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Looking for sales comps or just want to know what the neighbors house sold for. Well here you go, this little gadget will give you information on recent real estate sales in Bates County, MO. If you need help with the valuation of your home call us at 816-313-8876, we'd be happy to assist you.

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Don't forget you can Search The MLS for free from right here at Bates County Real Estate. Just follow that link above.

I was helping client search for some property in Bates County this week, I noticed a couple of new listings on the MLS. You can see them here http://portal.heartlandmls.com/de.asp?k=49468XEEBV&p=DE-837342-534 

Lo0ks like a couple of homes in Rich Hill just came on the market.
320 E Elm is listed at only $35,000 and 214 E Walnut is listed at $40,900.

These are not my listings, I'm just providing information to my readers and clients. If I can help you with your real estate sales, leasing or buying give me a call.

Ben: 816-807-1841

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God it was a beautiful weekend, we hauled the camper down 71 HWY to our family farm on the River near Virginia, MO. Saturday after I had the water, electric and sewer hooked up I took the John Deere down to the bottom-land, where the River meets Walnut Creek.

The River and the creek were really swollen, going over the bridges near Nyhart we saw the Bates County Drainage Ditch was nearly to its limits too.

We lost yet another tree down by the river, seems we lose more trees each year than we can plant. I spooked up a young deer from the brush, watching that cotton white tail bouncing away made me long for deer season this Fall.

Saturday was hot, muggy and we saw a bit of rain, I snapped a few pics of the flooded creek, I took a picture of the deer I spooked up, but he didn't show up well in the photos.

Sunday was breezy at first, but the heat was getting more intense when we got out of church. I love visiting the Happy Hill Church of God, Pastor Ron and his wife raise the roof with some of the best old time gospel music I've ever heard. I look forward to going there when I can. Fathers Day is one of those special occasions. After church we headed on into Butler, MO for Dinner.

One of our favorite places to eat Sunday dinner is the Flaming Lantern in Butler, MO. We usually try to get a spot near the fireplace. 

Driving the gravel roads of Bates County, MO I sure saw a lot of flooding. A fortunate few had managed to get some crops in, but so much of the Bates County Farmland was flooded and simply too wet to plow.

Some of the cropland in Bates County looked like it had been planted before it was flooded, darn shame all those good crops under water. Bates County has some very productive, rich soil, but when the floods come, there's an awful lot of damage.

Guess we can look forward to a great harvest of some winter wheat.
Anyhow, if we can help you with your find any hunting land, cropland or a home on the range in KS or MO, give us a holler. 816-313-8876.

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Seems on August 4th 1941, Time Magazine reported on the real estate dealings of one of Bates County’s most notable landowners. William Scully had come to America in 1894, with a pocket full of cash he set about purchasing all the farms and land he could aquire. He passed the considerable parcel of land on to his son who seldom visited. The land was tenanted by nearly 300 residents.

In late July of 1941, the young Mr. Scully sold nearly 42,000 acres to the Farm Security Administration , which had evolved out of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Resettlement Administration, to form the FSA after President Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the FSA in 1935.

Much of the land that was purchased by the agency became part of defense projects, such as Fort Leonard Wood and others. Some of the land would be sold or leased to residents at 3% interest.

Mr Scully reportedly received 1,078,151 for his land making that about $25.76 an acre for the deal.

The area would then become known as Oswego Farms, according to the Time Magazine article.

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Source: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765942,00.html