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History of Linn County,
Missouri
An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and A Compendium of
Actual Facts.
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It Contains
A Condensed History of the State of Missouri and Its Chief
Cities -
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph;
A Reliable History of Lynn County -
Its Pioneer Record, War History,
Resources, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of
Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of great
Value, and a Large Amount of Miscellaneous
Matter, Incidents, etc. Etc.
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ILLUSTRATED
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Publ. Kansas City, Mo.
Birdsall & Dean.
1882
CHAPTER VII.
INTENDED AS A TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, THE NEW COURT HOUSE
That Miserable Structure, the "Log" Court-house -
Pride Takes Advance Steps - $4,000 to Assert the New
Dignity Assumed by the People - Order for the Building
of a New Temple of Justice - Bridges - Receipts and
Expenditures - Change of Court-house Superintendents -
First Public Administrator - Town and County -
court-house Finished, October 16, 1848 - Good Showing -
Paying Back Borrowed Money, and the Interest Exceeds the
Principal - Railroad Fever - Donation of $200 for the H.
& S. J. Survey - The First Primary - The New Jail -
Another Donation to the H. and S. J., $500, and Right of
Way Granted, Subscription, Etc. - Several Items - Baker
Township - Enterprise Township - 1858 to 1860
(Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri - Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882)
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