Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730 (660) 679-0134
Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of June 7
1858 General Parsons, of Harrisonville, has organized four units of the Bates County Home Guards, to protect the border.
1879 General Ewing, who’s Order #11 to burn everything in Bates & Cass counties is running for Governor in Ohio.
1906 Three masked burglars go to great extent to break into the Butler railroad depot and blow open the safe, only to get away with $40.
1917 Sparks from the wheels of a train set fire to the home of Judge Farrell in Hume.
1945 A billfold that apparently fell from an airplane in route from Dallas to St. Louis is found on the Butler square. It is returned to the rightful owner by a 12 year old who collects a $25 reward for his honesty.
1962 The Bethel Retirement Home, formerly the old Butler hospital, advertises rates at $65 a month.
1972 Editor Clyde Thomas of the Drexel Star newspaper prints “Today it costs as much to amuse a child as it did to educate his father.”
1999 The new Rich Hill Youth Development facility, which will house 24 teenage boys, is complete. There are 31 employees at the site on North old 71 highway.
The Bates County Museum is open for tours and events. Call 660-679-0134 for info.
