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Liberal, MO - History
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Welcome to the Liberal Home page. The Liberal Home page provides as much information as possible on Liberal. Knowing Liberal’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Liberal’s Home page, you will also find Liberal’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Liberal has a population of 674. 48.4% of Liberal’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.6 are female. 42.5% of Liberal is married and 61.7% own their own home. Household median income in Liberal is $38,750, and the individual median income is $22,200. Liberal’s Ethnic is the following: White(89%), Native(6.8%), Multiple(3.4%), Hispanic(1.9%), Other(0.7%).
Liberal was founded in 1880 by George Walser, an anti-religionist, agnostic lawyer and former state legislator who wished to create an atheist, "freethinker" utopia. It was named after the Liberal League in Lamar, Missouri, which Walser was a member of at the time. Walser purchased 2,000 acres (8 km2) of land and advertised across the country for atheists to join his town, which would "have neither God, Hell, Church, nor Saloon".Walser organized a reformed school system that sought to promote liberal education free from the bias of Christian theology, and had instructional classes on Sundays to replace religious services.
The Free Thought University was founded in 1886 with a staff of seven teachers providing regular lectures and hosting intellectual debates. The arrival of the railroad triggered a population boom, bringing the town to 546 residents by 1890.Christian practitioners began arriving in Liberal soon after it was founded, but were initially met with resistance by Walser.
They quietly bought homes within the town and began holding religious services, which were interrupted by Walser, and the Christian group later moved to nearby plots of land after being evicted. A new town, named Pedro, was established in 1884 by the Christians after Walser erected a barbed wire fence around Liberal.
Walser eventually relaxed restrictions on saloons in 1887 and churches in 1889.The local population peaked in the 1910s and declined for much of the 20th century. A major drought in 1980 triggered an exodus of businesses and residents. Today, Liberal is part of a solidly conservative electorate that encompasses all of Barton County.
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