The county of Audrain was organized December 17, 1836, and named in honor of Colonel James H. Audrain, of St. Charles County, who was a man of considerable note and a member of the Legislature in 1830. The seat of justice was located at Mexico at the same time the county was organized.
The early settlers of Audrain county were principally from Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. They built small cabins in the timber, on the water courses, and devoted themselves to hunting, trapping and fishing. Game was abundant, and hunting not only an exciting pastime, but a remunerative occupation, and pleasure and profit were combined in its pursuit. The game consisted of deer, elk, wolves, raccoons, wild turkeys, and a few bears and panthers. The buffalo had already taken their departure to the prairies of the distant West.
Wolves were so numerous and daring that it was almost impossible to raise sheep or other domestic animals, and there being no inducements for any but hunters and trappers to locate in that region, the larger portion of the land in Audrain county remained unoccupied and in possession of the government until 1854, when it was rapidly entered at twelve and a half cents per acre, under the "Graduation Act." Citizens of other counties then flocked to Audrain, entered homesteads and erected cabins, many of which are still standing on the beautiful prairies.
("A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: with numerous sketches", by William Smith Bryan, publ. 1876)
Archibald Gregg was the first teacher employed, and some of the children who attended came from Callaway County. The first sermon preached by a minister was in 1832, in the settlement where the school was located, by Rev. Mr. Hoxie of the Presbyterian Church, who was at that time pastor of a church at Auxvasse in Callaway County.
(Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: Edited by Howard Louis Conard; Publ. 1901)
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The early settlers of Audrain county were principally from Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. They built small cabins in the timber, on the water courses, and devoted themselves to hunting, trapping and fishing. Game was abundant, and hunting not only an exciting pastime, but a remunerative occupation, and pleasure and profit were combined in its pursuit. The game consisted of deer, elk, wolves, raccoons, wild turkeys, and a few bears and panthers. The buffalo had already taken their departure to the prairies of the distant West.
Wolves were so numerous and daring that it was almost impossible to raise sheep or other domestic animals, and there being no inducements for any but hunters and trappers to locate in that region, the larger portion of the land in Audrain county remained unoccupied and in possession of the government until 1854, when it was rapidly entered at twelve and a half cents per acre, under the "Graduation Act." Citizens of other counties then flocked to Audrain, entered homesteads and erected cabins, many of which are still standing on the beautiful prairies.
("A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: with numerous sketches", by William Smith Bryan, publ. 1876)
Archibald Gregg was the first teacher employed, and some of the children who attended came from Callaway County. The first sermon preached by a minister was in 1832, in the settlement where the school was located, by Rev. Mr. Hoxie of the Presbyterian Church, who was at that time pastor of a church at Auxvasse in Callaway County.
(Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: Edited by Howard Louis Conard; Publ. 1901)
*Thanks, Marty*
The county of Audrain was organized December 17, 1836, and named in honor of Colonel James H. Audrain, of St. Charles County, who was a man of considerable note and a member of the Legislature in 1830. The seat of justice was located at Mexico at the same time the county was organized.
The early settlers of Audrain county were principally from Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. They built small cabins in the timber, on the water courses, and devoted themselves to hunting, trapping and fishing. Game was abundant, and hunting not only an exciting pastime, but a remunerative occupation, and pleasure and profit were combined in its pursuit. The game consisted of deer, elk, wolves, raccoons, wild turkeys, and a few bears and panthers. The buffalo had already taken their departure to the prairies of the distant West.
Wolves were so numerous and daring that it was almost impossible to raise sheep or other domestic animals, and there being no inducements for any but hunters and trappers to locate in that region, the larger portion of the land in Audrain county remained unoccupied and in possession of the government until 1854, when it was rapidly entered at twelve and a half cents per acre, under the "Graduation Act." Citizens of other counties then flocked to Audrain, entered homesteads and erected cabins, many of which are still standing on the beautiful prairies.
("A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: with numerous sketches", by William Smith Bryan, publ. 1876)
Archibald Gregg was the first teacher employed, and some of the children who attended came from Callaway County. The first sermon preached by a minister was in 1832, in the settlement where the school was located, by Rev. Mr. Hoxie of the Presbyterian Church, who was at that time pastor of a church at Auxvasse in Callaway County.
(Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: Edited by Howard Louis Conard; Publ. 1901)
*Thanks, Marty*
The early settlers of Audrain county were principally from Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. They built small cabins in the timber, on the water courses, and devoted themselves to hunting, trapping and fishing. Game was abundant, and hunting not only an exciting pastime, but a remunerative occupation, and pleasure and profit were combined in its pursuit. The game consisted of deer, elk, wolves, raccoons, wild turkeys, and a few bears and panthers. The buffalo had already taken their departure to the prairies of the distant West.
Wolves were so numerous and daring that it was almost impossible to raise sheep or other domestic animals, and there being no inducements for any but hunters and trappers to locate in that region, the larger portion of the land in Audrain county remained unoccupied and in possession of the government until 1854, when it was rapidly entered at twelve and a half cents per acre, under the "Graduation Act." Citizens of other counties then flocked to Audrain, entered homesteads and erected cabins, many of which are still standing on the beautiful prairies.
("A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: with numerous sketches", by William Smith Bryan, publ. 1876)
Archibald Gregg was the first teacher employed, and some of the children who attended came from Callaway County. The first sermon preached by a minister was in 1832, in the settlement where the school was located, by Rev. Mr. Hoxie of the Presbyterian Church, who was at that time pastor of a church at Auxvasse in Callaway County.
(Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: Edited by Howard Louis Conard; Publ. 1901)
*Thanks, Marty*
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