SEDALIA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Pettis county, See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri, U.S.A., a little W. of the centre of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (1900) 15,231; (1725negroes ;972 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 17,822 . Sedalia is served by the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri, See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas & See also:

• TEXAS

Texas railway systems, and is a transportation centre with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good facilities . The city has a high and pleasant site (about 990 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level) on a See also:

• ROLLING

rolling See also:

• PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

prairie, and is laid out as an exact square . Among the public buildings much the handsomest are the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, built of See also:

• WARRENSBURG

Warrensburg See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone (1884), and the Public Library (1900), given by See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie . Sedalia is the seat of the See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George R . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (M . E., founded in 1894) for negroes . See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

Liberty See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park (6o acres), in the W. See also:

• PART

part of the city, is owned by the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality . Broadway, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street, is 120 ft. wide, and is parked on either See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . The State See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

Agriculture established See also:

• FAIR

fair grounds (now 210 acres) adjoining the city on the S.W. in 1900, and the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual state fair attracts many visitors .

The See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is derived from a storage See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake on See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

Flat See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek, 3 M. from the city, settling basins being used to clarify the water . There are a city See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and the Maywood, a private hospital; and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway maintains here a hospital for all parts of its See also:

• SYSTEM

system . The surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is a magnificent livestock and farming region, and in the immediate vicinity are valuable deposits of See also:

• COAL

coal, of See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone, of shale suitable for See also:

• SEWER

sewer See also:

• PIPE

pipe andof See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire See also:

• CLAYS, PAUL JEAN (1819-1900)

clays . The city has important See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse and See also:

• MULE (Lat. mulus)

mule yards . The Missouri Pacific, three of whose operating divisions end at Sedalia and thus make the city its central See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division point, in 1904 established large shops (129 acres) in a suburb E. of the city . These shops and those of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway, of which Sedalia is the central division point on the N. end of its system, add greatly to the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial importance of the city . The See also:

• TOTAL

total value of the factory product in 1905 was $1,691,727, showing an increase of 31,8% since 1900 . Sedalia was established as a station on the Missouri Pacific railroad in 1857 . In 1864 it was chartered as a See also:

• TOWN

town and was made the county-seat, succeeding See also:

• GEORGETOWN

Georgetown (then a flourishing town, which speedily See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into decay), the See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of the offices taking See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in 1865 . Sedalia was a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union military See also:

• POST

post through-out the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War; on the 15th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1864 a detachment from See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

Sterling See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

Price's raiding See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column dislodged a small Union force that was occupying the town, but the Confederate occupation lasted only one See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . Sedalia was chartered as a city in 1889 . In 1896 a constitutional See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment to remove the state See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital from See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson City to Sedalia was defeated by popular See also:

• VOTE

vote .