History of Ray County, MoMissouri Historical Company, 1881 - 659 pages |
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... town ruins , in the vicinity of Mine - la - Motte and Fredericktown , in Madison county , Missouri . He speaks of them as groups of small tumuli , and says : " I have concluded they are the remains of mud houses . They are always ...
... town ruins , in the vicinity of Mine - la - Motte and Fredericktown , in Madison county , Missouri . He speaks of them as groups of small tumuli , and says : " I have concluded they are the remains of mud houses . They are always ...
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... town , and he turned back down the Mississippi , carefully exploring the west bank until he reached the high , well ... town Saint Louis , in honor of his supposed sovereign , Louis XV . This very territory had been yielded up to Spain ...
... town , and he turned back down the Mississippi , carefully exploring the west bank until he reached the high , well ... town Saint Louis , in honor of his supposed sovereign , Louis XV . This very territory had been yielded up to Spain ...
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... town or its people . In 1763 all the French possessions on the east side of the Mississippi river , and also Canada , had been ceded to England , but it was late in 1764 before the English authorities arrived to take possession of ...
... town or its people . In 1763 all the French possessions on the east side of the Mississippi river , and also Canada , had been ceded to England , but it was late in 1764 before the English authorities arrived to take possession of ...
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... towns and villages , the boards are authorized to hold from five to ten months term of school each year , and in the ... town- ship , or sixteenth section funds , is limited to forty cents on the $ 100 valu- ation , except that the ...
... towns and villages , the boards are authorized to hold from five to ten months term of school each year , and in the ... town- ship , or sixteenth section funds , is limited to forty cents on the $ 100 valu- ation , except that the ...
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... town and village districts ; each elected for a term of three years ; one , annually , in the country , and two in the city , town and village districts ; they elect one of their number president , and appoint a clerk who may not be a ...
... town and village districts ; each elected for a term of three years ; one , annually , in the country , and two in the city , town and village districts ; they elect one of their number president , and appoint a clerk who may not be a ...
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