Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of July 22
1844 Several days of continued rains have flooded most of Bates Co's lowlands.
1880 The editor of the Butler Daily Democrat notes Butler is full of strangers brought in by coal fever.
1886 John T. Leabo, accused of murdering his wife, is given a stay of execution until August 6th. Butler.
1927 Highway 71 is concrete from Kansas City to Harrisonville and graveled to Nevada except for a 1 mile stretch south of Rich Hill.
1927 The four day Rockville Festival begins.
1965 William Coke, night watchman for Harry Cherry's service station, in Butler, is robbed by two armed thugs.
1978 Bandits net $25 in change and 3 cartons of cigarettes during an overnight robbery of the Amsterdam Cafe.
2002 Lynne Blakeman replaces Kendra Welston as Executive Director of the Butler Chamber of Commerce.
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