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Royals fans Chet Wampler and four-year-old son Isaac Wampler, both of Joplin, wait in line for the start of the Royals Caravan Monday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2013, in Vintage Stock at Northpark Mall.
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Former St. Louis Cardinals player and current batting coach John Mabry takes the stage Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2013, during the Cardinals Caravan at MSSU's Taylor Performing Arts Center.
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Former St. Louis Cardinals player and current batting coach John Mabry listens to fans ask questions Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2013, during the Cardinals Caravan at MSSU's Taylor Performing Arts Center.
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Former St. Louis Cardinals player and current batting coach John Mabry speaks Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2013, during the Cardinals Caravan at MSSU's Taylor Performing Arts Center.
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St. Louis Cardinals player Shelby Miller answers questions from children in the crowd Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2013, during the Cardinals Caravan at MSSU's Taylor Performing Arts Center.
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Xavier Subramaniam, 5, of Joplin, holds up his Cardinals jersey to show Al Hrabosky before asking the former St. Louis player to add his signature Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2013, at MSSU's Taylor Performing Arts Center.
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Caleb Long, 13, of Webb City, asks the Cardinals Caravan members about the team's past post-season performance against the San Francisco Giants Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2013, at MSSU's Taylor Performing Arts Center.
M.L.B Sturkey House

The M.L.B. Sturkey House is a frame cottage with Queen Anne detailing built ca. 1895. The house is a gable front and wing form or ell plan with a rear addition. The house is one-story in height with weatherboard siding. On the main and north facades is a porch with chamfered porch posts and a spindled railing. Beneath the gables of the house is diagonal bracing and drop pendants. The house has a composition shingle gable roof with two corbelled brick interior chimneys. The house was built by M.L.B. Sturkey, one of McCormick’s most prominent early residents. Sturkey moved to McCormick in the 1880s and opened a hardware and dry goods store on Main Street. Sturkey was one of the main proponents in the formation of McCormick County. In 1895 he served on the committee which petitioned the Constitutional Convention to create McCormick County and continued to lead the fight for the formation of the county until 1916. Listed in the National Register December 12, 1985.
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Royals fans Chet Wampler and four-year-old son Isaac Wampler, both of Joplin, wait in line for the start of the Royals Caravan Monday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2013, in Vintage Stock at Northpark Mall.
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Royals fans Chet Wampler and four-year-old son Isaac Wampler, both of Joplin, wait in line for the start of the Royals Caravan Monday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2013, in Vintage Stock at Northpark Mall.
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Royals fans Chet Wampler and four-year-old son Isaac Wampler, both of Joplin, wait in line for the start of the Royals Caravan Monday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2013, in Vintage Stock at Northpark Mall.
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