Yesterday this photo received a one-day record number of views on my Flickr stream — 780. Not sure why. It's a photo of a historical cabin in a Dade County community I pass by on my way to fish Stockton Lake, my favorite fishing grounds. One day I went into town and found this great cabin. It is not the William Penn of Pennsylvania fame, but another. The cabin functioned as Dade County's first courthouse. Here's the info:
"In accordance with the foregoing laws, Gov. Thomas Reynolds appointed and commissioned Nelson McDowell, William Penn and David Hunter as justices of the county court, and Asa G. Smith as sheriff of the county. In further compliance with the law, these justices met on the first Monday of March, 1841, at the residence of William Penn (on Pennsylvania Prairie), and then and there organized their court, and appointed Joseph Allen as clerk, and thus completed the organization of Dade County."
From HISTORY OF DADE COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE From the date of the Earliest Settlements
to the present time By THE PIONEER HISTORICAL COMPANY, R. A. Ludwick, Manager, A. J. Young, Editor-in-Chief
Note the 2 fledgling American kestrels sitting in the window.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
William Penn Cabin 1837, Everton, MO
Yesterday this photo received a one-day record number of views on my Flickr stream — 780. Not sure why. It's a photo of a historical cabin in a Dade County community I pass by on my way to fish Stockton Lake, my favorite fishing grounds. One day I went into town and found this great cabin. It is not the William Penn of Pennsylvania fame, but another. The cabin functioned as Dade County's first courthouse. Here's the info:
"In accordance with the foregoing laws, Gov. Thomas Reynolds appointed and commissioned Nelson McDowell, William Penn and David Hunter as justices of the county court, and Asa G. Smith as sheriff of the county. In further compliance with the law, these justices met on the first Monday of March, 1841, at the residence of William Penn (on Pennsylvania Prairie), and then and there organized their court, and appointed Joseph Allen as clerk, and thus completed the organization of Dade County."
From HISTORY OF DADE COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE From the date of the Earliest Settlements
to the present time By THE PIONEER HISTORICAL COMPANY, R. A. Ludwick, Manager, A. J. Young, Editor-in-Chief
Note the 2 fledgling American kestrels sitting in the window.
