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Commerce, along with the German settlement of New Hamburg, were the two enclaves of Union sympathizers in Scott County during the war. On November 1, 1861, Colonel Oglesby landed in Commerce with about 3,000 men, where his soldiers soon exchanged shots with M. Jeff Thompson — who raided the Commerce on December 29, 1861.
Arrow Rock, Missouri; Augusta, Missouri; Atchison, Kansas; Bellevue, Nebraska; Bismarck, North Dakota; Black Eagle, Montana; Boonville, Missouri; Bridgeton, Missouri
Sni-A-Bar Creek (/ ˈ s n aɪ. ə. b ɑːr /) is a stream in Jackson and Lafayette counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.. The stream headwaters arise in southwest Lafayette County at and the stream flows southwest into Jackson County
The Kansas River Basin, excluding the Republican and Smoky Hill River Basins. Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. 15,000 sq mi (39,000 km 2) HUC1027: 1028 Chariton–Grand subregion: The Chariton, Grand, and Little Chariton River Basins. Iowa and Missouri. 10,900 sq mi (28,000 km 2) HUC1028: 1029 Gasconade–Osage subregion: The Gasconade and Osage ...
Zoning is a law that divides a jurisdiction's land into districts, or zones, and limits how land in each district can be used. [1] [2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property. [3]
A 1948 article in the Missouri Historical Review defined the antebellum "Little Dixie" region as a 13-county area between the Mississippi River north of St. Louis to Missouri River counties in the central part of the state (Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Howard, Lincoln, Pike, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Randolph, Saline, and Shelby counties).
The drainage of the state is wholly into the Mississippi River, directly or indirectly, and to a large extent into either that river or the Missouri River within the borders of the state. The latter stream, crossing the state and cutting the eastern and western borders at or near St Louis and Kansas City respectively, has a length within ...
The Kansas City Stockyards were destroyed and the city was forced to move the development of an airport away from the Missouri River bottoms. The Great Flood of 1993 discharged at 541,000 cubic feet (15,319 m 3 ) per second and devastated much of the upper valley.