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| | A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri |
 | | Josiah Howell, who bought the Adams Improvement (see Town Spring), considered the first permanent settler in the present limits of the county, and his sons, Thomas Jefferson, later in the Legislature, and Willy, came from Tennessee in the early 1840's. |
 | | Eckles, a physician of Howell County, explained that these springs are classed as Chalybeate and derive their virtues from the ferrous and manganese bicarbonated in conjunction with earthy salts and ferrous sulphate. |
 | | The county seat, is situated near the center of the county in Howell Valley. |
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