with overlapping jurisdictions. Until the adoption of the constitution of 1875, probate courts were established by special acts. Frequently the probate court of one county had a different jurisdiction from that of another county. The constitution of Missouri...

"Missouri became a state in 1821, the 24th state to be admitted to the Union and the second state formed from the land acquired in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. By 1861 the state had authorized formation of 114 counties to complete Missouri's present...

This study is an attempt to determine, while the sources are yet available, the origin of the. names of the towns, streams, country schools, and townships of the following central counties of Missouri: Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau...

Counties: Pemiscot, Dunklin, New Madrid, Scott, Mississippi, and Stoddard...
"This study is one of a series undertaken to solve the problem of the origin of place-names in the one hundred and fourteen counties of Missouri and the city of St. Louis. This investigation was begun in 1928, and eight studies, covering sixty...

counterfeit money like confetti. This research was undertaken in a skeptical spirit akin to that of Marshall many years ago. This book is about the legend and about what really happened, but only in a secondary sense is its purpose to set the record straight...

for planning in Missouri on three levels, the city, county, and region. A special interpretation of the Missouri Statutes in the Appendix section will show the parallel in the functions of a city planning commission, a county planning commission, and a regional...

"This study, 'A voice for Justice--The Tuscaloosa News Views the Autherine Lucy Incident,' surveys the news and editorial presentation of the Alabama journal which found itself in the midst of a segregation issue during a ...

"This bulletin is one in a series published by the College of Arts and Science in which pertinent and interesting information that has been collected and analyzed in the research activities of regular departments of the ...

Counties: Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, and Sullivan...
This thesis is an attempt to study and determine the origin of the names of the counties, towns, streams, townships, and country schools of the North Central Counties of Missouri. These counties include Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Lirin...

called 'Les Petites Cotes' by the early French voyageurs, still stands on rolling hills.In the same section are commons which were originally named for a foreign king. Down in the southeastern tip of Warren County is Daniel Boone's Missouri tomb. A few...

"I herewith furnish the Annual Catalogue of the University of Missouri, presenting a review of the work done for 1899-1900 and outlining the programme for the scholastic year of 1900-1901."--Page

The five years following the Civil War were a critical period in Missouri's history.The conservative groups that had long dominated the politics and economics of the state found themselves split over a variety of issues. ...

Text from Introduction: "The purpose of this paper is to determine so far as possible the inf1uences responsible for the provisions in the Missouri Constitution of 1875 dealing with the organization and functions of the ...

"I have the honor herewith to present the Annual Catalogue of the University of Missouri, giving a review of the work for 1901-1902 and outlining the programme for the scholastic year of 1902-1903."--Page 1.

It is the purpose of this study to trace the public career of David Rice Atchison from his early cases in a frontier courtroom to his last defense of Southern rights in Kansas which ended in ultimate defeat and undeserved ...