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Missouri counties named for Clay Clinton and Shelby
This week In Missouri history notes that Clay county was formed January 2, 1822, later shrinking to its present size and flourishing as a rail and agricultural center. It also covers Clinton county organized January 2, 1833, with early schools, colleges, and notable figures, and Shelby county’s 1835 organization with its presses, railroads, schools, livestock prominence, and listed notable residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Missouri River
Clay County
Henry Clay
Liberty
Alexander W. Doniphan
Moses FE. Lord
J. T. W. Thompson
John Dougherty
Clay Seminary
Hawthorne Institute
Liberty Ladies College
William Jewell College
Kansas City
Excelsior Springs
Clinton County
DeWitt Clinton
Seat of
Justice
Plattsburg
U. S
David R. Atchison
Plattsburg College
Hannibal & St. Joe
Clinton County News
Stewartsville Academy
Lee
Chicago, Rock and Pacific
Wallace State Park
Janum
Whelyon
Bethel
William Kiel
Spectator
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Shelbina Gazette
Shelbina
Shelbinn Collegiate Institute
Macon District Academy
W. C. S. Jewett
W. F. McMurry
Frederic J. Haskin
John Forbes Benjamin
James Tilghman Lloyd