[7] [8] On March 2, 1819, John Potter was appointed constable of Lamine Township by the Cooper County Court.

[9] On April 9, 1821, Bryant T. Nolan was appointed constable of the Lamine Township by the Cooper County Court.

[12][13] In 1885, Cooper County built with a budget of $16,000 an iron bridge with stone piers at the Lamine River crossing known as "Turley's Ferry.

[15] Twenty-one years later in 1928 in another major flood Turley Bridge was "badly shaken" but survived when a very large tree rammed into it.

[16] In 1932 the modification of Highway 41 included replacing Turley Bridge but repositioning it a bit eastward downstream (less than one-tenth of a mile) in a "prairie section" to mitigate high flood water damage.

Meanwhile, one span of the old 1907 bridge was sold in 1938 to Boone County, Missouri and placed on Moon Valley Road Hinkson Creek Trail [ 38°56′46″N 92°18′25″W / 38.946242°N 92.306854°W / 38.946242; -92.306854 ].

"At least 20 large earthen burial mounds overlook the Mellor settlement from the north-facing Missouri River escarpment.

These two settlements were excavated in the 1970s by archaeologist Marvin Kay and the findings were published in the Missouri Archaeological Society Research Series in 1980.