. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. ALISBURY, the acknowledged metropolis of Charitoncounty and one of the most peaceful, happy and pros-perous cities of two thousand live hundred inha])itants, located upon an elevated prairie and sur-rounded l)y one of the most beautiful and productiveagricaltural reo-ions to be found upon the face of theglobe, was organized into a city, of the fourth class, underthe laws of the state classifying and governing cities%2j/) ^^-^ ^^^^ various classes, in 1882. Prior Bibo, a soldier in>f 6 the
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. ALISBURY, the acknowledged metropolis of Charitoncounty and one of the most peaceful, happy and pros-perous cities of two thousand live hundred inha])itants, located upon an elevated prairie and sur-rounded l)y one of the most beautiful and productiveagricaltural reo-ions to be found upon the face of theglobe, was organized into a city, of the fourth class, underthe laws of the state classifying and governing cities%2j/) ^^-^ ^^^^ various classes, in 1882. Prior Bibo, a soldier in>f 6 the war of 1812, was the original owner of the land upon[^ which the main part of the city noAv stands. Bibo drew320 acres which he transferred to one John Bull, he in turn selling theland to one James Bennett. In 1856 Judge Lucius kSalisbiny, fatherof the,city that now bears his name, paid Bennett l-iOO in gold for thetwo quarters. Two years later Judge Salisbury moved to his farm,erecting a box house as a temporary place of abode, until he couldcomplete a more substantial structure, whic
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