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Osage-Organized January 29, 1841, and named for the river which forms the greater portion of its western boundary. The Osage River was named by the French more than 100 years ago from the tribe of Indians upon its banks. The word is a corruption of Oua-chage, or Ou-chage (whence Wahsatch), and as applied to individual, means "the strong." Linn, the county seat, is named in honor of Senator Lewis F. Linn.
Ozark-Organized January 29, 1841. In 1843 its name was changed to Decatur, in honor of the famous fighting commodore, Stephen Decatur, but in 1845, its present title was restored. The first county seat was Rockbridge, near the north line; the present is Gainesville.
Pemiscot-Organized February 19, 1861. Named for the large bayou within its borders. The word signifies " liquid mud." Gayoso, the county seat, was named for a prominent Spanish official of the territorial days.
Perry-Organized November 16, 1820. Named in honor of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, the hero of Lake Erie. Perryville, the county seat, was located in 1821.
Pettis-Organized January 26, 1833. Named in honor of Hon. Spencer Pettis, of St. Louis, a member of Congress from Missouri in 1828-31, and who was killed in a duel with Maj.
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Thomas Biddle, on Bloody Island, in the latter year. The first county seat was at St. Helena; in 1837 it was removed to George- town; in 1862 to Sedalia. The last named town was laid out in 1859, and named by its founder, Gen. George R. Smith, for his daughter Sarah, who was familiarly called "Sade " and - " Sed." It was first called by Gen. Smith "Sedville," but he afterward gave it the more euphonius title which it now bears.
Phelps-Organized November 13, 1857. Named for Hon. John S. Phelps, of Greene County, member of Congress from 1844 to 1862; Governor from 1877 to 1881, etc.
Pike-Organized December 14, 1818. Named in honor of Gen. Zebulon Pike, who explored the Upper Mississippi in 1805; visited Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico and other territory in the West in 1806, discovering the mountain which yet bears the name of Pike's Peak, and who was killed at the battle of York, Canada, in April, 1813. Bowling Green was laid out in 1819, and became the county seat in 1824, upon its removal from Louisiana.
Platte-Organized December 31, 1838, and named indirectly for the Platte River, which flows through it, and from which the Platte Purchase was named. Platte City, the county seat, was originally called Falls of Platte.
Polk-Organized March 13, 1835. Named in honor of James K. Polk, of Tennessee, who afterward, in 1844, became President. He had numerous admirers among the first settlers, who had known him in Tennessee before their removal to Missouri.
Pulaski-Organized December 15, 1818. Named in honor of Count Pulaski, who fell at Savannah during the Revolution.
Putnam-Organized February 28, 1845, and named for Gen. Israel Putnam. The first county seat was at Putnamville, after- ward at Winchester, and finally at Harmony, whose present name is Unionville.
Ralls-Organized November 16, 1820. Named in honor of Daniel Ralls, a member of the Legislature at that time from Pike County. New London was laid out in 1819.
Randolph-Organized January 22, 1829. Named for John Randolph, of Roanoke. Huntsville became the county seat in 1830, and named for Judge Ezra Hunt.
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Ray-Organized November 16, 1820, and named for Hon. John Ray, a member of the Constitutional Convention from How- ard County. The first county seat was at Bluffton, but in 1828 it was removed to Richmond.
Reynolds-Organized February 25, 1845. Named in honor of Hon. Thomas Reynolds, Governor of Missouri from 1841 to 1844, in which latter year he committed suicide at the capital. His name was bestowed upon this county through the efforts of Hon. Pate Buford, his particular friend.
Ripley-Organized January 5, 1813, and named in honor of Gen. Ripley, of the War of 1812. Doniphan, the county seat, was named for Gen. A. W. Doniphan, Missouri's renowned hero of the Mexican War.
St. Charles-One of the original "districts." Organized October 1, 1812. Named for the town, which was named by the French.
St. Clair-Organized January 29, 1841. Named for Gen. Arthur St. Clair, of the Revolution. Osceola, named for the noted Seminole chief, became the county seat in 1842.
St. Francois-Organized December 19, 1821. Named for the river. Farmington, the present county seat, was not laid . out until 1856.
Ste. Genevieve-One of the original "districts." Organized October 1, 1812. Named for the town, which was founded, prac- tically, in 1763, although settled probably in 1735.
St. Louis-One of the original "districts." Organized Oc- tober 1, 1812. Named for the town, which in turn was named for King Louis XV of France, having been founded by Pierre Laclede, in 1764. Clayton was made the county seat in 1875.
Saline-Organized November 25, 1820. County seats in their order have been Jefferson, Jonesboro, Arrow Rock and Mar- shall. The county was named for its salt springs.
Schuyler-Organized February 14, 1845, and named for Gen. Philip Schuyler of the Revolution. The first county seat was at Tippecanoe; Lancaster, the present capital, was laid out in 1845.
Scotland-Organized January 29, 1841. Named by Hon. S. W. B. Carnegy, now of Canton, in honor of the land of his ances- tors. He surveyed and named the town of Edinburg in this
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county, and also the town of Edina, in Knox County. The first courts in Scotland were held at Sand Hill, but in 1843 the county seat was located at Memphis.
Scott-Organized December 28, 1821. Named for Hon. John Scott, the first congressman from Missouri. The first county seat was at Benton.
Shannon-Organized January 29, 1841. Named for Hon. George F. Shannon, a prominent lawyer and politician of the State, who dropped dead in the courthouse at Palmyra, in August, 1836.
Shelby-Organized January 2, 1835. Named for Gen. Isaac Shelby, who fought at King's Mountain, in the Revolution, and was subsequently Governor of Kentucky. The first county seat was at Oak Dale, but was located at Shelbyville in 1836.
Stoddard-Organized January 2, 1836. Named for Capt. Amos Stoddard, of Connecticut, who took possession of Missouri in the name of his government after the Louisiana purchase.
Stone-Organized February 10, 1851, and named for the stony character of its soil. Galena, the county seat, was so named for the presence of that mineral in the vicinity.
Sullivan-Fully organized February 16, 1843, and named by Hon. E. C. Morelock far his native county in Tennessee. In the preliminary organization, in 1843, the county was named High- land. The first courts were held at the house of A. C. Hill, on the present site of Milan, which became the county seat in 1845.
Taney-Organized January 6, 1837, and named for Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. Forsyth, the county seat, located in 1838, was named for Hon. John Forsyth, of Georgia, who was Secretary of State of the United States from 1834 to 1841.
Texas -- Organized February 14, 1845, and named for the Lone Star State. Houston, the county seat, was named for Gen. Sam Houston, the "hero of San Jacinto."
Vernon-Organized as at present February 27, 1855. Named for Hon. Miles Vernon, a member of the State Senate from La- clede County. who fought under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, . and who presided over the Senate branch of the "Claib Jackson Legislature," which passed the " Ordinance of Secession," at Ne- osho, October 28, 1861. Nevada, the county seat, was originally
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called Nevada City, and named by Col. D. C. Hunter for a town in California.
Warren-Organized January 5, 1833, and named for Gen. Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill. Warrenton became the county seat in 1835.
Washington-Organized August 21, 1813, and named for the "Father of His Country." It is claimed that Potosi, the county seat, was first settled in 1765.
Wayne-Organized December 11, 1818, when it comprised the greater part of the southern one-third of the State. It was formerly called by the sobriquet of "the State of Wayne," and latterly "the Mother of Counties." It was, named in honor of Gen. Anthony Wayne, of the Revolution, the famous " Mad An- thony" of history and legend. Greenville, the county seat, was laid out in 1818, and named for the scene of Gen. Wayne's treaty.
Webster-Organized March 3, 1855, and named for Daniel Webster. The county seat, Marshfield, was named for Webster's country seat.
Worth-Organized February 8, 1861, and named in honor of Gen. William Worth, one of the prominent American command- ers in the Mexican War. Grant City was laid off in 1864, and named for Gen. Grant.
Wright-Organized Jauuary 29, 1841, and named in honor of Hon. Silas Wright of New York, a leading Democratic states- man of that period. Hartville was named for the owner of the site.
There have been attempts at the creation of other counties from time to time. Dodge County, named for Gen. Henry Dodge, was organized in 1851, with a county seat at St. John, but in 1853 it was disorganized and its territory included within the limits of Putnam, of which county it had formed the western part. The organization of Donaldson, Merrimac, and perhaps two or three other counties, was never perfected.
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POPULATION OF MISSOURI BY COUNTIES.
The annexed table shows the population of the State by the counties in ex- istence at the several periods mentioned. The population of the Territory in 1810 was 20,845.
COUNTIES.
1821.
1830.
1840.
1850.
1860.
1870.
1880.
Adair
2,342
8,531
11,449
15,190
Andrew
9,433
11,850
15,137
16,318
Atchison
1,648
4,649
8,440
14,556
Audrain
1,949
3,506
8,075
12,307
19,732
Barry
4,795
3,467
7,995
10,373
14,405
Barton
1,817
5,087
10,332
Bates.
3,669
7,215
15,960
25,381
Benton
4,205
5,015
9,072
11,322
12,396
Boone ..
3,692
8,859
13,561
14,979
19,486
20,765
25,422
Buchanan
6,237
12,975
23,861
35,109
49,792
Butler
1,616
2,891
4,298
6,011
Caldwell.
1,458
2,316
5,034
11,390
13,646
Callaway
1,797
6,102
11,765
13,827
17,049
19,202
23,670
Camden
2,338
4,975
6,108
7,266
Cape Girardeau
7,852
7,430
9,359
13,912
15,547
17,558
20,998
Carroll.
2,433
5,441
9,763
17,445
23,274
Carter
4,693
6,090
9,794
19,296
22,431
Chariton.
1,426
1,776
4,746
7,514
12,562
19,135
25,224
Christian
5,491
6,707
9,628
Clark.
2,846
5,527
11,684
13,667
15,031
Clay.
5,342
8,282
10,332
13,023
15,564
15,572
Clinton
2,724
3,786
7,748
14,063
16,073
Cole. .
1,028
3,006
9,286
6,696
9,697
10,292
15,515
Cooper.
3,483
6,910
10,484
12,950
17,356
20,692
21,596
Crawford.
1,709
3,561
6,397
5,823
7,982
10,756
Dade
4,246
7,072
8,683
12,557
Dallas.
3,648
5,892
8,383
9,263
Daviess
2,736
5,298
9,606
14,410
19,145
De Kalb
2,075
5,224
9,858
13,334
Dent ...
5,654
6,357
10,646
Douglas
2,414
3,915
7,753
Dunklin.
1,220
5,026
5,982
9,604
Franklin
1.928
3,431
7,515
11,021
18,035
23,098
26,534
Gasconade.
1,174
1,548
5,330
4,996
8,727
11,093
11,153
Gentry
5,372
12,785
13,186
21,549
28,801
Grundy.
3,006
7,887
10,567
15,185
Harrison.
2,447
10,626
14,635
20,304
Henry.
4,726
4,052
9,866
17,401
23,906
Hickory :
3,957
6,550
11,652
15,509
Howard
7,321
10,314
13,108
13,969
15,946
17,233
18,428
Howell.
3,169
4,218
8,814
Iron. .
5,842
6,278
8,183
Jackson
2,822
7,612
14,000
22,896
55,041
82,325
Jasper.
4,223
6,883
14,928
32,019
Jefferson
1,838
2,586
4,296
6,928
10,344
15,380
18,736
Johnson
4,471
7,467
14,644
24,648
28,172
1,235
1,455
2,168
Cass.
Cedar ..
3,361
6,637
9,474
10,741
Bollinger
7,371
8,162
11.130
.
7,387
2,329
4,705
6,452
Holt.
4,248
11.980
11,607
17.176
Greene
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POPULATION OF MISSOURI BY COUNTIES .- Continued.
COUNTIES.
1821.
1830.
1840.
1850.
1860.
1870.
1880.
Knox
2,894
8,727
10,974
13,047
Laclede.
2,498
5,182
9,380
11,524
La Fayette.
1,340
2,921
6,815
13,690
20,098
22,628
25,710
Lawrence.
4,859
8,846
13,067
17,583
Lewis
6,040
6,578
12,286
15,114
15,925
Lincoln
1,674
4,060
7,449
9,421
14,210
15,960
17,426
Linn.
2,245
4,058
9,112
15,900
20,016
Livingston.
4,325
4,247
7,417
4,038
5,226
7,816
Macon
6,034
6,565
14,346
23,230
26,222
Madison
2,371
3,395
6,003
5,664
5,849
8,876
Maries
1,907
4,839
9,623
12,230
18,838
23,780
24,837
Mercer
2,282
3,834
6,812
6,616
9,805
Mississippi
3,123
4,859
4,982
9,270
Moniteau ..
6,004
10,124
11,375
14,346
Monroe
9,505
10,541
14,785
17,149
19,071
Montgomery
2,032
3,900
4,371
5,486
9,718
10,405
16,249
New Madrid.
2,445
2,351
4,554
5,541
5,654
6,357
7,694
Newton. .
3,790
4,268
9,319
12,821
18,947
Nodaway.
6,704
7,879
10,793
11,824
Ozark
2,294
2,447
3,363
5,618
Perry.
1,599
3,371
5,760
7,215
9,128
9,877
11,895
Pettis.
2,930
5,150
9,392
18,706
27,271
Phelps
2,677
6,122
10,646
13,609
18,417
23,077
26,715
Platte
8,913
16,845
18,350
17,352
17,366
Polk.
8,449
6,186
9,995
12,445
15,734
Pulaski
6,529
3,998
3,835
4,714
7,250
Putnam
1,657
9,207
11,217
13,555
Ralls
1,684
4,346
5,670
6,151
8,592
10,510
11,838
Ray
1,789
2,658
6,053
10,353
14,092
18,700
20,190
Ripley.
2,830
3,747
3,175
5,377
St. Charles
4,058
4,822
7,911
11,454
16,523
21,304
23,065
St. Clair.
3,556
6,812
6,747
14,125
St. Francois
2,386
3,211
4,964
4,249
9,742
13,822
Ste. Genevieve
3,181
2,000
3,148|
5,313
8,029
8,384
10,390
St. Louis.
8,190
14,909
35,975
104,978
190,524
351,189
382,406
Saline .
1,176
2,182
5,258
8,843
14,699
21,672
29,911
Schuyler.
Scotland
3,782
8,873
10,670
12,508
Scott.
2,136
5,974
3,182
5,247
7,317
8,587
Shannon.
1,199
2,284
2,339
3,441
Shelby .
3,056
4,253
7,301
10,119
14,024
Stoddard
3,153
4,277
7,877
8,535
13,431
Stone. . .
2,400
3,253
4,404
Sullivan
2,983
9,198
11,907
16,569
Taney.
3,264
4,373
3,576
4,407
5,599
Texas.
2,313
6,067
9,618
12,206
4,407
4,650
8,202
8,434
10,132
2,118
5,252
14,751
29,544
Oregon
1,432
3,009
3,287
5,721
Osage
Pemiscot.
2,962
5,714
10,506
12,568
Randolph
2,942
7,198
9,439
11,407
15,908
22,751
Reynolds.
1,849
3,173
3,756
5,722
2,856
3,287
6,097
8,820
10,470
2,691
9,300
11,557
14,673
Miller .
McDonald .
2,236
4,901
5,916
7,304
Marion
Morgan
2,059
4,299
Pike.
16,730
20,196
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POPULATION OF MISSOURI BY COUNTIES .- Concluded.
COUNTIES.
1821.
1830.
1840.
1850.
1860.
1870.
1880.
Vernon.
4,850
11,247
19,369
Warren.
4,253
5,860
8,339
9,637
10,806
Washington
3,741
6,779
7,213
8,811
9,723
11,719
12,896
Wayne
1,614
3,254
3,403
5,518
5,629
6,068
9,096
Webster
7,099
10,434
12,175
Worth
5,004
8,203
Wright
3,387
4,508
5,684
9,712
Total
70,647
140,304
383,702
682,043 1,182,012 1,721,295 2,168,380
CITIES AND TOWNS.
The following table shows the population of cities and towns in the State with a population of 4,000 and upward in 1880, compared with the census of 1870:
TOWNS.
1870.
1880.
TOWNS.
1870.
1880.
Carthage
4,167
Moberly
1,514
6,070
Chillicothe
3,978
4,078
St. Charles.
5,570
5,014
Hannibal
10,125
11,074
St. Joseph
19,565
32,431
Jefferson City.
4,420
5,271
St. Louis
310,864
350,518
Joplin .
7,038
Sedalia
4,560
9,561
Kansas City
32,260
55,785
Springfield.
5,555
6,522
Louisiana
3,630
4,325
Warrensburg.
2,945
4,040
CONCLUSION.
Such, in brief, is the History of Missouri, one of the foremost of the States of the Union in everything that goes to make up our Commonwealth. While there may be spots and flaws in the early records of its pioneer settlers, yet with them all this early and later history is one that must stir the blood and quicken the pulse of him who reads. Its institutions of civil and religious freedom, guaranteeing the rights of citizenship, education and worship, extending the blessings of beneficent law silently and extensively as the atmosphere about us, demand our love. Then, too, it is a State of innumerable and as yet undeveloped resources. Its soil yields almost an infinite variety of production. Within its bosom lie hid many minerals, and its forests are rich in ex-
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haustless stores of timber, while its prairies are made to " bud and blossom like the rose." It is a State of the free school, the free press and the free pulpit, a trio the power of which it is im- possible to compute. The free schools, open to rich and poor, bind together the people in educational bonds and in the common memories of the recitation-room and the play grounds. The free press may not always be altogether as dignified or elevated as the more highly cultivated may desire, but it is ever open to the com- plaints of the people; is ever watchful of popular rights and jeal- ous of class encroachments. The free pulpit, sustained not by legally exacted tithes wrung from an unwilling people, but by the free-will offerings of loving supporters, gathers about it the thousands, inculcates the highest morality, points to brighter worlds, and when occasion demands will not be silent before po- litical wrongs. Its power simply as an educating agency can scarcely be estimated. These three grand agencies are not rival but supplementary, each doing an essential work in public cult- ure.
Above all this is a State of homes. Here there is no system of vast land-ownerships, with lettings and sub-lettings, but, on the contrary, the abundance and cheapness of land gives a large proportion of the population proprietary interests. To all this, add the freedom of elective franchise which invests the humblest citizen with the functions of sovereignty, and is there not reason for loving such a State ?
The Missouri of to-day is not the Missouri of a decade ago. A dark period followed the close of that bitter internecine strife, so fatal to this locality, but notwithstanding all this, prosperity and progress beyond former precedents are now her portion. The area of land under cultivation is greater than ever before, and the census of 1890 will exhibit an astounding increase in every department of material industry and advancement; in a great in- crease of agricultural and mechanical wealth; in new and im- proved modes for production of every kind, in the universal activity of business in all its branches; in the rapid growth of cities and villages; in bountiful harvests, and in unexampled material prosperity prevailing on every hand. Colleges and schools of every class and grade are in the most flourishing con-
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dition; benevolent institutions, State and private, are well main- tained, and, as one has aptly said, "In a word our prosperity is as complete and ample as though no tread of armies or beat of drum had been heard in our borders." Surely these are not the ordinary indices of exhaustion! As to resources for the future struggle, the resources of the State will meet each legitimate call. Guiding all these is the intelligent purpose of a people whose ambition, laudable indeed, is to make Missouri in reputation what she is in reality-one of the very richest States of the Union.
The present State officials are: D. R. Francis, governor; S. H. Claycomb, lieutenant-governor; A. A. Lesuer, secretary of state; E. T. Nolan, treasurer; J. M. Wood, attorney-general; J. M. Seibert, auditor; S. Barclay, judge supreme court; Robert McCulloch, register of lands; Timothy J. Hennessey, railroad commissioner; Chris. P. Ellerbe, commissioner of insurance, ap- pointed in March, 1889; Gen. Wickham, adjutant-general, ap- pointed to succeed Gen. Jamieson.
Of the present State senators, Francis Marion Cockrell, born in Johnson County, Mo., October 1, 1834, was admitted to the bar in the 50's, was elected United States Senator to succeed Carl Schurz, took his seat March 4, 1876, and has been re-elected.
George Graham Vest, born in Kentucky December 6, 1830, removed to Missouri in 1853, began law practice here, was chosen a presidential elector by the Democracy in 1860, served in Claib. Jackson's Legislature in 1861, and was elected to Jefferson Davis' Congress, in which he served two years, and in the Confederate Senate for one year. He succeeded the gallant Gen. James Shields as United States Senator, took his seat March 18, 1879, and has since been re-elected.
The result of the last presidential election in Missouri is here given, that the present political standing of the State may be noticed:
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VOTE BY COUNTIES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1888.
COUNTIES.
Cleveland,
Dem.
Harrison,
Rep.
Fisk, Pro.
Streeter,
Union Labor.
COUNTIES.
Cleveland,
Dem.
Harrison,
Fisk, Pro.
Streeter,
Union Labor
Adair ...
1,531
2,228
55
36
Livingston
2,082
2,031
31
609
Andrew.
1,691
1,976
62
8
McDonald
1,069
802
4
236
Atchison
1,464
1,554
39
308
Macon .
3,292
2,850
71
164
Audrain ..
3,152
1,500
53
23
Madison.
1,118
685
31
35
Barry
1,967
1,965
7
351
Maries
1,055
539
5
38
Barton.
1,883
1,543
116
412
Marion
3,365
2,294
92
128
Bates.
3,556
2,674
161
633
Mercer
1,097
1,921
18
17
Benton
1,374
1,704
9
53
Miller.
1,190
1,593
17
39
Bollinger.
1,303
1,090
4
5
Mississippi.
1.312
787
28
2
Boone
4,068
1,512
38
26
Moniteau
1,430
1,448
20
397
Buchanan
6,369
5,011
80
139
Monroe
3,873
983
25
12
Butler
1,189
857
1
42
Montgomery.
1,989
1,906
51
7
Caldwell
1,528
1,853
35
175
Morgan
1,362
1,260
8
2
Callaway
3,912
1,624
20
9
New Madrid
1,113
352
Camden ..
675
1,056
21
195
2,979
3,016
97
446
Carroll
2,902
2,929
121
183
Oregon.
1,157
360
6
2
Carter
455
292
1
Osage.
1,190
1,446
40
...
Cass
3,015
2,095
104
20
Ozark
434
884
5
172
Cedar.
1,434
1,424
44
404
Pemiscot
599
168
1
Chariton
3,452
2,345
23
86
Perry
1,284
1,198
1
49
Christian
795
1,541
459
Pettis
3,369
3,393
77
99
Clark
1,791
1,724
37
Phelps.
1,183
685
12
305
Clay
3,628
1,133
145
1
Pike
3.493
2,729
75
9
Clinton
2,167
1,632
61
100
Platte
2,727
1,010
37
1
Cole
1,824
1,709
9
8
Polk
1,794
2,100
69
225
Cooper
2,685
2,416
7
30
Pulaski .
1,048
662
59
Crawford
1,172
1,253
Putnam
1,045
1,985
41
33
Dade
1,479
1,740
44
266
Ralls
1,942
816
12
4
Dallas
706
1,169
8
484
Randolph
3,481
1,890
36
120
Daviess
2.320
2,049
27
239
Ray ....
3,182
1,796
55
75
DeKalb
1,573
1,598
58
61
Reynolds.
862
299
2
Dent
1,172
957
16
55
Ripley
805
507
4
77
Douglas
477
1,306
634
St. Charles
2,381
3,668
6
12
Dunklin
1,838
719
St. Clair
1,698
1,635
38
318
Franklin
2,579
3,261
31
10
St. Francois
2,414
1,445
44
56
Gasconade
556
1,735
14
4
Ste. Genevieve.
1,167
776
1
51
Gentry
2,039
1,623
76
129
St. Louis
2,707
4,416
52
51
Greene.
3.985
4,934
96
721
Saline.
4,386
2,684
51
202
Grundy.
1,363
2,344
34
37
Schuyler
1,329
1,042
7
20
Harrison
1,719
2,419
14
147
Scotland.
1,680
1,226
24
9
Henry
3,289
2,634
67
217
Scott
1,382
629
Holt
1,433
1,831
72
55
Shelby
2,105
1,102
95
13
Howard
2,578
1,278
79
1
Stoddard
1,919
1,064
20
2
Iron
1,004
662
8
1
Sullivan
1,948
2,021
21
6
Jasper ..
3,684
4,522
67
975
Texas
1,813
1,161
12
335
Jefferson
2,438
2,968
30
13
Vernon.
4,057
2,252
Johnson
3,183
2,895
89
1
Warren
589
1,498
13
46
Knox ..
1,661
1,372
31
46
Washington Wayne.
1,428
1,001
4
La Fayette.
3,865
2,819
51
95
Webster
1,286
1,441
10
266
Lawrence
2,181
2,460
37
505
Worth
789
771
39
137
Lewis
2,268
1,412
23
Wright ..
771
1,372
11
538
Lincoln
2,380
1,628
5
City of St. Louis ...
27,401
33,691
173
1,796
Linn
2,588
2,505
76
252
828
423
Howell
1,505
1,370
32
300
Stone.
303
852
105
Jackson
15,663
14,347
457
295
Taney
471
827
10
93
1,336
1,222
1
Laclede.
1,030
1,274
21
518
Hickory
628
1,076
164
Shannon.
1,787
40
533
Cape Girardeau.
1,894
2,198
Nodaway.
Newton.
1,969
Rep.
In 1888 the vote for governor resulted: Francis, Democrat, 255,821; Kimball, Republican, 242,591; Lowe, Prohibition, 3,076; Manring, Union Labor, 15,349. Francis over Kimball, 13,230.
The congressmen elected in November, 1888, were Hatch,
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STATE OF MISSOURI.
Democrat, First District; Mansur, Democrat, Second District, Dockery, Democrat, Third District; Burnes, Democrat, Fourth District; and at special election, Booker and Wilson, Democrats; Tarnsey, Democrat, Fifth District; Heard, Democrat, Sixth Dis- trict; Norton, Democrat, Seventh District; Niedringhaus, Repub- lican, Eighth District; Frank, Republican, Ninth District; Kin- sey, Republican, Tenth District; Bland, Democrat, Eleventh Dis- trict; Stone, Democrat, Twelfth District; Wade, Republican, Thirteenth District, and Walker, Democrat, Fourteenth District
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HISTORY OF HICKORY COUNTY.
PHYSICAL FEATURES, RESOURCES, ETC.
Geology .- Hickory County is one of Missouri's most interest- ing studies for the practical geologist. Here Nature's great chem- ist's laboratory has played with its inconceivable forces, through the geological æons of the past, writing that oldest of all history on its enduring pages of minerals and rocks, the eternal story of its creation, or at least its change from the intensely heated gases to the solids; and, passing on to the age when all this was the deep bottom of the great Silurian sea, where began the depos- its that were to make the Rocky Mountains, the ragged, rough hills, the undulations of the land's surface, upon which the flow- ing waters were to wear the deep gorges and the wide and fertile valleys, in Nature's great and wonderful workshop, may well be studied with incomparable interest, as here is the foundation of all science - all knowledge. As every practical farmer is more or less a geologist, learning from experiment the nature and quality of the soils from which comes all that he can possess, therefore this chapter is appropriately made the leading one in the history of the county. The economic geology of Hickory County is worthy of the fullest study its people can give it, as it possesses all the lessons a successful farmer should know, as well as that special information of the mineralogist which enables him to turn to profit the vast wealth that is stored beneath the earth's surface.
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