Hickory County: 7 Small Towns and the Issues

JACK TRUMAN FOR U.S. CONGRESS

Missouri 4th Congressional District

Let's talk a little bit about Hickory County.

I think it's important to bring something back to my home state here in Missouri. Where I grew up. Was raised. Went to school. Own property. And call home.

There's a lot to share about Hickory County in Missouri. This is one of 26 counties in the 4th Congressional District of Missouri that I'm running for U.S. Congress in 2016.

You can't get much more rural and down home than in Hickory County. The total population here in Hickory County is around 9,000 people. So it's very rural. Very small town and down home living. Good values. Good morals. Very down home.

Hickory County is a great reflection of my campaign for Congress. Being small, rural and to your roots gives you the greater chance to speak your voice, sing your song and let people know about you. Being the underdog forces you to be self made. To have the discipline to be independent to make your destiny.

Hickory County is in the Southwestern part of the state of Missouri. The heart of the Ozarks. It's about 20 miles or so northeast from home. I consider Hickory County part of my big backyard. From where I live in Lamar, drive either north to Highway 54, or east to Highway 65 on the back roads. Very rural, and down home community.

A little bit about Hickory county:

Hickory County in Missouri started back in 1845.

The county was named after President Andrew Jackson, who was nicknamed 'Old Hickory'.

The largest town in Hickory County is Hermitage. But there's a total of 7 small towns and communities that make up Hickory County in Missouri:

Cross Timbers
Hermitage
Pittsburg
Preston
Quincy
Weaubleau
Wheatland

I live in Barton County. Barton County in Missouri is a little south and west of Hickory County. Very rural area.

A lot of issues that need to be addressed relate more than ever to small town rural America. And Hickory County is no exception.

Taking care of our Farmers. Veterans. Senior Citizens. Children. Education. Health. Equality. The Second Amendment. Drug reform. The homeless. Prisons, jails and the Criminal Justice system. Making our country great again. Taking care of our own here domestically, and focusing on the little man and woman. The rural communities are our roots. Where everything got started. There's no discipline anyone. This culture doesn't follow rules. It's time to get back to some basic hometown values and traditions.

I've worked all kinds of jobs from coast to coast.

Got to know all kinds of cultures over my life. From New York to California. Dallas to Chicago. Florida to Utah. All my life. From my childhood to present day.

I have a lifetime of experiences: from education, business, military, public speaking, rural and metropolitan, to creative and innovative experience.

In a nutshell, I've lived a life less traveled. And want to share my lifetime of experiences to make our country a better place. For everyone.

It's time for a radical change. It's time for outsiders who represent the little man and woman to be a part of our government. It's time to shake things up in Washington. It's time for a political revolution.

My name is Jack Truman. And I'm running for U.S. Congress in Missouri's 4th Congressional District.