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Title
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George S. Park
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Description
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File containing a flyer or brochure with photos and information on the Museum of Park College, "the first museum in the Parkville area" and the former residence of Colonel George Shepard Park, or George Park (1811-1890), founder of Park College in 1875 and founder of the town of Parkville, Missouri, around 1839-1844. Born in Vermont and coming to Missouri around the 1830s before laying out Parkville in 1844 and becoming an antislavery journalist and Missouri state senator in 1866.
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Date
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1961~
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Colonel George S. Park
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Colonel George Park (1811-1890), founder of Park College in Parkville, Missouri, in 1875 (celebrating its 50th anniversary in 1925). Description of his life and career as a native of Vermont engaged in the Mexican War before helping to plat the town of Parkville around 1839, operating antislavery publications there during the border warfare period, and becoming a Missouri state senator after the Civil War.
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Date
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1926-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
