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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast Kansas northwest of Kansas City on the Missouri River. Founded in 1855, it was an important outfitting point for westward travelers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A billon coin, or rather a copper coin washed with silver, struck in Scotland in the reign of James VI., of the value of eight pennies Scots, or two thirds of an English penny.
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ATCHISON | A former Weston, Mo. police officer was sentenced to prison for selling drugs in Atchison.
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ATCHISON | A former Weston, Mo. police officer was sentenced to prison for selling drugs in Atchison.
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ATCHISON | A former Weston, Mo. police officer was sentenced to prison for selling drugs in Atchison.
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ATCHISON | A former Weston, Mo. police officer was sentenced to prison for selling drugs in Atchison.
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Lower Hamburg Bend, in Atchison County near Hamburg, Iowa, is one of the larger ones.
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St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas (1964).
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I've since moved back to my roots in Atchison KS; I've made Green Chili on occasion & folks here really like it.
Sopapillas with a side of honey | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007
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Dr Lawrence Bradford, a biology professor in Atchison, Kansas,
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St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas (1964).
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The slave State of Missouri promptly attempted to colonize the new territory, and settled at a place which was called Atchison in honour of a pro-slavery Senator of Missouri.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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