In Bates County870 square miles of farm land on Missouri's western boundary the name Scully lost its magic power last week, though its fabulous ring lingers on. William Scully was a wealthy, austere Irishman who arrived in the county in 1894. Muffled in a plaid shawl and a cap pulled down over his eyes, he drove his surrey about the countryside, bought farms right & left, never sold an acre because he believed it was wrong to give up land. Soon he owned nearly a tenth of the county and 300 of its residents were his tenants. Bates County called...
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