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Boonville

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Boonville

City and administrative headquarters of Cooper County, central Missouri, on the Missouri River, 37 km/23 mi west of Columbia; population (2000) 8,200. Livestock, grain, and dairy goods are produced, and there are other light industries. The city has the oldest surviving theatre west of the Allegheny Mountains. Boone's Lick State Historic Site is to the north.

History

Settled in 1810, Booneville was a major early river port and an important provisioning point for wagon trains heading southwest on the Santa Fe Trail. It was the site of Missouri's first battle in the American Civil War, on 17 June 1861, a victory for Union troops under Nathaniel Lyon.



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