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Clyde E. Young, 28, of Godfrey, died during a standoff with police at a gas station on U.S. 67 in West Alton, Missouri, near the Clark Bridge over the Mississippi River, police said.
Galena was platted in 1852, and named for deposits of the ore galena near the original town site. [7] An early variant name was "Jamestown". [8] A post office has been in operation at Galena since 1853. [9] [10] Roscoe Jackson was the last person to be publicly executed in the United States, which took place in Galena, in 1937. [11]
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Like most counties situated in Southwest Missouri, Stone County is a Republican stronghold in presidential elections. George W. Bush carried Stone County in 2000 and 2004 by more than two-to-one margins, and like many other rural counties throughout Missouri, Stone County strongly favored John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008.
The formal geological name for the Lead Belt is the "Southeastern Missouri Mississippi Valley-type Mineral District". It contains the highest concentration of galena (lead(II) sulfide) in the world [2] as well as significant economic quantities of zinc, copper and silver and currently mined sub-economic quantities of metals such as cadmium, nickel and cobalt. [2]
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All six people were inside the home near the Missouri River in Jefferson City, Mo. when it blew up at 2:44 a.m., according to a news release from the Jefferson City Fire Department.
Galena Township is an inactive township in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] Galena Township was named for the local galena mining industry. [2 ...