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  • Edward V. Long (left) at the inauguration of Missouri governor Warren E. Hearnes, 1965. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Gerald R. Massie Photograph Collection, P0016-045]
    Edward V. Long (1908–1972)
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    William Keil (1811?–1877)
  • Frederick T. Kemper. [James Addison Quarles, The Life of Prof. F. T. Kemper A.M., a Christian Educator, 1884]
    Frederick T. Kemper (1816–1881)
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    Henry Kayser (1811–1884)
  • Claiborne Fox Jackson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N21069]
    Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806–1862)
  • Bollinger’s Mill. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-65211]
    George Frederick Bollinger (1771?–1842)
  • The traditional illustration of David Barton. Some historians question the image’s authenticity. [Howard L. Conard, ed., Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. 1 (St. Louis: Southern History Co., 1901)]
    David Barton (1783–1837)

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