Brice missouri

Among the first settlers in the area were James and Ann Brice, who came from Illinois around In , Brice built the first mill on the spring branch and eventually bought more than acres of surrounding land. Within a few years, other settlers established households in the area, which became known as Brice. Brice reached the peak of prosperity after when a new mill replaced the Bennett family mill, which had burned in Brice attracted leisure-time travelers as well as patrons of the mill.

Farmers came with wagons full of wheat and corn for grinding at the mill. Sightseers drove out to the picturesque valley near the natural wonder known as Bennett's Spring in automobiles and buggies. Local [unreadable] and tourists visited the secluded spot known as Poker Hollow. Boys raced horses on Sunday afternoons. A black man named Charlie Topp gave boxing lessons to the local boys.

Even though Brice had no church building before , religion was an important part of community life. Local residents held church services in the front of the hardware store. Ministers set up a tent for frequent revival meetings. The Bennett family donated land Brice's first permanent church building. Reynolds found a stake on one of the Blue Mounds that had been left there earlier by some unknown traveler and he placed the nearby skull of a buffalo on the stake.

Hence the name, Buffalo Head Prairie. The land originally was owned by Martin Randleman and William E. It was surveyed about , although the first buildings were erected about by Mr.

Williams and Joseph F. Morrow, Alf Moore, Mr. Florence, William M. Lovan and sons Marshall G. Buffalo now has a population of approximately residents. Urbana has a population of about residents zip code and is located northwest of Buffalo very near the Hickory-Polk borders. Originally named Andersonville in honor of a local physician; after his death it was changed to Urbana. Early families and residents were Stephen Burris, who opened the first store, L. Slavens, C.

Lightner, J. Thurston, J. Fowler, J. Bonner, the Davis', T. Campbell Stewart told Brad Calip that she had a friend that was always asking about players out of the Midwest — Charity Shira Elliott, a member of the Lady Bears' Final Four team who was coaching at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles — and she said she'd reach out.

After the game, Campbell Stewart went to her phone only to find that she didn't have a number for Shira Elliott. Campbell Stewart decided to shoot a text to Jackie Stiles — her former teammate who was then an assistant coach at Missouri State — with the hopes of hunting down a number for Elliott.

I have a girl that is a really good point guard that I think can play at the next level and she is just being overlooked," Campbell Stewart said.

When you go watch her, she's not going to knock your socks off with her speed, but what will knock your socks off is her tenacity. She's got all of those things that you get in a heady player that's been around the game a lot. She's very, very athletic. She is a solid player and I think she can play at the next level. Stiles made the trip to watch Brice Calip play. She loved her basketball IQ, how powerful of an athlete she was and the family she came from.

Missouri State offered Brice Calip on the first of February