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Liberal was founded in 1880 by George Walser, an anti-religionist, agnostic lawyer and former state legislator who wished to create an atheist, "freethinker" utopia. [5] It was named after the Liberal League in Lamar, Missouri, which Walser was a member of at the time.
List of casinos in the U.S. state of Missouri; Casino City County State District Type Comments Ameristar: St. Charles: St. Charles: Missouri: Ameristar: Kansas City: Clay: Missouri: Argosy Casino Riverside: Riverside: Platte: Missouri: Formerly Argosy V Bally's Kansas City: Kansas City: Jackson: Missouri: Formerly Hilton Flamingo & Isle of ...
An EF2 tornado struck the northern edge of Kirksville destroying or severely damaging many homes, several businesses, a car dealership, and at least one factory. Two residents living just outside the city limits were killed by the tornado, and as many as a dozen other area residents were injured. [ 9 ]
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.
George Henry Walser (May 26, 1834 – May 1, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician. Walser was born in Dearborn County, Indiana on May 26, 1834. In 1856, he was admitted to the Illinois bar. He served in the 12th Illinois Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel.
The Walser people are named after the Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from roughly the 10th century in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni, crossing from the Bernese Oberland; because of linguistic differences among the Walser dialects, it is supposed that there were two independent immigration routes.
Buckner is a city in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,945 at the 2020 census. For decades it was best known for TV and radio commercials promoting local automobile dealership Lasater Ford, run by the Lasater brothers, Wilson and Milton and later Halverson Ford. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. [4]
Walser worked for his father, Jacob Walser, a real estate developer who focused on the Austin market. At the time, Central Avenue was undeveloped, despite its location near a Lake Street Elevated Railroad station. The Walser family grew up in a house one block to the north and Jacob still lived there. [3]