local guide for Wright and Lull.
The battle was fought about 1/4 mile . . . — — Map (db m245243) HM