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Title
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How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named
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Description
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Third of a series of articles about the origins of place names in Missouri, including Jackson County (containing the cities of Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, and Blue Springs, Missouri), Johnson County (containing the town of Warrensburg, Missouri), Gentry County, Missouri, Holt County, Missouri, Henry County (containing the towns of Clinton and Deepwater, Missouri), Lafayette County (containing the towns of Lexington and Concordia, Missouri), and Livingston County, Missouri (containing the town of Chillicothe, Missouri).
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Date
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1917-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Marie Dierking Herd Neuhaus: Lafayette County German Farmwife and Proto-Feminist
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Description
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Article tells the story of Marie Dierking Herd Neuhaus, a German immigrant who lived in Concordia, Missouri, in the nineteenth century. Mary was unusual for a woman of her time, particularly a German Lutheran woman, in her vigorous assertion of her right to control her property and protect it for her children.
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Date
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2007-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
