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Bill Eddleman

Local History

Bill Eddleman, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, is a native of Cape Girardeau County who has conducted genealogical research for over 25 years. He retired from Southeast Missouri State as Professor of Biology in 2016, and has been Associate Director of the Cape Girardeau Research Center, State Historical Society of Missouri, since July 2017.

An early 'business directory' for Cape County, 1816-1817

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Early businesses in territorial Missouri appear in lists of taxes and license fees. The Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser, dating from 1808 in St. Louis, was the newspaper of record for the area until the Jackson Independent began in 1820. The Gazette printed lists of public monies received for the counties south of St. Louis. A tax and licensure system for Missouri Territory began in 1814, and the list of businesses discussed below was from 1816 and 1817.

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