Gallery of mayors tells Scott City history

Monday, July 28, 2003

The photographs on the back wall of the Scott City Council chambers tell stories about the history of the community. J.P. Lightner, a cigar in one hand, served 14 years in as mayor in different terms beginning in 1908. Lightner owned the town's opera house and donated the land that is now the city cemetery named for him.

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