Lamar Missouri April 1885 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map p. 1

ID: 802 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company ~ Date: July 1885

This file appears in: Lamar Missouri Historical Tour

Lamar Missouri April 1885 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map p. 1 — Library of Congress

Lamar Missouri July 1885 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map p. 1

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Lamar Missouri Historical Tour

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, MA in History student Anna Furney

In the southwest corner of Missouri, bordering Kansas, lies Barton County. The county was created out of land from Jasper County in December 1855. Its namesake is for David Barton, who had served as presiding president of the Missouri Constitutional…