Queen City of the Prairies

Lthousands of years and French explorers documented the Missouri Tribe, people of the dugout canoes, in 1673. French missionaries followed the explorers but failed to establish permanent settlements in the region. In the 1800s many other tribes crossed the state on forced marches to Indian Territory. www.visitsedaliamo.com

General George Smith and his father-in-law migrated from Kentucky, bringing along their families and 60 slaves in the 1830s. Ultimately Smith purchased acres of land adjacent to what he believed would become a railroad line. He recorded his deed in 1857 and called the settlement Sedville after his daughter Sarah’s nickname. The next year he began selling lots for a town that