by Roger E. Slusher (Author), Lexington Historical Association (Aut (Author)
Although best known for the cannonball in a column of its Greek Revival courthouse, Lexington was also an outfitting stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Merchants and freighters such as the Aull brothers and Russell, Majors, and Waddell contributed to its promine
Author Biography
Roger E. Slusher, a native of the Lexington area, earned a master's degree in history from the University of Missouri-Columbia and taught social studies for 36 years. He and his wife, Sandy, have restored an 1840s house in Lexington, and he is now the president of the Santa Fe Trail Association and the director of the Lexington Historical Museum, which provided most of the images for this volume.
