Boone County Courthouse History

Dr. Gary Kremer, Executive Director of the State Historical Society of Missouri, presented a program on "Boone County Courthouses" to the BCBA on May 10, 2006.

To see his presentation slides in PDF format, click here.

Note: Page 6 of the presentation explains the animated quotation that appears at the top of this website -- "Oh! Justice, when expelled from other habitations, make this thy dwelling place." It appeared on a stone panel mounted on the second Boone County Courthouse completed in 1847. The phrase is attributed to William Jewell, who supervised the construction. The same stone panel now hangs in the entry foyer of the current courthouse.