Byrd House, Farrar store closer to historic status

Monday, February 19, 2007

When built in 1827, the two-story Abraham Byrd house was a symbol of success in rural Cape Girardeau County. Byrd was an early pioneer and a prominent farmer. He served as a state representative and a presidential elector in the mid-1800s.

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