Bird's Eye view of Holden Missouri 1869.jpg
This file appears in: Brief History of Holden Missouri
This file appears in: Brief History of Holden Missouri
Brief History of Holden Missouri
Holden, Missouri is a town of roughly 2,000 residents located 20 miles west of Warrensburg, and named for Major N. B. Holden, a prominent Johnson County politician. In the fall of 1857, Isaac Jacobs purchased 160 acres of open prairie in Johnson…