Another Duel is Fought on Bloody Island: June 30, 1823
Prominent St. Louis citizens Joshua Barton (first Missouri Secretary of State) and Thomas C. Rector fought a duel at Bloody Island. Barton was killed in the duel and Rector was unh…
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