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Hugh Robinson in 1911

Hugh Armstrong Robinson was born on this date in Neosho.

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Create masterpieces at the Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest on October 1 during Neosho’s Fall Festival.

Sign warning of slip and fall danger

W. J. Catron of Neosho lived above the Big Spring. On this morning he went to get a bucket of water and stepped off his porch onto a sheet of ice. He slid head-first to the bottom of his hill and then off the bluff falling 12 feet to the path below, landing on his head.  No serious injuries but a bad way to start the day.

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The Neosho Times reported that some Washburn, MO boys were working for a farmer when they plowed up about $80 worth of gold and silver which the farmer had buried there at the beginning of the Civil War.

Rose Hansen, Hmong, Missouri

Any Farmers’ Market devotee knows to arrive early. Long before the opening bell, shoppers at the Webb City Farmers Market are clustered into tight lines for berries bright as gemstones and towering cartons of okra. The bounty always draws a diverse crowd in this southwest Missouri town: dreamy bohemians with sunflowers cradled in their arms, …

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