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The Skidmore area was first settled in 1840 by William Bunton shortly after the Platte Purchase opened the area to settlement. Skidmore itself was platted in 1880 when M. Skidmore donated 20 acres (81,000 m 2) to the Nodaway Valley Railroad Company (the agent for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad which was eventually taken over by the Burlington Northern Railroad). [5]
St. Oswald's Protestant Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in southeastern Atchison County, Missouri. It is located about eight miles west of Skidmore and ten miles north of Mound City. It was built in 1892, and is a one-story, cruciform plan, Shingle style building on a brick foundation. It is sheathed in rough-sawn ...
Bobbie Jo Stinnett (December 4, 1981 – December 16, 2004) was a 23-year-old pregnant American woman who was murdered in Skidmore, Missouri, in December 2004.The perpetrator, Lisa Marie Montgomery, [3] then aged 36 years old, strangled Stinnett to death and cut her unborn child (eight months into gestation) from her womb.
Kenneth Rex McElroy (June 1, 1934 – July 10, 1981) was an American criminal and convicted attempted murderer who resided in Skidmore, Missouri, United States. He was known as "the town bully", [1] and his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention.
Perry lived with his father, Bob Perry, at 304 West Oak Street in Skidmore; [2] his parents were recently divorced. [2] [3] Perry suffered from tachycardia, a condition that made his heart race excessively. [1] He was a black belt in hapkido. [2] On April 7, 2001, Perry visited the home of his neighbor Jason Biermann and was inadvertently ...
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is a regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the Belleville News-Democrat, Alton Telegraph, and Edwardsville Intelligencer. The publication has received 19 Pulitzer Prizes. [3]
5020 Rhodes Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109-3589 To be merged into the provisionally-named Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Mary Magdalen, and St. Joan of Arc Parish on August 1, 2023. The church building housing the merged parish is to be determined. [29] Our Lady of the Holy Cross 8115 Church Rd., St. Louis, MO 63147-1832
The Jefferson Leader is a local American newspaper founded in 1994 in Festus, Missouri. [1] As part of The Leader Publications, The Jefferson County Leader provides local news for Jefferson County, Missouri and the greater Saint Louis region.