In 1872, the legislature allocated five hundred dollars to open a public road from the township to Monrovia.
In 1873, the citizens of Careysburg were granted 25 muskets or rifles and ammunition by the national government for defense.
The town had one public school in 1874 conducted by Mrs. M. E. Urey, who was paid $140 for teaching 16 students.
Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1872, pp. 10-11; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1873, p. 23; “Government schools in Montserrado County, African Repository, July 1874, p. 220.
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