Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of June 4
1812 The Territory of Missouri is dictated out of the Territory of Louisiana. Missouri is later admitted as a Territory by Pres. James Madison.
1898 The Merwin Business College building is rapidly taking shape. The cost is $10,000.
1918 Captain James P. Arnold is killed near Cantigny, France and thus becomes the first Bates Countian to die in action during World War 1.
1957 Someone ransacks the Sky Vue Drive in theatre in Butler, several articles taken.
1965 Two thirds of the Sky Vue Drive in theatre is blown away in a windstorm, US 71 highway in Butler.
1979 Henry Schmidt, 13, of Amoret is killed when a train strikes a car in which he was a passenger. Another child, Tammy Holloman, 7, also dies in the accident.
1991 The McCleary's of Adrian purchase negatives of photographs taken by Arthur Tracy, of Amoret and print a collection of farm scenes, of Western Bates County.
