When established in 1789, New Madrid was one of a handful of settlements in the Spanish territory west of the Mississippi River. First as a district and later as a county, the New Madrid jurisdiction extended as far south to the northern border of . . . — — Map (db m179976) HM
(Front): The capital of historic Pemiscot County and center for a cotton, grain, timber, and industrial area, Caruthersville was laid out, 1857, by George W. Bushey and J. Hardeman Walker (1794-1860), on the Walker plantation. "Bootheel" . . . — — Map (db m36219) HM
Harry S. Truman delivered campaign speeches at the Court
House during his senate campaigns in 1934 and 1940. The
1934 campaign was open in southeast Missouri and New Madrid was one of the early campaign stops. In his 1934 speech Truman developed . . . — — Map (db m178007) HM
Sketched in 1871 by A. R. Waud of Harper's Weekly, this drawings is the only known full sketch of the 1854 Courthouse. Built at a cost of $2,750 under the supervision of T. J. 0. Morrison, the wooden frame building was 45 by 60 feet (2,700 sq.ft.) . . . — — Map (db m179444) HM
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