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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «mercer county» AND «missouri»

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By Cosmos Mariner, August 15, 2021
Mercer County Marker (side 2)
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Missouri, Mercer County, Mercer — Mercer County —
[side 1] Here in Missouri's north central glacial plains, Mercer County was organized, 1845. Named for Rev. War Gen. Hugh Mercer, the county is in territory ceded by Iowa, Sac, and Fox tribes in 1824. Indians hunted in the . . . — — Map (db m179701) HM

2 ► Missouri, Mercer County, Princeton — Princeton —
On April 6, 1846 The City of Princeton had its beginning when 22 Lots were sold. It was named for the battle in which General Mercer, the county's namesake, was killed. Samuel Speer owned the site and had a dwelling, a stable and a blacksmith shop. . . . — — Map (db m188198) HM

3 ► North Dakota, McLean County, Garrison — Contemporary Towns — Indian Hill —
Evidence of Euro-American occupation began to appear near the "big bend" of the Missouri River not long after the Corps of Discovery passed through. Competing trading posts to serve the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, as well as other tribal groups . . . — — Map (db m284826) HM

4 ► South Dakota, Lawrence County, Deadwood — The Legend Begins… — A Trail to Deadwoods Past —
In the summer of 1876, Martha "Calamity Jane" Canary arrived in Deadwood Gulch, no stranger to this type of environment. Just 20 years old she had made a name for herself in the annuals of the American West. Whether fact or fiction or trials and . . . — — Map (db m255509) HM
 
 
  
 
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 12, 2026