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Coon Island Trading Post

Commercial
1830s
c. 1830
Near Neelyville, Butler County, MO
Verbatim Passage from Source
"Reeves and Baily settled on what was known as Coon Island (about six miles east of Neelyville), a high spot of land."

— Source: Deem's History of Butler County Missouri (referenced c. 1830)

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A high-ground settlement area established in the 1830s.

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