The very first telegraph was sent to St. Louis. It was sent to the Missouri Republican newspaper from Louisville.
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The town of Fenton was incorporated. Its petition for incorporation claimed, "35 legal voters, 40 to 50 women, and about 90 children, with fair prospects for an increase in the latter."
April 1, 1847
Plans were accepted and work could begin on the Lafayette County Courthouse in Lexington.
March 21, 1888
A photographer in Jefferson County was offering to take horseographs or jackotypes. Photographs of fine horses and mules.