Dent County Origins and Early Settlements Traced
Dent County in the northeast Ozark region near St Louis traces origins to 1651 with organization in 1855 and a 3 day later reorganization. Early settlement records show George Cole clearing Meramec River land in 1824 and John Jones filing the first land entry in 1825, with stores schools and a post office opening in the early 1840s.
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Dent County
Nurtheast Ozark
Minestates
St Lous
George Cole
Meramec River
John Jones
Dent and Saline counties in Missouri histories and growth
Dent and Saline counties unfold from 1830s land entries and low prices to broad development. The Dent area becomes a major iron region and recreation hub with parks and forests. Saline shows rich agriculture and river trade, with railroads and two hundred years of settlement shaping a historical county profile.
Honor 4-H Cook Frances Larson Wins Missouri Delegate Posts
Frances Larson a 19 year old 4 H member from Carl Junction is named by State Club Leader T T Martin as one of Missouri’s delegates to the 17th National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago opening November 25. Larson has a record in foods and nutrition with three completed projects three public demonstrations and led a six girl club. She will compete for a refrigerator and national scholarships of 400 300 200 and 100 dollars. Dorothy Edmondson Springfield aged 17 receives an all expenses trip to Chicago for a seven year all around 4 H record. Edmondson completed 20 projects three demonstrations two county championships two judging contests and three dress revues and led a 12 member club for one year. Her total project value is 315 dollars and she competes for Central State honors with a winner receiving five college scholarships totaling 1200 dollars plus state trips and county medals.
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Saline County
Miussour
Missouri General Assembly
Missouri River
Lewis and Clark
George C Sibley
St Charles
Arrow Rock
Jefferson
Cambridge
Jonesboro
Navton
Marshall
John Marshall
Saline
Salt Springs
Missouri
Missour River
Independence
Santa Fe
Old Franklin
Henry Bucknell
Chicago and Alton
Missouri Pacific
Ray County
Connecticut
Ray
Caldwell County
Maissouris
John Ray
Howard County
General Assembly
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Willam Mullin
John Vanderpool
Richmond
Buffton
Alexander W Doniphan
Austin A. King
Miusseun
Stephen H. Long
Frances Larson
Carl Junction
T. T. Martin
Mussouri
Chicago
Miss Larson
Missoun
Dorothy Edmondson
Sprinegfield
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Floyd G. Steememuier
Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law
Room
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, MO
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building Telephone
Sikeston
J. H. Chunn
Stakicup B'dg
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street Telephone
Merlin G. Anderson
Dennis-Malcolm
DR. H. B. Throgmorton
Keith Balding
Center Street
Stikeston
Howard A. Dunaway
McCoy-Tanner Building
Telephone
W. A. Anthony
Scott County
Millming Co
Pmc
DR Handy Swith
Applegate
Sikeston MO
Tom Lochidester
Peoples Bank
Sireston
B. L. McMullin
Trust Company
Optometry
DR. W. M. Sidwell
Optometrists
McCoy-Tanner
Undertakers
KJ. Welsh
HE. S. Johnson
Tewepa Perralhive
Organ
McSpacden
Arthur
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Miussouris
Lewis Dent
Salem
Union Academy
Laketon
Lake Springs
Southern Missouri Argus
Monitor
Salem News
Salem Post
Democratic Bulletin
William Henry Lynch
Ozarks
Salem Schools
St Louis
San Francisco
Salem Dent
Dent
Sbssourt
Tineran Traiil State Park
Montauk State Park
Clark National Forest
George H. Walser
Indiana
Barton County
Missour
25Th Assembly
Liberal Normal School and Business Institute
Walser
Pedro
Liberal
Addiion
Catalpa Park
Kansas
Saline County Herald
Marshal Democrat
Saline County Standard
Missour State School
John Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital
Louis P. Blosser
Blosser
Mississippi River
George C Bingham
M M. Marmaduke
John S. Marmaduke
Claiborne Fox Jackson
W. S Jackson
William Barclay Napton
Thomas A Smith
Washington Irving
Saline County Historical Society
Cade
Allen
Richmond Herald
Richmond Conservator
H Cook
Liberal Commission
John F. Bever
W. Gladys
Salcedo Road
Northevst
Cantrell
Salcedo
Nick
Sikeston City
John Welter
Matthews Avenue
Scott Street
So Stoddard Street
National Butane Gas Corp
Call
Sikeston Sales Co
J. W. Neal
Canalou
Herald
Cedal Furniture Co
Matthews Wagon Yard
E. Malone
F. L. Sisson
Virgal Harnes
E Malone
The
Louis H. Klinger
Probate
Mary Louetta Klingel
Spencer
John G. Powell Keith
Sikeston Herald
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