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First County Court Meets At Lexington in Missouri History
In a retro Missouri history piece, Lexington’s early prominence is traced from its 1823 first Lafayette County court session, through its rise as a trade hub with Aull and Russell Majors and Waddell, river port commerce, stage lines, and later educational centers, including Cottonwood Academy and the Elizbeth Bull Female Seminary, up to Civil War disruptions and postwar growth in agriculture and industry.
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Lexington
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Missouri River
James Bounds
John Duston
James Lillard
Lafaycette County
Mount Vernon
Lafayette
James
Robert Aull
Richmond
Liberty
Independence
Russell
St. Joseph
California
St. Louis
Land Office
Bottoms
Lexington Express
State Bank
Cottonwood Academy
Masonic College
Marion County
Baptist Female College
Elizabeth Bull
Price
Mulligan
Illinois
Indiana
Wentworth Military Academy
H. Mundell
Lakie Mundell
Hisband
Linn County
Missour
Ronge
Lintons
County of
Linn
Drm le Haning
Justee