Pioneer mail service in Missouri in 1819 twenty post offices
The Missouri State Historical Society outlines how the 1819 intermittent mail system served twenty post offices mostly along the Mississippi River, detailing locations from Ste Genevieve to St. Louis and northward posts, postage rates, and the challenges of sparse communications for early settlers. It notes key posts in St Louis, St Charles, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, and more, with rate scales from six cents to twenty-five cents and eventual rate reforms through 1855.
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Missouri
States
Kentucky
Virginia
St. Louis
Third
Elm Streets
Rufus Easton
Third Street
Courthouse Hill
Robert Simpson
St. Charles
Ste. Genevieve
Louisiana
United States
Cape Girardeau
New Madrid
Mississippi River
St. Charles County
Howard County
Missouri River
Hughes
Winchester
Sikeston
St Louis
Florissant
St Charles
Dardenne
Femme Osage
Franklin
Loans Offered for Farm Development in Scott County
Scott County farmers can qualify for United States Department of Agriculture Farmers Home Administration loans to enlarge small, underdeveloped farms and fund essential improvements. Four percent interest, up to forty years, with refinancing options. Local supervisor John W Hubbard notes several loans already made nearby and urges awareness of the program, in cooperation with Missouri College of Agriculture Extension Service.
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Scott County
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers Home Administration
John W Hubbard
Hubbard
Missouri College of Agriculture
Tractor Maintenance Clinic for 4-H Leaders at Sikeston
Twenty volunteer 4-H leaders from seven Southeast Missouri counties attended a two day tractor maintenance training in Sikeston, led by University of Missouri Extension with Standard Oil sponsorship. Leaders from multiple counties learned practical maintenance, carburetor timing, air cleaner removal, and lubrication through demonstrations. A dealer dinner featured training visuals on the 4 H tractor project and safety.
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Missouri
University of Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Sikeston
James D. Campbell
Butler County
Paul Farrar
J. C. Schuette
Vernon Schoen
Victor Overbeck
Cape Girardeau County
M Kendrick
Woodrow Bizz
Tom Stroup
Hunter George
Scott County
E. L Sistrunk
Alfred Byrd
New Madrid County
Rustic Rock Inn
Sikeston School Agencies and Farmers Home Office Location
County Agent and Home Agent of the Production and Marketing Administration and the Vocational Agriculture Department are mentioned for Sikeston high school. The Farmers Home Administration Office for Scott County is located in the Post Building in Sikeston.
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Production and Marketing Administration
Vocational Agriculture Department
Sikeston High School
Farmers Home Administration
Scott County
Sikeston
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
State Historical Society of Missouri At
Columbia
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Lair's
Serere FBI
Hss
Vale Mela the
Lewis Sales Company
Scott
Mississippi
Stoddard Counties
Sikeston, Missouri
American Stove Company
Magic
Tao
Newspaper HecHlye
Lester O Akers
Marion Clark
University of Missouri
George Gaston
Standard Oil
St. Laws
Partici
Powell Insurance Agency
Sikeston, Mo
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