▁records ▁indicate ▁that ▁on ▁March ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 8 6 2 , ▁there ▁were ▁six ▁Union ▁officers ▁and ▁ 1 4 3 ▁Union ▁soldiers ▁present ▁in ▁S ik eston . ▁ ▁On ▁September ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 8 6 4 , ▁during ▁Price ' s ▁Ra id , ▁a ▁Confeder ate ▁force ▁of ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁men ▁near ▁S ik eston , ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Colonel ▁William ▁La f ay ette ▁Jeff ers , ▁attacked ▁Captain ▁Lewis ▁S ells ' ▁company ▁of ▁Union ▁soldiers ▁who ▁were ▁moving ▁from ▁Cape ▁Gir arde au ▁to ▁rein force ▁two ▁companies ▁of ▁soldiers ▁in ▁Blo om field . ▁ ▁Post ▁Civil ▁War ▁era ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁rail ▁lines ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁River ▁ran ▁to ▁S ik eston , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁termin us ▁of ▁the ▁C airo ▁and ▁F ult on ▁Rail road ▁until ▁ 1 8 7 2 . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁S ik eston ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 , 1 0 0 , ▁and ▁two ▁d rain age ▁d itch es ▁had ▁been ▁completed . ▁ ▁By ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁city ▁had ▁two ▁banks , ▁two ▁newsp apers , ▁and ▁three ▁hot els . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁hot els ▁built ▁between ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁and ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁was ▁a ▁three - story ▁brick ▁hotel ▁later ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Marshall - D unn ▁Hotel . ▁It ▁is ▁listed ▁on ▁the