As Sterling Price’s ill-fated attempt to take Missouri for the Confederates got underway in southern Missouri, Southern sympathizers in St. Louis were organizing a wagonload of supplies and secret messages to deliver to Price’s troops.
Manchester
This date in Missouri history. Planning work began on a road to connect Manchester with Jefferson City by way of Union and Mount Sterling. This road became well-traveled by horseback and stagecoach travelers. Today we call it Highway 50.
