Stories by author "University of Central Missouri History Program, Paul Atwood": 4
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Brief History of Waverly Missouri
Waverly, located in the Middleton Township in the northeast corner of Lafayette County was platted in 1845 as Middleton, Missouri--named because it was between Arrow Rock to the east and Lexington to the west. Residents of the area petitioned the…
Brief History of Lexington, Missouri
Gilead Rupe, founder of Lexington, established a ferry on the Missouri River in 1822. In 1823 Lexington became the county of seat of Lafayette County and grew quickly. By the 1830s and 1840s Lexington became a bustling and prosperous merchant hub…
Brief History of Concordia Missouri
Located 60 miles east of Kansas City and 20 miles north of Knob Noster, immigrants from the southern Hanover region of Germany platted Concordia in 1868. Prior to 1868, a Lutheran community began to gather in the German community of Freedom…
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…