On North Elson Street just south of West Harrison Street, on the left when traveling south.
The first courthouse of Adair County, completed on July 15, 1843, was constructed on the northwest corner at the intersection of Harrison and Elson Streets. Described as "a low brick affair," the building was said to cost $1,000, a large amount of . . . — — Map (db m144751) HM
On North Franklin Street just north of West Washington Street, on the left when traveling north.
The first attempt at a settlement by Whites in this county was in 1828, twenty-five years after the Louisiana Purchase and three years after extinction of the Indian title. Settlers from Howard County decided to locate on the east side of the . . . — — Map (db m144764) HM
On North Franklin Street at West Washington Street, on the left when traveling north on North Franklin Street.
Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Joseph C. Porter of Lewis County had been recruiting and harrying in Northeast Missouri throughout the summer of 1862. Adair County farmer Captain Mathias (Tice) Cain (Confederate), in command of irregulars from . . . — — Map (db m144750) HM
On North Baltimore Street (Business U.S. 63) south of Crown Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Kirksville, distinguished as the site of Missouri's first State teachers college and the world's first college of osteopathy, was settled by pioneers mainly from Kentucky and Tennessee about 1828. First known as Long Point, then as Hopkinsville, . . . — — Map (db m267552) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 15) at East 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Bethel, in North River Valley, five miles from Shelbyville, was founded in 1844 as a religious communal colony by Wilhelm Keil and his German-American followers. Keil (1812-1877), an independent preacher, called his adherents "Christians." . . . — — Map (db m149765) HM
On 1st Street at Gates Street, on the left when traveling south on 1st Street.
From Dick Fallis, Historian, Skagit County Pioneer Association
Jasper Gates was born April 9, 1840, in Adair County, Missouri. He grew to manhood at the family farm there, married Clarinda Kimble in 1860, served in the Union Army during the . . . — — Map (db m75484) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
