West Plains Post Office Marker - West Plains, MO
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N 36° 43.681 W 091° 51.068
15S E 602586 N 4065316
This marker is on the northeast corner of the former Post Office located at 204 E. Main Street in West Plains, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMKQ45
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2014
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Text of the marker:
Beneath this building still flowing is the spring around which the early Indian tribes camped. The first known white man to claim land in the immediate vicinity of the spring was a hunter named Adams. In 1839 Adams sold his claim to Josiah Howell who established the first permanent settlement which became West Plains. County lines were defined in 1848, and the first Post Office was established. In 1857 the county seat was established at West Plains, and in 1860 the first Court House was built. There were 150 people in West Plains.
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