[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 109 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1672]
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                175TH ANNIVERSARY OF SARCOXIE, MISSOURI

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                             HON. ROY BLUNT

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 2006

  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 175th 
anniversary of the City of Sarcoxie, located in Jasper County, 
Missouri.
  The region where Sarcoxie is located was acquired by the United 
States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. One of the first 
known inhabitants of the area was Chief Sarcoxie, head of the Turtle 
Band of the Delaware Tribe of Indians. Thackery Vivion became the first 
permanent settler to Jasper County when he built a log cabin and began 
farming near Sarcoxie Spring in 1831, and Sarcoxie soon became the 
first town in Jasper County. Gene Taylor, who served in the United 
States House of Representatives from 1973 until 1989, was born near 
Sarcoxie, and the Gene Taylor Library and Museum is located on the town 
square.
  I am proud to congratulate the City of Sarcoxie and its citizens on 
the 175th anniversary of this historic city.

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