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Although records do not indicate when Centennial School opened, some area residents speculate its beginnings date back to 1876, at which time it took its name from the country's centennial celebration.
Nestled on a quiet dead-end road about four miles west of Jefferson City lies a smaller cemetery with an unusual configuration.
Educator, soldier, rural mail carrier and farmer are descriptions aptly defining the life of the late Archie Russell.
We hear little about history in Central Missouri before the Spaniards, French and early explorers. But the stories of their exploits cover only a small sliver of time in the long history of humans occupying these lands.
The focus on where a new Missouri River port could be located has shifted to the north and west of Jefferson City.