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HISTORY
OF
Clinton and Caldwell Counties MISSOURI
CLINTON COUNTY by CARRIE POLK JOHNSTON and CALDWELL COUNTY by W. H. S. McGLUMPHY
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 Topeka-Indianapolis
UPB
PREFATORY
Clinton county is nearing the close of her first century of life. The campfires of the Indians have long since died out, around which they breathed and lived their unrecorded stories. The embers of a thousand ' fires have long ago mingled with the elements of a changing earth.
The red man of the forest raised his magnificent form from the cheer- ing air of his camp, sensed the coming. changes, and turned his soft moccasin toward the going down of the sun. The Indian's highest luxury was less than the white man's direst need, so generations of toil spent in development of the country's natural resources, and in inventions and their adaptation, have not yet satisfied the ambitions and ever increasing desires of the supplanter.
There are a few still living who are intimately linked with the very early days, and this offers an opportunity of showing them appreciation and respect for what they have done in the shifting of the old scenes for the new. There are those who have gone down in the struggle, who wrought well for us while they lived, and who ever pointed us to the com- ing of a better day. These names we delight to memorialize as sacred chapters in our county's life. There are the very young and those unborn to whom we would leave marks of the old trails of our ancestors, that they may better understand and appreciate the many struggles with adversity, and the tastes of joy after victory, felt and known in the process of bring- ing in the new day.
It is forty-one years since the former history was written, and that generation has seen more of invention and of destruction, more of plenty and more of want, more of war and more of efforts toward peace than any period of twice its duration since the world began, and Clinton county has felt the joys and pangs of it all.
To bring this story to you has been my honest endeavor in the prepa- ration of this work.
CARRIE POLK JOHNSTON.
The writing of a history of a county such as Caldwell is not an easy task. Out of the great mass of material at hand must be selected that which appeals to the writer as being of the most importance when the scope of the work is considered. A great deal has been omitted from this work that might have been included with propriety, and, indeed, some might have been omitted that has been given place here and not have marred this narrative to any great extent.
It would have been a pleasure to the writer to have taken more time in gathering the data and going more into detail, but the space would not permit this and I give this to the public as the best I could do under exist- ing circumstances. I am aware that I have omitted many things that should have been included, but have done so only because such matters have not been called to my attention and not from any desire to suppress anything that should appear herein.
This writer is indebted to many former writers and to a number of individuals of the present day for facts herein stated, and much new material will be found on these pages which has never before appeared in connection with a history of Caldwell county.
The fact that Caldwell county was my home for more than thirty- five years, where I grew from boyhood to manhood, was honored by the citizens with county office, and where I have many life-long friends, is sufficient reason that I should endeavor to put forth my best efforts in this narrative. My only wish is that it might have been better for the annals of Caldwell county should be well preserved.
Cameron, Mo., Sept. 15, 1922.
W. H. S. McGLUMPHY.
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INDEX
Adams, Andrew 360
Adams, David C. 513
Adams, John M. 401
Adams, R. J. 615
Allen, John R.
796
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Althouse, A. J. 333
Althouse, John H. 378
Anderson, J. Hall 420+
Armstrong, John
523
Arnote, John P.
726
Atchison, B. A. 501
Atchison, L. M.
746
Atkinson, E. T.
380
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Bainter, H. L. 570
Baker, Chauncey L. 596
Barnard, Philip
738
Barron, Thomas
483
Baskett, Charles T.
755
Bauer, Theodore
426
Bauman, Nicholas
399
Beals, Ira D. 560 1
Belcher, L. A. 435
Bennett, H. L.
589
Bennett, John L.
381
Bennett, R. W.
588
Biggerstaff, C. A.
781
Binstead, Perry J. 428
Blacketer, Louis F.
636
Blair, Willard F.
461
Bland, W. A. 752
Booth, Herbert R. 567
Boutwell, Enos E. 579
Bowers, John
678
Bowman, Marcus L.
480
Boyd, J. T. 618
Boyer, B. A. 430
Bozarth, Alfred C. 792
Bozarth, Claude 629 1
Bradford, John C. 770
Brawner, Birch
533
Brawner, Clifton M.
528
Brawner, John H. 535
Brawner, Lloyd
534
Brawner, Luther N. 530
Brawner Serum Company 560
Brawner, Thomas M.
531
Braymer, George V. 699
Braymer, George W., Jr 708
Breckenridge, Adam C. 768
Briggs, Napoleon B. 669
Brooks, F. C. 377
Brown, Elias Asa 791
Brown, Frank P. 794
Brown, Harold
432
Brown, J. Hiram 445
Brown, James A. 545
Brown, William P. 828
Bryan, George C. 498
Bryant, J. F. 593
Buchanan, Frank 687
Budlong, George N. 507
Burns, Ellis
609
Byers, Edward N. 762
Carpenter, L. B. 804
Cash, V. V.
407
Cater, R. E. 357
Chapman, J. N.
462
Chenoweth, Benjamin M.
524
Clark, James M.
546
Clay, Simon T.
336
Coleman, John P. 804
Collins, Frank 756
Connor, Herbert W. 608
Connor, Levi B.
580
Conkey, W. P.
484
Cook, R. C.
475
Corn, Silas H.
345
Conrad, Henry C.
624
Courtney, William P.
801
Cousins, Lumber Company, The
371
Cowley, John H.
409
Cox, H. A.
599
Cox, John D., Jr
356
Cox, Thurston
716
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
Crawford, C. O. 696
Creamer, Fannie P. 451
Crunk, De Moss 756
Cullen, Richard J.
344
Cummings, Albert C.
504
Ellis, J. N'.
364
Else, Edward H. 657
Entrikin, Samuel L. 546
Estabrook, Elery
692
Estabrook, Wilson 692
Estes, William M. 690
Evans, Charles H. 537
Evans, George
677
Evans, James A. 537
Fagin, Albert C. 515
Fagin, Grase K. 832
Fagin, I. Delbert 829
499
Diddle, James W.
671
Diddle, John T.
670
Dildine, J. C.
382
Dillon, S. G. 780
Ditmars, James K. 776
Ditmars, Frank 500
Divelbiss, Calvin L. 788
Divelbiss, James S.
631
Divelbiss, Samuel
449
Dixon, E. W. 803
Dixon, L. V.
803
Doak, E. E.
773
Dodge, Silas
735
Doherty, Joe T.
753
Dolan, Floyd H.
806
Dole, Frank H.
586
Dole, Freeman 586
Doll, Ernest E. 572
Donaldson, S. J. 663
Dougherty, Benjamin F. 508
Douglass, George B. 551
Douglass, John W.
541
Duncan, Horace B.
758
Eames, James McA. 547
Earl, J. T. 625
Edwards, Walter 585
Egbert, William T.
383
Eichler, Henry
642
Ellenberger, George H.
691
Ellenberger, George W. 548
Ellenberger, Henry 725
Elliott, J. I. 622
Ellis, F. B. 476
Ellis, J. Breckenridge 568
Culver, Paul M.
5.52
Daley, Lyle M. 571
Darby, Edwin F. 348
David, Clarence E.
795
David, Oakley R.
545
Davis, Joseph H.
806
Deam, Wilson S.
712
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Decker, E. J. 406 1 I
Deems, J. E.
780
Denison, John
653
Des Mond, H. E.
478
Fallis, G. W.
Farrar, S. F.
697
Field, Andrew 646
Fiddick, Thomas 362
Fitzgerald, Thomas 424
Foley, John T., Jr. 733
Ford, C. Everett
361
Forsen, William 503
Frost, B. F. 805
Frost, I. A. 732
Frost, L. L.
576
Frost, Sidney D.
610
Fry, Leonard
436
Fry, A. P.
474
Funkhouser, Joel 745
Gall, Fred 496
Gall, John H. 830
Gartside, J. E. 558
Gibson, Fred C. 592
Glick, M. M. 582
Glossip, Matt J. 417
Golden, Dennis 437
Golden, John P. 443
Goll, John G. 822
Goodrich, N. S.
340
Gray, William M. 693
Greaves, R. S. 544
Green, Ben H. 686
Greene, Clarence A. 410
Greenawaldt, J. B. 729
Greenwood, Joseph
627
Dewalt, John M. 606
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
Gregg, Harry L. 684
Grimes, William M. 446
Haddon, Martin W.
460
Hale, A. B.
396
Hales, Charles H. 771
Hall, J. H.
626
Harding, Samuel
415
Harlow, Willard
482
Harper, J. W.
412
Harris, Suzan Z.
349
Hartell, A. C.
489
Harter, J. R.
372
Harter, W. A.
455
Hartigan, Michael E.
388
Hawks, F. A.
600
Haworth, William O.
598
Heath, James 722
Heflin, Charles E.
366
Heisler, S. C.
748
Henderson, J. A.
490
Henderson, Thomas
A.
439
Henderson, William
824
Henkins, Sherman
688
Henry, William 368
Hewitt, William S. 637
Hicks, Bernice M. 397 1
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Hicks, Stephen P.
577
Hinson, A. 668
1 Hoddle, William G. 647
Holland, Charles H. 760
Hootman, Seth
353
Horn, E. S.
750
Houghton, A. L.
574
Houghton, J. S.
742
`Houghton, James 632
Houghton, Joab
790
Houghton, John
405
Houghton, W. J.
812
Houghton, William
831
Howard, Albert
563
Howell, W. E. 403
Hudson, Richard L. 391
Hufft, Allen M.
535
Hufft, David H.
472
Hufft, Edwin E.
757
Hughes, Price E.
817
Hussey, Walter F. G.
761
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Jackson, H. A.
497
Jackson, Squire 715
James, John M. 710
Johnson, Crosby C.
562
Johnson, W. S. B. F.
728
Johnson, J. T. 620
Johnston, John O.
555
Jones, Charles E.
520
Jones, Ora F.
575
Karr, James M. 694
Keefe, Eugene
672
Keily, D.
486
Keller, Conrad C.
432
Keller, R. M.
786
Keller, W. M.
444 .
Kelly, John 810
Kendrick, Robert E.
793
Kennedy, Edward
811
Kerr, C. F.
607
Kester, Everett
386
Kimsey, John T. 509
King, Bennett B. 421
Kimes, W. H.
365
Kinne, Jason 584
Kinne, Marshall B. 583
Kinne, Ira R.
585
Kirkpatrick, Miles S.
639
Koch, Jeremiah A.
772
Lane, Frank 821
Laws, Walter 787
Leibrandt, C. A.
334
Leuders, Harold H.
758
Lewis, J. M. 425
Lewis, James L. 799
Lewis, William
481
Long, George W. 384
Longfield, Fred J.
516
Lowe, William McK.
514
Luce, Fred E.
369
Lukens, W. J.
666
McAdoo, J. H. 369
McAfee, William
564
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McBeath, J. K.
459
McBeath, R. W.
621
McClean, C. F.
779
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HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
McCray, Andrew F. 658
McCray, C. Frank 814
McCray, Friend 819
Mccullough, L. W. 739
McIntyre, H. B.
578
McIntyre, O. O. 833
McKee, William S.
532
Mckenzie, A. J.
714
McMurtrey, Charles T.
434
McPherson, George L. 411
McPherson, H. H.
441
McQuerry, David T.
765
McWilliams, Edmond 473
McWilliams, I. L.
486
McWilliams, S. L. 486
Manville, Oscar R.
473
Marsh, Hugh M.
766
Matchett, Edgar G. 612
Merryman, E. A. 601
Michael, D. Wayne
652
Michael, John N.
665
Middaugh, William
602
Middaugh, William S. 782
Miller, A. E.
467
Momyer, Perry F. 799
Moore, John T.
720
Mooreshead, George 628
Morgan, J. L.
619
Morris, Joseph
641
Morris, Richard
644
Mount, John 651
Mumpower, Lucian J. 723
Munsell, John N. 337
Murray, James C.
823
Musser, R. H.
477
Myers, Bernard L.
402
Myers, Eliza C.
709
Nelson, H. F. 502
Nevitt, James A. 730
Newby, Charles B. 797
Newby, T. S.
491
Nickols, Harvey
674
Norton, Robert J. 494
O'Brien, John 798
Ogan, C. E. 740
Oldfield, Albert N. 591
Orr, Henry C. 493
Osborn, V. D. 418
Otto, A. D. 483
Otto, Charles 737
Otto, Frank M. 466
Packard, Herbert M. 393
Paddock, C. E. 777
Parks, William D. 504
Parr, James
450
Parrish, J. F. 404
Parsons, William W. 538
Pawsey, Frederic
595
Peirce, Benjamin F. 717
Pickett, Robert A.
416
Pittman, Martin 695
Phares, James 655
Phillips, David
820
Phillips, Max W. 689
Plummer, R. B. 400
Plummer, Thomas 809
.
Poe, Curtis
749
Poland, J. Foster 351
Pollard, William M. 825
Porter, Camp. B. 418
Porter, S. S. 785
Potter, Fred J. 511
1 Powell, H. F. 452
Powell, Rolla S.
808
Pringle, James M.
373
Puckett, G. A.
566
Quell, Lewis
419
Quigley, W. E.
826
Railsback, William A.
590
Rathbun, John 703
Rathburn, Samuel 707
Ream, Jesse
463
Reed, Thomas A. 376
Rhea, Charles A.
774
Riley, Emanuel S.
529
Roberts, C. P. 1 679
Rogers, Elwood 640
Rogers, Eugene D.
1
522
Russell, J. B. 358
Rutledge, C. E.
372
Rutledge, M. P.
372
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
Sackman, G. F. 662
Sackman, G. W. 604
Sackman, Homer B. 741
Sackman, James E. 629
Street, Benjamin B. 702
Saunders, George W.
454
Strope, W. K.
611
Stubbelfield, Guy
676
Stubblefield, Seth
561
Stucker, C. N. 408
Stuckey, Samuel L. 456
Swartz, Isaac A. 661
Swearinger, J. S. J. 422
Sweem, C. D. 390
Sweem, Floyd T. 415
Swindler, G. W. 719
Swope, James A. 429
Tait, Mackie D. 633
Taylor, George W. 370
Teaney, James M. 557
Temple, Cyrenus
594
Theilmann, John
458
Thompson, S. D. 352
Thompson, J. Roy 724
Thomson, Frederick M. 616
Thomson, Sidney
664
Thornton, James O. 565
Thorp, George H. 783
Thurman, R. L. 479
Tippit, John W. 737
Todd, James J. 683
Toomay, E. 660
Toomay, James W. 704
Totzke, Henry A. 433 1
Totzke, John W.
433
Trimble, M. J. 743
Trumbo, Charles W.
617
Tucker, O. W.
815
Tunison, Harry E.
389
Van Olinda, John D. 656
Van Winkle, Cassius M.
525
Virtue, Thomas S.
614
Snyder, E. W. 784
Snyder, Walter F. 731
Stanton, Sidney M. 506
Steele, Edwin S. 394
Stillwell, A. E. 630
Stipe, R. J.
495
Stoffle, Dan C. 623 .
Stone, Le Gran 721
Stoner, G. W. 342
Stonum, John O. 529
Scearce, Charles L. 800
Scearce, James H. 427
Scearce, S. Allen 487
Schleicher, John 457
Schoenfeld, Otto E. 523
Schuster, George C.
512
Scott, Eugene McC.
543
Scott, John B. 517
Seaton, Benjamin M. 374
Seaton, William A.
763
Sellars, Joseph A. 540
Shaney, John S.
587
Shaver, R. A. 468
Shaw, George W.
438
Shinn, Thomas J.
464
Shirk, B. F. 802
Shively, George W.
680
Shoemaker, E. L. 392
Shoemaker, Samuel B. 784
Shouse, Z. Taylor 813
Shrewsberry, Charles S. 527
Shrewsbury, George N. 539
Shrum, Lee 812
Shrum, Samuel S. 701
Shumate, John S. 685
Silvius, William A. 789
Sims, Anna Lee
470
Sims, John H. 469
Sloan, Mathew D.
603
Sloan, S. J. 379
Sloan, W. G. 343
Smith, Benjamin F. 816
Smith, John M. 818
Smith, L. C.
573
Smylie, Hugh
581
Snodgrass, J. A. 654
Snodgrass, Marion 442
Wadley, Francis M. 698
Waggoner, William J. 681
Walker, Joshua B. 550
Ward, C. I. 775
Ward, Charles F.
754
Watson, C. E.
395
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
Watson Evlyn S. 385
Watson, William O. 387
Weckman, F. J. 745
Wiser, Milton 526
Welker, Norman 635
Wolf, William H. 759
Wells, George
713
Wolford, William E. 659
Wells, John
675
Woodward, M. J. 477
Wheeler, J. D. 706
Whitman, Roswell F. 413
Widmier, John
648
Wightman, Fred
488
Wright, William H.
807
Wilhoit, William M. 448
Wilkins, Smiley
764
Young, Edward E. 551
Williams, Frank M.
613
Young, T. M. 747
Young, Thomas J.
440
Williams, Thomas J.
536
Williams, Thomas R.
705
Wilson, Don R.
744
Zook, H. M.
597
Zook, W. O.
559
Wilson, John A.
767
Winn, B. F. 751
Winn, Emmett 485
Woolsey, Cardinal B. 645
Woolsey, Napoleon B. 649
Word, William 827
Young, William C. 505
Williams, O. P. 492
PART I. CONTENTS CLINTON COUNTY
CHAPTER I. ABORIGINES OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
INDIAN TRIBES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI-EASTERN TRIBES-WARFARE AMONG INDIAN TRIBES-THE MISSOURIS-THE OSAGES, SACS, FOXES AND IOWAS- AMONG THE WHITES-POTTAWATTOMIES-KICKAPOOS-REMINISCENT OF INDIANS ..
CHAPTER II. LOCATION AND ENVIRONMENT.
CLINTON COUNTY TAKEN FROM CLAY-NAMED IN HONOR OF DEWITT CLINTON- INDIAN RESERVATION ON THE WEST-NO RIVER FRONTAGE-LACK OF RIVER TRANSPORTATION IN THE EARLY DAYS-REMOVAL OF INDIANS TO THE WEST-ORIGIN OF THE NAME MISSOURI-THE MISSOURI RIVER-STATE- HOOD-PLATTE PURCHASE AND CLINTON COUNTY-TREATY WITH THE INDIANS.
CHAPTER III. NATURAL RESOURCES.
RESOURCES AS THE PIONEER FOUND THEM-OPPORTUNITIES-COAL-BRICK- CLAY-STONE-OIL.
CHAPTER IV. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY AND TOWNSHIPS.
ACT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY-SEAT OF JUSTICE-REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS- APPOINTMENT OF FIRST OFFICERS COURT PROCEEDINGS-SALE OF LOTS- . ORGANIZATION OF ORIGINAL TOWNSHIPS-SHOAL TOWNSHIP-PLATTE-LA- FAYETTE-LATHROP-CONCORD-ATCHISON-JACKSON-CLINTON-HARDIN.
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
CHAPTER V. EARLY SETTLERS.
JOHN LIVINGSTON-POLE CABIN- HUNTING-GEORGE SMITH-DESCENDANTS OF PIONEERS-OLD LOG CHURCH.
CHAPTER VI. CITIES AND TOWNS.
CAMERON - PLATTSBURG - LATHROP - GOWER - OSBORN - TURNEY - PERRIN -GRAYSON-CONVERSE-HEMPLE-OTHER TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
CHAPTER VII.
CHURCHES.
RURAL CHURCH LIFE-LARGE RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS-PLATTSBURG CHRISTIAN CHURCH-PLATTSBURG METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH-SAINT ANN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH-LATHROP CHRISTIAN CHURCH-WALNUT GROVE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN-EBENEZER CHURCH-OLD ROUND PRAIRIE CHURCH-METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
CHAPTER VIII.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF CLINTON COUNTY IN 1922-EARLY RURAL SCHOOLS-SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOLS-FIRST TEACHERS-WOMEN TEACHERS- PLATTSBURG COLLEGE-PLATTSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS-LATHROP SCHOOLS -- GOWER HIGH SCHOOL-MISSOURI WESLEYAN COLLEGE-ST. BRENDAN'S SCHOOL.
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
CHAPTER IX. TRANSPORTATION.
OVERLAND STAGE COACH-PONY EXPRESS-ST. JOSEPH THE TERMINAL-THE FIRST TRAIN-OTHER STAGE ROUTES-CALIFORNIA TRAIL-RAILROADS- MOTOR VEHICLES-AIRPLANES.
CHAPTER X. AGRICULTURE.
PRAIRIE AND TIMBERLAND-PRICE OF LAND-BLUE STEM GRASS-KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS-SQUIRE DUCOIN'S BLUE GRASS-WHEAT AND OATS-CORN- CORN AS MONDAMIN-EVOLUTION OF THE FARM RESIDENCE-FARM HOMES DECREASING IN NUMBER-TIMBER VERSUS PRAIRIE-SHORTHORN ASSOCIA- TION-FUNKHOUSER HERD-JAMES A. FUNKHOUSER-ANTI-HOG CHOLERA SERUM-DAIRYING-POULTRY-FARM BUREAU-THE OLD FARMER TO HIS WIFE. 1
CHAPTER XI. THE BENCH AND BAR.
FIRST CIRCUIT JUDGE-DAVID R. ATCHISON-OTHER CIRCUIT JUDGES-THE EAR- LIEST PRACTITIONERS-OTHER EARLY LAWYERS-PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE BAR.
CHAPTER XII. THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD.
POLITICAL EXCITEMENT OF 1860-THE CLINTON COUNTY VOTE-THE UNION AND SECESSION ELEMENT-PUBLIC SENTIMENT-RESOLUTIONS-LEADING SPIR- ITS-ACTIVITY OF LOCAL MEN-ORGANIZATION OF TROOPS-CLINTON COUNTY TROOPS IN THE WAR-ARREST OF JUDGE BIRCH-THE KILLING OF CAPTAIN JOHN REED AND REVEREND PAYNE-QUANTRELL'S BAND.
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
CHAPTER XIII.
WORLD WAR.
UNITED STATES ENTERS THE WORLD WAR-CLINTON COUNTY RESPONDS-MEN WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY AND NAVY FROM CLINTON COUNTY-RED CROSS NURSES-LIST OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE-"OUR SOLDIER DEAD."
CHAPTER XIV. ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR-THE REBEKAHS-WOMEN'S CEMETERY IM- PROVEMENT LEAGUE-P. O. E .- THE LATHROP COMMERCIAL CLUB-RED CROSS.
CHAPTER XV. CLINTON COUNTY STATISTICS.
CHAPTER XVI.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PLATTSBURG CHAUTAUQUA ASSOCIATION-FIRST BICYCLE-FASHIONS FIGURE IN HISTORY.
PART II. CONTENTS CALDWELL COUNTY
CHAPTER I.
TOPOGRAPHY AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
LOCATION-PROPORTION OF PRAIRIE AND TIMBER LAND-STREAMS AND DRAIN- AGE-CROPS PRODUCED-FRUIT-SURFACE AND SOIL-TIMBER ALONG STREAMS-LAND VALUES-RURAL AND TOWN LIFE.
CHAPTER II. NATURAL RESOURCES.
FERTILITY OF SOIL-SEASONS-DIVERSITY OF CROPS-IMPROVEMENTS IN METH- ODS OF CULTIVATION-RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT-FINANCIAL CONDITIONS -COAL-CLAY-QUARRIES-UNDEVELOPED RESOURCES.
CHAPTER III. EXPLORATIONS.
DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD -. THE LURE OF ADVENTURE AND GOLD-PONCE DE LEON-FERNANDO DE SOTO-CORONADO-FATHER MARQUETTE-LA- SALLE-SPANISH AND FRENCH POSSESSIONS-DE BOURGEMONT.
CHAPTER IV. LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
SPANISH SOVEREIGNTY-TREATY OF ILDEFONSO-FRENCH POSSESSIONS-NAPO- LEON'S PLANS-MONROE AND LIVINGSTON NEGOTIATE PURCHASE-ORGANI- ZATION OF TERRITORY-UPPER LOUISIANA-FIRST GOVERNOR-TERRITORY · DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS-INDIAN CLAIMS-ADMISSION OF MISSOURI-CALD- WELL COUNTY ORGANIZED.
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
CHAPTER V.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
FIRST HUT NEAR KINGSTON-FIRST TOWN ESTABLISHED-HUNTERS AND TRAP- PERS-EMIGRANTS ARRIVE-ABUNDANCE OF GAME-GOVERNMENT SURVEY -FIRST LAND ENTRY-FIRST SETTLER-OTHER EARLY SETTLERS-FIRST LAND CULTIVATED-A LIST OF FIRSTS.
CHAPTER VI. ORGANIZATION OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
ORGANIZED IN 1836-THE LOCATIONS OF MORMONS-TROUBLE IN JACKSON COUNTY-THEIR SETTLEMENT IN CLAY AND CALDWELL COUNTIES-MOR- MONS LOCATE IN CALDWELL COUNTY.
CHAPTER VII. FAR WEST.
MORMONS LOCATE COUNTY SEAT HERE-PLAN THE GRAND TEMPLE-MORMON HEADQUARTERS-FIRST HOUSE IN FAR WEST-MANY MORMONS MAKE THEIR HOMES HERE- GROWTH OF FAR WEST-FIRST POST OFFICE-NEWS- PAPER ESTABLISHED.
CHAPTER VIII. STORM CLOUDS APPEAR.
HOSTILITY TO MORMONS-MORMONS AND GENTILES CLASH-MORMONS' ATTITUDE STATED-ELECTION RIOTS-PREPARATIONS OF WAR.
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
CHAPTER IX. THE MORMON WAR.
SAINTS ORDERED TO FAR WEST-TROUBLE IN OTHER COUNTIES-CAPTAIN SAM- UEL BOUGART'S COMPANY-THE FIGHT ON CROOKED RIVER-ITS EFFECT - GOVERNOR BOGGS' ORDERS TO GENERAL CLARK-MOBILIZATION OF TROOPS-HAUN'S MILL-OPPOSING FORCES-CASUALTIES-ACTIVITY ON GRAND RIVER-CENTER OF CONFLICT.
CHAPTER X. THE FALL OF FAR WEST.
EFFECT OF HAUN'S MILL AFFAIR-FAR WEST SURROUNDED BY TROOPS-GEN- ERAL LUCAS' DEMANDS-SURRENDER OF MORMONS-PRISONERS TAKEN- COURT MARTIAL FINDINGS-GENERAL DONIPHAN'S ATTITUDE-GENERAL CLARK'S ADDRESS-JOSEPH SMITH AND OTHERS IMPRISONED.
CHAPTER XI. MORMON EVACUATION.
GOVERNOR BOGGS INTERVIEWED-MORMONS BANISHED FROM THE STATE-"DIS- SENTERS"-RETURN OF THE TWELVE-FAR WEST A DESERTED VILLAGE- A MEMORY.
CHAPTER XII. RECONSTRUCTION.
GENTILE SETTLERS PUBLIC LANDS-ABANDONED FARMS-"SMOKED" TITLES- COUNTY SEAT REMOVED TO KINGSTON-WATER MILLS-TRADING POINTS AND PRICES-EARLY RELIGIOUS SERVICES- "LOG CABIN CAMPAIGN"- KINGSTON LAID OUT AND LOTS SOLD.
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
CHAPTER XIII. MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS-1843-1860.
COUNTY RECORDS REMOVED TO KINGSTON-THE MILITIA-MEXICAN WAR-GOLD FEVER-BUILDING OF RAILROADS-SLAVERY QUESTION AGITATED.
CHAPTER XIV. BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR.
ELECTION OF 1860-SECESSION SENTIMENT-"STARS AND BARS" RAISED AT BRECKENRIDGE-GENERAL ORDER No. I-COMPANY DRILLED AT KINGSTON -UNION MEN ORGANIZE-BATTLE OF BLUE MILLS LANDING-CAPTAIN JOHN- SON'S COMPANY-OTHER COMPANIES-TRAGEDIES OF THE WAR.
CHAPTER XV. EVENTS OF CIVIL WAR, CONTINUED.
PARTY FACTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES-RAID OF THRAILKILL AND TAYLOR- MAJOR COX IN PURSUIT-THE JAMES BOYS-LOSS OF COUNTY FUNDS-BACK TO PEACE.
CHAPTER XVI. RECONSTRUCTION AND PASSING EVENTS.
REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEAT PROPOSED-PROPOSAL TO BUILD A RAILROAD-COURT HOUSE BURNED-PRESENT COURT HOUSE-JAIL-COUNTY FARM-BRIDGES AND ROADS-SCHOOL FUND-HAMILTON AND KINGSTON RAILROAD BUILT- MODERN CONVENIENCES.
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
CHAPTER XVII. A CHAPTER OF TRAGEDIES.
FIRST MURDER OF COUNTY-MURDER OF OSTER-JUDGE STEEL KILLED-MEM- BERS OF THRAILKILL BAND KILLED- TRAGEDIES OF THE CIVIL WAR- TRAGEDIES SINCE THE WAR-EXECUTION OF ALBERT FILLEY.
CHAPTER XVIII. TOWNSHIPS.
KINGSTON - HAMILTON - BRECKENRIDGE - DAVIS - MIRABILE-GOWER-NEW YORK-FAIRVIEW-LINCOLN-KIDDER-GRANT-ROCKFORD.
CHAPTER XXIV.
MISCELLANEOUS.
POPULATION OF CITIES AND TOWNS POPULATION BY TOWNSHIPS-CALDWELL COUNTY MEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED DISTINCTION ELSEWHERE-THE OUTLOOK.
CHAPTER XX. CHURCHES REPRESENTED.
FIRST RELIGIOUS SERVICES-METHODISTS-M. E. CHURCH SOUTH-PRESBYTERIAN -BAPTISTS-CHRISTIAN-MISCELLANEOUS CHURCHES.
HISTORY OF CLINTON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
CHAPTER XXI. COUNTY OFFICIALS.
REPRESENTATIVES-PRESIDING JUDGES COUNTY COURT-JUDGES WESTERN DIS- TRICT-JUDGES EASTERN DISTRICT-PROBATE JUDGES CLERKS CIRCUIT COURT-CLERKS COUNTY COURT-RECORDERS OF DEEDS-TREASURERS- SHERIFFS-PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS-COUNTY COLLECTORS-COUNTY AS- SESSORS-PRESENT OFFICIALS.
CHAPTER XXII. THE WORLD WAR.
EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF WAR-VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF WAR WORK-PROCLA- MATION OF REGISTRATION-LOCAL BOARD APPOINTED-REGISTRATION- FIRST QUOTA-"SAMMY BOY"-FIRST TO ENTER THE SERVICE-FOLLOWING QUOTAS THE HERO DEAD-LIST OF MEN WHO ENTERED THE SERVICE FROM CALDWELL COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE RED CROSS.
CHAPTERS ORGANIZED-OFFICERS-WORK OF CHAPTERS AND AUXILIARIES- CHAPTER OFFICERS-CHAIRMAN OF STANDING COMMITTEE-AUDITING COMMITTEE-THE RED CROSS IN TIME OF PEACE-OTHER WAR ACTIVITIES.
CHAPTER XVIX.
CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
HAMILTON - KINGSTON - BRAYMER - POLO - KIDDER - NETTLETON - MIRA- BILE-MISCELLANEOUS TOWNS-"THE G. A. R."
ILLUSTRATIONS
Adams, Andrew
360
Althouse, A. J.
333
Bowman, Marcus L. and Family
480
Brawner, C. M.
528
Brawner Serum Company, The.
560
Breckenridge, City Park
320
Breckenridge, Public School
320
Brown, Harold
432
Caldwell County Court House
225
Cameron Telephone Company
352
Chautauqua Grounds, Plattsburg
80
Clay, S. T.
336
Connor, Herbert W. and Family
608
Connor, John
608
Connor, Mrs. John
608
Conrad, H. C., Sr.
624
Conrad, Mrs. H. C., Sr.
624
Conrad, H. C. Family
624
Conrad Home Place
624
Court House, Clinton County
80
Cullen, Richard J.
344
Culver, Paul M.
552
Ellis, J. Breckenridge
568
Fitzgerald, Thomas
424
Fountain, City Park, Cameron
88
Frost, L. L.
576
Gall, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
496
Gibson, Fred C.
592
Gibson, Mrs. Fred C.
592
Greaves, Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
544
Hamilton High School
225
Hamilton, Main Street
288
Hawks, F. A.
600
Hawks Motor Company
601
Henry, William
368
Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. James
632
Hufft, David H.
472
Johnston, Carrie Polk
65
Jones, C. F.
520
Keefe, Eugene
672
Kidder Institute
136
Kinne, Jason
584
Kinne, Mrs. Jason
584
Lathrop High School
128
Long, Mr. and Mrs. George W.
384
McGlumphy, W. H. S.
193
Missouri Wesleyan College
136
North Missouri Fair Grounds
288
Parks, Mr. and Mrs. William D.
504
Pickett, Joseph H.
416
Plummer, John T.
400
Public School, Plattsburg
128
Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A
376
Rogers, Elwood
640
Rogers, Mrs. Elwood
640
Rogers, Harry L.
640
Rogers, Herbert F.
640
Rogers, Mildred Ruth
640
Schreiber, Naomi Rogers
640
Schuster, Residence of George C.
512
Shinn, Thomas J.
464
Shoemaker, E. L.
392
Soldiers' Monument, Osborn
168
Soldiers of the World War
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