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Alice Cary Risley First Lady of West Plains

Dorotha Newberry Reavis
Posted 9/22/23

In January 1873, the weather in West Plains was probably cloudy and cold. A bit of sunshine and warmth, however, came riding down from the north that month in a one-horse buggy. Alice Cary Risley had just arrived from St. Luise to join her husband, Sam A. Risley. Howell County had just gained a first-class citizen.

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