John S. Bilby
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John S. Bilby was the founder of the Bilby Ranch, which claimed to be the second largest ranch in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Bilby Ranch
Nodaway County, Missouri
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Nodaway County is a county located in the northwest part of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,241. Its county seat is Maryville. The county was organized February 14, 1845, and is
John S. Bilby
…in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The ranch headquartered in Quitman, Missouri, had holdings throughout the U.S. Southwest. Bilby settled in Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1868 and began expanding his empire using one property as collateral for the next. Soon it stretched from Missouri to Oklahoma to Texas…
Nodaway County Courthouse
Administration Building at Northwest Missouri State University
Mozingo Lake Golf Course
One Hundred and Two River at Bridgewater Access southwest of Arkoe.