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MISSOURI. 
Osage River, Big Dry Wood, Little Dry Wood and other tributa- 
ries of the Osage River. : 
NeEvapa, the county seat, population in 1870, including town- 
ship, 2,603, is situated near the center of the county, and is a sta- 
tion on the Sedalia Division of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas 
Railway, 20 miles east of Fort Scott, go miles southwest from 
Sedalia, and 278 miles from St. Louis. 
The face of the country is rolling and undulating, with about 
five-sixths prairie and the remainder timber land, the latter mainly 
along thestreams. There are a number of irregular conical mounds 
in the county. The soil is fertile, and well adapted to agricul- 
ture. The principal exports are stock, wheat and lumber. There 
are deposits of coal in large quantities, and iron ore, lead, potter’s 
clay, marble, hydraulic cement rock, grindstone grit and coal oil. 
There are ruins of earthworks and furnaces in this county, 
which NaTHan H. Parker, Esq., in his excellent work, entitled 
**Missouri As It Is in 1867,’’ for reasons therein given, con- 
siders were the winter quarters of Dr Soro in 1541-42. 
This county was formed from Bates and Cass Counties, February 
17th, 1851. 
Warren County—Is situated in the eastern central part of the 
State, and is bounded on the south by the Missouri River, which 
together with the Big, Massie’s, Smith’s, Charette and Bear Creeks, 
furnishes its drainage. 
WARRENTON, the county seat, population in 1870, 588, is located 
a little northeast of the center of the county, on the St. Louis, 
Kansas City & Northern Railway, 217 miles east from Kansas City, 
and 58 miles northwest from St. Louis. 
The surface of the country is undulating in the northern part of 
the county, and somewhat broken in the southern, except the bot- 
tom lands along the Missouri River, which are very fertile and 
heavily timbered. In the northern part of the county there is con- 
siderable prairie land, very fertile and well adapted to agriculture. 
The chief exports are wheat, oats and corn; stock and fruit are 
also extensively raised. 
The county was first settled in 1801 or 1802, by FLANDERS CaLa- 
way, Davip Bryan and others, This county shared with St. 
Charles County (from which it was formed) in all the adventures 
and sufferings of the early Indian warfare. 
Colonel Danie. Boone and wife died in St. Charles County 
and were buried near Marthasville, Warren County, where their 
tombs are still preserved. Their remains were subsequently 
removed to Frankfort, Ky. 
Washington County—Is situated in the southeastern part of the 
State, and is drained by tributaries of the Maramec River. 
Porost, the county seat, population in 1870, 897, is situated east 
of the center of the county, surrounded by a beautiful group of 
hills, in a pleasant and healthy location. Except Ste. Genevieve, 
this is the oldest village in the State. It is a station on the Potosi 
Branch of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railway, 4 miles west 
from Mineral Point (junction,) and 65 miles from St. Louis. 
The surface of the country is generally broken and interspersed 
with ridges, hills and knobs, some of which are from 200 to 300 
feet high. Timber is very abundant, including yellow pine. The 
soil on the uplands is adapted for fruit culture, and that of the 
valleys is fertile, suitable for the general purposes of agriculture. 
The great wealth of this county is in its minerals, of whichthere are 
immense deposits, particularly of lead, copper and zinc, and consid- 
erable iron and sulphate of barytes. Some of the lead mines have 
been worked almost constantly for more than a century, (the first 
lead mining in Missouri, ) and yet the supply seems inexhaustible. 
Explorations were made in this county by Crozar under his patent 
from the King in 1717. The first permanent settlements were 
made in 1721 or 1722 by miners, and the first regular mining shaft 
was sunk by Moses AusTIN and sons, from Virginia, in 1798. 
Wayne County—Is situated in the southeastern part of the 
State, and is drained by St. Frangois and Black Rivers and their 
tributaries, some of which afford good water power. 
GREENVILLE, the county seat, estimated population in 1870, 113, 
is located on the east bank of the St. Francois River, in a good 
agricultural district, 16 miles east of Mill Spring, which is a sta- 
tion on the Arkansas Branch of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain 
Railway, 59 miles south from Bismarck (junction), and 135 miles 
from St. Louis. 
The surface of the country is generally broken, and is mainly 
heavy timber land. The soil in the valleys is fertile and well 
adapted to agriculture. The uplands are best suited for fruit. The 
chief exports are stock and wheat. There are large deposits of 
iron, copper and lead in the county, and also a ridge called Copper 
Mountain. The county was first settled in 1801. 
Webster County—Is situated in the southwestern part of the 
State, and is drained by the head waters of the Gasconade and 
Osage Rivers flowing north, and those of the White River flowing 
south, | 
MARSHFIELD, the county seat, population in 1870, 809, is pleas- 
antly located near the center of the county, on the Atlantic & 
Pacific Railway, 24 miles northeast from Springfield, 217 southwest 
from St. Louis, and 150 miles air line southeast from Kansas 
City. 
The surface of the country is principally rough, broken timber 
land. The Ozark hills extend through the center of the county, 
which is thus rendered more suitable for stock and fruit-raising 
than for the growing of cereals: The soil in the valleys and on 
some of the uplands is fertile and adapted to agriculture. Lead 
and iron are found in the county. This county was formed from 
Wright and Greene Counties. 
Worth County—Is situated near the extreme northwestern part 
of the State, on the southern border of Iowa, and is drained and 
intersected by East, Middle and West Forks of Grand River. 
Grant Ciry, the county seat, estimated population in 1870, 
foo, is situated in the center of the county near Middle Fork of 
Grand River, 30 miles northeast from Maryville, Nodaway County, 
and 35 miles northwest from Pattonsburg, Daviess County, the 
former a station on the Maryville Branch of the Kansas City, St. 
Joseph & Council Bluffs Railway, 45 miles north of St. Joseph, 
and 115 northwest from Kansas City, the latter (Pattonsburg) a 
station on the St. Louis, Council Bluffs & Omaha Branch of -the 
St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway, 265 miles from St. 
Louis. 
