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Here on the Mississippi, where wooded hills rise above the plains along the river, Edward White, Robert Sinclair, and Isaac Bland founded Canton, probably named for Canton, Ohio, in February of 1830. On the pioneer Salt River . . . — — Map (db m55407) HM
Canton, Missouri
"Most westerly Missouri town on Mississippi bank"
Founded May 30, 1830
Culver-Stockton
First coeducational college west of Mississippi. Overlooks river bluffs.
Established 1853
Federal Lock and Dam No. . . . — — Map (db m150341) HM
Lincoln School was established in 1880 to provide education for African-American children in the Canton area. It served that purpose until 1955. One of a handful of red brick school houses of it's kind, it remains as a tribute to rural education in . . . — — Map (db m55406) HM
This well, 800 feet deep, was drilled in 1887 in search for fuel to fire large local steel rolling mill. Its bottled waters were famous in early 1900's, and shipped commercially pause to refresh.
"Know therefore this day, and . . . — — Map (db m150199) HM
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Originally a milling settlement known as Wyaconda, the town named LaGrange was settled by John S. Marlow in 1828, and incorporated as a city in Marion County in 1832. A popular steamboat landing until after the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m150196) HM
In December 1832, the legislature passed a bill introduced by the Honorable Charles Allen to organize Lewis County, until then a part of Marion County. The name was chosen to honor Meriwether Lewis, who with William Clark, led the expedition to . . . — — Map (db m314840) HM
This site was once home to the congregation of the Monticello Christian Church. Due to a general decline in the population of the community, the church was disbanded with a farewell service on September 23, 1990, after 151 years in existence. The . . . — — Map (db m314838) HM
World War I
Army
Walter Ray Adams Clarence Rufus Becker Otto Bruner Louis William Campen Elmer L. Case Isaac P. Coney Tom E. Davis Daniel Fields Howard Haggins John Albert Harrung Albert Hawkins Dick Hemming . . . — — Map (db m314839) WM
