Hand-Book of Missouri, Embracing Exhibits of Agriculture, Commercial, Industrial ... Interests of the State
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TOWNS AND VILLAGES. Buffalo, the county seat, at the crossing of the proposed railroads, some thirty miles west of Leba- non, is beautifully situated on an eminence at the eastern edge of the prairie, and from a western ap- proach presents a rare and picturesque appearance. Its buUdings are well and tastefully constructed and nestle around and near the public square in which stands an elegant and substantial brick court house, costing some $16,000 or $18,000, and said to be the prettiest in Sou...thwest Missouri. Tliere are seven stores (general merchandise), two drug stores, one saddle and harness shop, one millinery store, one furniture store, two boot and shoe stores, one tin store, five blacksmith and two wagon shops, two newspapers, two hotels, one graded, one private and one colored school and one saloon. The newspapers mentioned arc the Buffalo "Ucflex," a (ireenback paper, and the Buffalo "Register," a Republican paper. There are other flourishing little towns in the county, and among them may be mentioned Louis- burg, nine miles northwest of Buffalo, and Urbana, fifteen miles in nearly the same direction.
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