Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730 (660) 679-0134
Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of January 29
1841 Bates County is officially organized and named after Frederick Bates, second Governor of Missouri.
1859 The state of Kansas is admitted to the union as a non-slave state.
1880 The Bates County Democrat newspaper says "Captain J. W. Hannah sells 220 acres northwest of Butler for $15 per acre."
1934 According to the Missouri Journal, there are a total of 11 newspapers in Bates Co.
1944 The Amsterdam Home Builders Extension Club serves a "penny supper" at the Masonic Hall. They collect a total of 4,300 pennies.
1955 The Adrian Theatre reopens after being closed for several weeks.
1967 Wilbur Zink, of Appleton City, speaks to the Bates County Historical Society on "The Younger Brothers", famed outlaws in the area.
1991 The Butler Fire Department's new pumper truck has arrived. The cost was $111,00.00 but has all the necessary equipment according to Chief Jim Henry.
2001 A Kansas City Southern freight train derails south of Merwin. No injuries but 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide had to be dammed up quickly.
