Over the next few weeks and months, I am going to endeavour to tell the history of Southwest Missouri and Barry County. I ...

Ashleigh Coleman In the Land Ordinance of 1785, Jefferson came up with a plan ... in the Ozark foothills, northwest of St. Louis. A few chiefs attended a conference with Harrison.

When assessing and selling the land to states and individuals as part of the Land Ordinance of 1785, the United States decided squares were the most efficient option. They created townships by ...