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Callaway County Missouri was organized on November 25, 1820 and named for Captain James Callaway who was killed in a fight with Indians near Loutre Creek. |
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In 1812 Missouri was organized as a territory and later admitted the 24th state of the Union on August 10, 1821. |
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During Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri, swore that he would never shave again if Abe were elected. |
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