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==History== Harrisonville was founded in 1837 upon land donated to Cass County by Congress for county purposes, and was named for Congressman [[Albert G. Harrison]], who was instrumental in obtaining the land grant.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n40 272]}}</ref> The area suffered greatly during the [[American Civil War]], though Harrisonville was one of the few places exempted in Union General [[Thomas Ewing]]'s [[General Order No. 11 (1863)]], which ordered the depopulation of three entire Missouri counties and part of a fourth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harrisonvillechamber.com/livinghistory2.html |title=Living History Continued |access-date=2009-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013010310/http://www.harrisonvillechamber.com/livinghistory2.html |archive-date=2008-10-13 }}</ref> In 1972, Harrisonville was the site of escalating tensions between a handful of mostly Vietnam veterans and town elders, which culminated in a brief rampage by 25-year-old Charlie "Ootney" Simpson. In the town square, in plain view of onlookers, he killed two police officers and a bystander before shooting himself. The victims were officers Donald Marler and Francis Wirt and local businessman Orville Allen. His motivation turned out to be personal, not political; he had saved money to buy a farm, but the seller had recently backed out of the deal, and Simpson had used the money to bail his friends out of jail.<ref>Eszterhas, Joe, ''Charlie Simpson's Apocalypse''. Random House, 1974.</ref> The [[Robert A. Brown House]], [[Harrisonville Courthouse Square Historic District]], and [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Harrisonville, Missouri)|St. Peter's Episcopal Church]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> A May 2017 report from [[State Auditor of Missouri|Missouri State Auditor]] [[Nicole Galloway]] gave the city the lowest possible rating of "poor," citing complex, often overlapping tax districts, contracts awarded without appropriate bidding processes and overuse of money pulled from restricted funds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fox4kc.com/2017/05/24/state-audit-gives-harrisonville-poor-rating-for-mismanaged-taxpayer-money/|title=State audit gives Harrisonville "poor" rating for mismanaged taxpayer money|date=2017-05-25|website=FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV {{!}} News, Weather, Sports|language=en|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref>
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