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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
