Editor Jim Steele and Dr. Roger Drake, president of Central Methodist University, look through the recently-published history book of Howard County—Howard County: From Prairie Land to Promised Land, A Remembrance Across Two Centuries—that was created in honor of the county’s bicentennial (1816-2016). The ad hoc group that compiled the history, led by the Howard County Genealogical Society, donated several copies to CMU to keep the history alive for generations to come.