Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730 (660) 679-0134
Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of October 21
1879 The Panascope at Evans Hall is worth seeing. The show changes twice a week, Butler.
1880 The first load of coal shipped by rail leaves Rich Hill on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
1880 The first issue of the Rich Hill Mining Review newspaper is published by Thomas Irish with 5,000 copies printed.
1882 According to the Bates Co Record newspaper, Butler now has 6 butcher shops.
1884 John T. Leabo, convicted of the murder of his wife on August 22nd, is sentenced to be hung. He appeals, with a hearing set for January 12, 1885.
1938 In an REA meeting held in Butler, approved is 18 miles of electric line around Spruce, and another 5 miles of line to Passaic and vicinity.
1998 In the final seconds of the football game, Rich Hill's Tyler Moreland kicks a 26 year field goal to defeat Adrian 10-9. It was the first victory over the Blackhawks since 1972.
1998 Beverly Sullins and Phyllis Stewart speak at the St. Clair Historical Society in Osceola about the history of Papinville.
#MidAmericaLive
