(WSB photos)

Congratulations to RJ Sen, whose Eagle Scout Court of Honor was celebrated last night at West Side Presbyterian Church. He is a senior at West Seattle High School and has been involved with Scouting since childhood years in Singapore, joining Troop 282 after arriving here.

He’s served in leadership roles including Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, and has been accepted as an adult Assistant Scoutmaster, according to Troop 282’s Assistant Scoutmaster Don Bazemore, who shared the news of RJ’s achievement.A number of old historic maps of Missouri have been posted the Concordia photo gallery showing the progression of communities in general area of Concordia during the 1800s. Excerpts of Lafayette County are shown below.

In 1838, at the time the first German immigrants arrived in the Concordia area, the eastern part of Lafayette County had no organized communities, just a few farms. The only communities were along the Missouri River, namely Lexington (platted in 1822), Napoleon (platted in 1836) and Wellington (platted in 1837).

By the mid-1800s, several interesting communities appear west of present day Concordia. One of these was named Moss. The USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) lists Moss as “a small village on the banks of Davis Creek”. However, the exact location of the settlement is