History of Clay County Missouri (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of Clay County Missouri<br><br>The Editor has been a resident of Clay County for more than half a century which is more than half of the time since the County has had an existence and has had not only the acquaintanceship but in many instances the friendship of a number of the original settlers. Not a few of these men had vivid recollections of events occurring in the County from the very earliest days down to the time when they took delight in giving information to the writer Who was invariably a receptive listener. To him no entertainment was preferable than to have the priv ilege of listening to such men as J o''hn Wilson Marse Fountain Waller.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.