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Posse kills man near Jerico

The above headline would have been more accurate than the one appearing on this story in the June 7, 1892 Springfield Leader.

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Jerico Springs history

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About this site
Jerico and its banks: a brief history -2019
Goodspeed's 1889 History of Jerico
Gundy's history of Jerico - 1944?
Dr. Neale's Jerico history address-1976
An old fashioned barbecue
The case for Jerico - 1889
When Jerico had a college - 1892  
A reporter visits Jerico in 1893
Fake robbery heralded fall of Jerico's first bank  - 1893
'Jericoans' denounce preacher who attacked dancers and dancing - 1896
Eyewitness from within fatal tornado - 1898
Details of fatal Jerico tornado 1898
A Jerico turkey drive 1902
1904 fire gutted Jerico business district
Two Suttle views of Jerico, 1909
Jerico gets a dentist -1909
Supreme Court's Peer ruling - 1931
Supreme Court's Long ruling - 1931
1954's election: Jerico votes stolen twice  
Checking out the Jerico Optic - 2019

Profiles

Jerico's founder a man of 'nerve and action'
The Life and Times of Bill Farmer, Jerico's Infamous Politician
C. E. Whitsitt:Jerico's entrepreneur
E. R. Hightower: Jerico's salesman
J. P. Brasher: Jerico's first doctor
T. L. Kerr, founder of the Jerico Optic
Morris Mitchell: '49er, Jerico farmer
W. W. Moore: Jerico's first attorney?

From the Optic archives

Oct. 12, 1902 - Why Lloyd Bank left Jerico
Feb. 12, 1909 - New bank formed
July 8, 1919 - Peoples Bank Opens
Dec. 28, 1923 - Porta suicide
March 4, 1927 - Jerico businesses burn

Related links

Jerico Springs on Facebook
Cedar County Mo. Historical Society
Missouri Historical Society

Historic vews

spring picture
The springs park, in undated photo, with the original bandstand in the background. (Photo courtesy Kim Jeffries)

Contact

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