Download or read book Early Settlers of Douglas County Missouri written by Bessie J. Selleck and published by . This book was released on 1997-11-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Settlers of Douglas County Missouri written by Bessie Janet Woods Selleck and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Reminiscent History of Douglas County Missouri 1857 1957 written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Douglas County Missouri History and Families 1857 1995 written by and published by Turner. This book was released on 1996 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas Being an Account of the Early Settlements the Civil War the Ku Klux and Times of Peace written by William Monks and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 1844 father sold out and in May started to move to the state of Texas; crossed the Mississippi river at Green's old ferry, came by the way of Jackson, Missouri, and traveled the old military road made by the government troops in removing the Cherokee Indians from the state of Alabama to their present location—only road leading west—and in July of the same year (learning that it was very dangerous for a man to take his family into the state of Texas on account of the Indians), he concluded to locate in Fulton county, Arkansas, purchased an improvement and located on what is known as Bennett's river, about 25 miles from where West Plains is now located. The family at that time consisted of six persons, to-wit: father, mother and four sons, the author then being in his fifteenth year; father, being a farmer by occupation, went to work on the farm. The country at that time was very sparsely settled. The settlements were confined to the creeks and rivers, where were found plenty of water and springs. No place at that time was thought worth settling unless it had a spring upon it. The vegetation was luxuriant, the broom sedge and blue stem growing as high as a man's head—and he upon an ordinary horse. The table lands, which were thought at that time to be worthless, had very little timber growing on them, but were not prairie. There were what were known as post oak runners and other brush growing on the table lands, but the grass turf was very heavy and in the spring of the year the grass would soon cover the sprouts and the stranger would have taken all of the table lands, except where it was interspersed with groves, to have been prairie. The country settled up—some of the settlements being 15 miles apart—yet the early settlers thought nothing of neighboring and assisting each other as neighbors for the distance of 15 miles. At that time Fulton county contained all of the present territory that now includes Baxter, Fulton and a part of Sharp counties; and but a short time previous to the organization of Fulton, all of the territory that now embraces Fulton, Baxter and Sharp; Izard belonged to Independence county and Batesville was the county seat. My father located about five miles from the state line. Ozark county, in Missouri, joined Fulton county on the state line and all of the territory that now comprises Ozark, Douglas and the west half of Howell, belonged to Ozark county and Rockbridge, its county seat, being located on Bryan's Fork of the North Fork, about 50 miles from the state line. Oregon county contained all the territory that now comprises Oregon, Shannon, and the east end of Howell; and a short time previous all of the territory that now comprises Ripley, Oregon, Carter and Shannon belonged to Ripley county; and all of the territory that now comprises Texas, Dent, Wright and Crawford counties belonged to Crawford county. The country at that time abounded in millions of deer, turkeys, bears, wolves and small animals. I remember as my father was moving west and after he had crossed White Water near what was known as Bullinger's old mill, that we could see the deer feeding on the hills in great herds like cattle, and wild turkeys were in abundance. Wild meat was so plentiful that the settlers chiefly subsisted upon the flesh of wild animals until they could grow some tame stock, such as hogs and cattle. This country then was almost a "land of honey." Bees abounded in great number and men hunted them for the profitthey derived from the beeswax. There was no such thing known as a bee moth.
Download or read book Early Settlers of Douglas County Missouri written by Bessie Janet Woods Selleck and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Douglas County, Missouri with genealogy, births, and settlers.
Download or read book A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas written by William Monks and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Settlers of Douglas County written by Bessie J. Sellick and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County Illinois written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas written by William Monks and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas is a work by William Monks. It details the early settlements, the civil war and other phenomena related to those times.
Download or read book Douglas County Missouri in 1860 written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri s Little Dixie written by R. Douglas Hurt and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Missouri has strong cultural ties to the Upper South and major economic links to the Deep South, most historians have focused their agricultural studies on states other than Missouri. In Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri's Little Dixie, Douglas Hurt provides the first systematic study of agriculture and rural life in one of the most vital sections of Missouri prior to the Civil War. This seven-county area along the Missouri River known as Little Dixie was the most important hemp-, tobacco-, and live-stock-producing region of the state, as well as a major slaveholding area. The people who settled Little Dixie had emigrated primarily from Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. They brought southern culture with them and adapted it to their new environment economically, socially, and politically. Although the settlers began as subsistence farmers, unlimited opportunities and access by river to New Orleans and St. Louis made commercial farming possible almost immediately. Hurt provides the reader with a broad discussion of land acquisition, settlement, and town development in the region. He surveys the major agricultural endeavors of the southerners who settled there, considering technological change, agricultural organization, breed improvement, and transportation. Hurt also traces the development of rural life, emphasizing the importance of religion, education, and mercantile activities. Slavery permeated all aspects of society in Little Dixie. Hurt discusses the acquisition and sale of slaves, their management, and the political protection of slavery, and he relates the significance of slavery in Little Dixie to the Deep South. One of his most important findings concerns theextensive trade of slave children in Little Dixie. Farmers and planters, driven by the struggle for profit, supported both slavery and the Union. Consequently, political division in the state mirrored the national debate over slavery but also showed the uniqueness of Missouri, both geographically and culturally. This book will prove useful for anyone interested in American agricultural history, the economic and social history of the Upper South, and Missouri. Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri's Little Dixie provides a much-needed overview of the region's past.
Download or read book Douglas County Landowners written by Douglas County Historical Society (Missouri) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Maps of Douglas County Missouri Deluxe Edition written by Gregory A. Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 344 pages with 77 total maps Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Douglas County, Missouri, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries. Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds. The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s. What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . . 6675 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map) 70 Cemeteries plus . . . Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc. What YEARS are these maps for? Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued: DecadeParcel-count 1840s11 1850s376 1860s149 1870s855 1880s795 1890s3049 1900s1096 1910s333 1920s6 What Cities and Towns are in Douglas County, Missouri (and in this book)? Ann, Arden, Arno, Ava, Basher, Bertha, Biggs (historical), Blanche, Brushyknob, Bryant, Buckhart, Champion, Cheney, Coldspring, Cross Roads, Denlow, Depew, Dogwood, Drury, Evans, Fielden, Filer, Gentryville, Girdner, Goodhope, Goodville, Granada, Hale Crossing, Hebron, Hest, Hilo (historical), Holtville, Jackson Mill, Johns Mills (historical), Larissa, Merritt, Midway, Mount Zion, Olathia, Old Merritt, Omba (historical), Ongo, Osborn Crossing, Prior, Red Bank, Richville, Rippee (historical), Rome, Roosevelt, Roy, Sedan (historical), Silverton, Smallett, Squires, Sweden, Tedrick (historical), Tigris, Topaz, Vanzant, Vera Cruz, Witty, Zenda
Download or read book Early Settlers of Dougls County Missouri written by Bessie J. Selleck and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Douglas County Missouri 1900 Federal Census written by Maxine Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Douglas County Missouri in 1860 written by Nancie Todd Weber and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
