| 1800 |
Spanish government granted Daniel Morgan and Nathan Boone 700 acres of land,
near what is now Mineola (exact year undetermined)
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| 1813 |
Fort Clemson built on Loutre Island to protect settlers during the Indian wars. Other early history. |
| 1815 |
Boone's Lick Road (now approximate route of I-70) surveyed |
| 1817 |
Charles Wells built a cabin on Coon Creek near Middletown |
| 1818 |
Montgomery County formed from Southwest corner of St. Charles County;
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| 1821 |
Missouri admitted to the Union as the 24th state |
| 1826 |
County seat moved to Lewiston, on Boone's Lick Road, west of High Hill |
| 1833 |
Warren County formed from East part of Montgomery County |
| 1834 |
Danville became the county seat |
| 1850 |
Federal Census |
| 1857 |
North Missouri Railroad constructed through the County |
| 1864 |
Anderson's raid on Danville destroyed buildings and County records |
| 1869 |
The Montgomery Standard published the first issue of a newspaper;
since published weekly continuously for 150 years
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| 1878 |
Edwards Brothers published a Historical Atlas of the County |
| 1890 |
Highest population in County history, 16,850 residents |
| 1894 |
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad spurred growth along the River
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| 1901 |
Danville County Courthouse fire destroyed many County records |
| 1903 |
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad built through Northeast County |
| 1917 |
Wellsville Fire Brick Company incorporated and began 75 years of production |
| 1925 |
Montgomery City became the county seat |
| 1930 |
Hermann Bridge on Route 19 opened, operating as a toll for the first two years |
| 1954 |
School consolidation reduced 80 school districts to three |
| 1964 |
Graham Cave State Park established |
| 1965 |
Interstate Route 70 completed through the County |
| 1965 |
The Tri-County Levee District formed to combat flooding |
| 1976 |
Montgomery County Historical Society organized and incorporated |
| 1990 |
The rails-to-trails project completed, routing the Katy Trail State Park through the County |
| 1998 |
Rhineland moved to the bluffs, after a long history of town flooding. FEMA article. |
