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Squires is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri, United States. Squires is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of Ava on Route 5 at the intersection with Route JJ. The Squires fire tower is located one-quarter mile to the southwest, at an elevation of 1,517 feet (462 m).
These squires often still owned a manor. Some squires who were capable of becoming knights remained squires, resulting in two classes of landholding squires. A third class of squire were squires based on employment, their lord providing their military equipment. All three classes were official recognized by the tax law of 1379 [9] [10]
Squires were men-at-arms in the service of knights in feudal or medieval times. Squires may also refer to: Squires (surname) Squires, Missouri, United States; Canadian Squires, a band that became The Band; Columbian Squires, an international youth fraternity; Jersey Squires, a defunct basketball team; Petrolia Squires, a Canadian ice hockey team
LaVannes C. Squires (1931 – February 19, 2021) was the first African-American to play basketball at the University of Kansas during the 1951-1954 seasons, which made him a part of the 1952 National Championship team. LaVannes was the son of Arthur and Charlotte Squires and is the eighth of twelve children, born in Hartsdale, Missouri in 1931.
The "Missouri Crisis" was resolved at first in 1820 when the Missouri Compromise cleared the way for Missouri's entry to the union as a slave state. The Missouri Compromise stated that the remaining portion of the Louisiana Territory above the 36°30′ line was to be free from slavery. This same year, the first Missouri constitution was adopted.
Native American history of Missouri (9 C, 24 P) Native American tribes in Missouri (2 C, 11 P) O. Defunct organizations based in Missouri (5 C, 6 P) P.
The Little North Fork White River is a stream in southern Douglas and Ozark counties of the Ozarks of southern Missouri and entering northern Marion County, Arkansas within the Bull Shoals Reservoir. [1] The stream headwaters are in south central Douglas County about three miles southwest of Squires.
The Loutre River as seen at the Loutre Lick Public Fishing Access south west of Mineola, Missouri. The Loutre River is a 58.4-mile-long (94.0 km) [1] tributary of the Missouri River in the United States. The Loutre River begins in Audrain County. It flows into the Missouri River from the north in Montgomery County opposite the town of Hermann.