{"id":4012,"date":"2026-08-29T17:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T17:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=4012"},"modified":"2026-08-29T17:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T17:19:05","slug":"austin-augustus-king-a-legacy-of-leadership-in-ray-county","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/events\/austin-augustus-king-a-legacy-of-leadership-in-ray-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Augustus King: A Legacy of Leadership in Ray County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step back into Ray County history with the Ray County Historical Society as they present \u201cAustin Augustus King: A Legacy of Leadership in Ray County\u201d on Saturday, September 12, at 1 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program will explore King\u2019s early life and journey to Missouri, his years as a Ray County judge, his service as Missouri\u2019s 10th governor from 1848\u20131853, and his lasting impact on education, transportation, state government, Richmond, and Ray County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program is free and open to the public at the Ray County Historical Society, 901 West Royal Street in Richmond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience questions and discussion will be welcome, and donations to support the Ray County Historical Society and Ray County Genealogical Association are appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come learn more about one of Ray County\u2019s important historical figures and the legacy he left behind.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step back into Ray County history with the Ray County Historical Society as they present \u201cAustin Augustus King: A Legacy of Leadership in Ray County\u201d on Saturday, September 12, at 1 p.m. The program will explore King\u2019s early life and <a href=\"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/events\/austin-augustus-king-a-legacy-of-leadership-in-ray-county\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[12],"class_list":["post-4012","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-member-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/4012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4012"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=4012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}