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THE
HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY,
MISSOURI.
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF USEFUL INFORMATION, AND A COMPENDIUM OF ACTUAL FACTS.
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IT CONTAINS
A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND ITS CHIEF CITIES- ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH ; A RELIABLE HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY-ITS PIONEER RECORD, WAR HISTORY, RESOURCES, BIO- GRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT CITI-
ZENS ; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS OF GREAT VALUE, AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF MISCELLA- NEOUS MATTER, INCIDENTS, ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
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KANSAS CITY, MO .: BIRDSALL & DEAN. 1882.
PRESS OF MILLS & COMPANY, DES MOINES.
1339465 PREFACE.
THE purpose of the Publishers of this work is to present a concise history of Linn county,. embracing its early origin and its steady rise and progress, from the wilderness to its presen t. high state of civilization and cultivation. The chief uses of history are the lessons it teaches, and the every day occurrences of life should be garnished and cherished for future ages. The institutions of a people form a basis from which spring all their characteristics, and the progress and development of Linn county is a fair index of the character of her people, and the basis upon which their culture, refinement, social life, and energy must be taken or- gauged. This history, then, is but a reflex of the past local life of Linn county. It has been collected from official sources, from files of newspapers and from individuals, and to this last, the living members of the old band of Pioneers, who opened the wilderness to Christianity and civilization, is the writer deeply beholden, and would tender his sincere thanks to their un- wearied interest taken in the work, and to the great mass of useful information which they have so freely contributed. They have hewn and carved out a Grand Temple of Civilization, founded upon an enduring base, and the present and future generations must add to the structure, and see to it that its present grandeur shall not be diinmed. And by these channels. of information, after months of exhaustive work, the HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY becomes an accomplished fact. Intelligent readers may judge how this labor has been performed, and make such allowances for errors in names and dates as may be found herein. Perfection of man is not of this world; therefore, to say that this work approached that higher degree of excellence, would savor too much of vanity; but let us say that an honest endeavor has been made to make the HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY a compendium of acknowledged facts, a useful book of reference, and worth, in all respects, the careful perusal, if not approval, of the reader.
Beside the band of "Old Pioneers," the Bartons, Southerlands, Younts, Flournoys, Esleys and others, to whom the author is indebted for much kindess and assistance in the collection of facts and incidents, which go to make up this volume, and who have contributed so freely and cheerfully to our request for history of the past, must be added, THE PRESS of Linn county, Judge Carlos Boardman, B. A. Jones, Judge John M. Pratt, F. W. Powers, Major A. W. Mullins, Thomas H. Flood, J. G. Morrison, George N. Elliott, to whom our thanks are especially due for their efficient aid hereby acknowledged.
Having, so far as it was in our power, accomplished the work to which our time and labor have been given the past six months, in the hope that this volume may meet with a cordial welcome, and, if found worthy, a generous approval, the same is respectfully submitted.
THE PUBLISHERS.
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CONTENTS.
HISTORY OF MISSOURI.
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CHAPTER I.
LOUISIANA PURCHASE .- Brief Historical Sketch ... 9-12 CHAPTER II.
DESCRIPTIVE AND GEOGRAPHICAL .-- Name-Ex- tent - Surface - Rivers - Timber-Climate- Prairies-Soil-Population by Counties ...... 13-18 CHAPTER III.
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GEOLOGY OF MISSOURI .- Classification of Rocks -Quaternary Formations-Tertiary-Cretace- ous - Carboniferous - Devonian - Silurian- Azoic-Economic Geology-Coal-Iron-Lead -- Copper - Zinc - Building Stone-Marble- Gypsum - Lime -- Clay- Paints - Springs - Water Power. 18-23
CHAPTER IV.
TITLE AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS .- Title to Mis- souri Lands -- Rights of Discovery -- Title of France and Spain -- Cession to the United States-Territorial Changes-Treaties with In- dians -- First Settlement -- Ste. Genevieve and New Bourbon-St. Louis -- When Incorpora- ted-Potosi-St. Charles -- Portage des Sioux -- New Madrid -- St. Francois County -- Perry --- Mississippi-Loutre Island-" Boon's Lick " -Cote Sans Dessien-Howard County-Some First Things-Counties -- When Organized ... 23-28
CHAPTER V.
TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION .-- Organization, 1812 -Council-House of Representatives-Wil- liam Clark, first Territorial Governor-Edward Hempstead, First Delegate-Spanish Grants- First General Assembly-Proceedings -- Second Assembly --- Proceedings-Population of Ter- ritory-Vote of Territory -- Rufus Easton- Absent Members -- Third Assembly -- Proceed- ings-Application for Admission. . 28-31
CHAPTER VI.
ADMITTED TO THE UNION .- Application of Mis- souri to be Admitted into the Union-Agita- tion of the Slavery Question-"Missouri Com- promise"-Constitutional Convention of 1820 -Constitution Presented to Congress-Fur- ther Resistance to Admission-Mr. Clay and his Committee Make Report -- Second Compro- mise-Missouri Admitted. .31-34
CHAPTER VII.
MISSOURI AS A STATE .- First Election of Governor and Other State Officers-Senators and Repre- sentatives to General Assembly -- Sheriffs and Coroners -- U. S. Senators -- Representatives in Congress -- Supreme Court Judges-Counties Organized-Capital Moved to St. Charles- Official Record of Territorial and State Offi- cers. .35-38
CHAPTER VIII.
CIVIL WAR IN MISSOURI .- Fort Sumter Fired Upon-Call for 75,000 Men-Governor Jackson Refuses to Furnish a Man-U. S. Arsenal at Liberty, Missouri, Seized-Proclamation of Governor Jackson-General Order No. 7 -- Legislature Convenes-Camp Jackson Organ-
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ized-Sterling Frice Appointed Major-general -Frost'e Letter to Lyon-Lyon's Letter to Frost-Surrender of Camp Jackson-Procla- mation of General Harney-Conference Be- tween Price and Harney-Harney Superseded by Lyon-Second Conference-Governor Jack- son Burns the Bridges Behind him-l'rucla- mation of Governor Jackson-General Blair Takes Possession of Jefferson City-Procla- mation of Lyon-Lyon at Springfield-State Offices Declared Vacant-General Fremont Assumes Command-Proclamation of Lieu- tenant-governor Reynolds-Proclamation of Jefferson Thompson and Governor Jackson- Death of General Lyon-Succeeded by Stur- gis-Proclamation of Mccullough and Gamble -Martial Law Declared-Second Proclamation of Jeff. Thompson-The President Modifies Fremont's Order-Fremont Relieved by Hun- ter-Proclamation of Price-Hunter's Order of Assessment -- Hunter Declares Martial Law- Order Relating to Newspapers-Halleck Suc- ceeds Hunter-Halleck's Order No. 81-Simi- lar Order by Halleck-Boone County Stand- ard Confiscated-Execution of Prisoners at Macon and Palmyra-General Ewing's Order No. 11-General Rosecrans takes Command- Massacre at Centralia-Death of Bill Anderson -General Dodge Succeeds General Rosecrans -List of Battles .. 39.46
CHAPTER IX.
EARLY MILITARY RECORD .- Black Hawk War- Mormon Difficulties --- Florida War -Mexican War. . 47-50
CHAPTER X.
AGRICULTURAL AND MATERIAL WEALTH .- Mis- souri as an Agricultural State -- The Different Crops -- Live Stock -- Horses-Wules --- Milch ('ows- Oxen and Other Cattle-Sheep-Hogs- Comparisons-slis-ouri Adapted to Live Stock -Cotton-Broom-corn and other Products- Fruits - Berries - Grapes -- Railroads -First Neigh of the "Iron Horse " in Missouri- Names of Railroads - Manufactures- Great Bridge at St. Louis. .50-54
CHAPTER XI.
EDUCATION .- Public School System of Missouri- Lincoln Institute-Officers of l'ublic School System-Certificates of Teachers-University of Missouri -- Schools -- Colleges-Iusti. utions of Learning -Location -- Libraries -- Newspa- pers and Periodicals-Number of chool Chil- dren-Amount Expen ed-Value of Grounds and Buildings-" The Press " .. 55-61
CHAPTER XII.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS .- Baptist Church-Its History -- Congregational - When Founded- Its History-Christian Church-Its History- Cumberland Presbyterian Church-Its History -Methodist Episcopal Church-Its History- Presbyterian Church-Its History - Protestant Episcopal Church-Its History-United Pres- byterian Church-Its History - Unitariau Church-Its History-Roman Catholic Church Its History .. 62.65
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CONTENTS.
HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS.
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ST. LOUIS. - First Settlement-Arrival of the First Steamboat-Removal of the Capital to Jeffer- son ('ity -- When Incorporated-Population by Decades-First Lighted by Gas-Death of one
of Her Founders, Pierre Chouteau-Ceme- teries-Financial Crash - Bondholders and Coupon-clippers-Value of Real and Personal Property-Manufacturers-Criticism .. ...... 66-76
HISTORY OF KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI .- A Sketch-The New Life-Its First Settlement-Steamboat Events from 1840 to 1846-Mexican War-Santa Fe Trade-Railroads-Commercial Advancement -Stock Market-Pork-packing -- Elevatorsand
Grain Receipts-Coal Receipts-Buildings- Railroad Changes - Banks - Newspapers - Churches-Secret Societies -- Public Schools- Manufacturing Center-Her Position and Trade-Assessed Valuation-Close ...... .. 77-102
HISTORY OF ST. JOSEPH.
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI .-- Early Settlements-The First Settlement at Blackstone Hills -Robi- doux-Biographical Sketch-At the Bluffs- Then at Roy's Branch and Blacksnake Hills-
1834-1836 -- Robidoux's Home-Employes-Ser- vant -- Ferry-From 1837 to 1840-Rival Towns -Wolves .. 103-128
LAWS OF MISSOURI.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION LAW .- Husband not Lia- ble -- Rights of Married Women -- Hedges Trimmed - Changing School house Sites -- Marriage License-Purchasing Books by Sub-
scription-Forms of Deeds, Leases and Mort- gages- Notes - Orders -- Receipts - Valuable Rules-Weights and Measures. .129-141
STATISTICS.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES .- By Races - Increase-Miles of Railroad in United States -Telegraph Lines and Wires -. Cotton Crop-
Coal Fields-Cereal Production-Presidential Vote from 1789 to 1880-Dates of Presidents' Births. . . 142.145
HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
CHAPTER I.
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WHEN THE WHITE MAN CAME THE RED MAN LEFT-Retrospect -The Home of the Op- pressed-Linn County - Bright Jewel-The Indian's Departure-Game -The Dawn of Civ- ilization -- Early Settlers-1820 to 1830-Indian Mischief-Indian Town-Black Hawk War- The Pendletons-Death of William-William Bowyer as a Hunter-Locust Creek Country, the Happy HI unting-grounds of the Indians- Went to Mill, etc. .149-158
CHAPTER II.
WHEN THE WILDERNESS COMMENCED TO BLOS- SOM LIKE THE ROSE-1837-Influx of Settlers -Their Homes and Trials-The First Mill -- Schools-Churches, Preachers, Teachers, and Physicians - Trading Point -- Prices of Goods -- Barter and Sale -- Country Produce-Game, Honey, etc -- Scale of Prices-Life and Inci- dents-Splitting Rails-Work of Progress- Looking Back - The Past and the Pres- ent. .158-165
CHAPTER III.
FROM PEACE TO WAR'S ALARMS-1840 to 1850- . Names of Pioneers-Schools-Death of Lewis F. Liun -- Mexican War-The Call for Troops -- Linn County in the War-Company H., List of Names -- The Close of the War-What the Wild Sea Waves Divulged on California's Golden Shore -- The Graud Rush-Gold and Silver Lying Around Loose-The Hopes of the Living, Despair of the Dying, and the Bones of the Dead -- Linu County Contributes her Quota 165-174
CHAPTER IV. PAGE.
UPWARD AND ONWARD IN MATERIAL PROGRESS -- Rapid Progress -- 1840 to 1860 Compared -- In- crease of Property and the Increase of the Tax Levy-The Set-back by the Civil War -- Shak- ing for a New Deal at the Close of the War- On the up Grade- - Repairing Broken Fortunes and Adding to New Ones-1865 to 1870 -- Organ- izing the Shattered Remains-A Tornado-A Matter of a Few Thousand Dollars on the De- linquent List -- New Road Law and How it Worked --: inn County Fair -- Its Constitution and List of Officers -- Busted -- Rodents and Bounty -- Money for the Small Boy-"Meteoric -- Murder of Willie Mckinley -- Coroner's Ver- dict- - Petition for Pardou -- Governor Critten- den's Refusal-His Reasons in Full. . . .. 175 -185
CHAPTER V.
OFFICIAL HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY-What it Was, Is, aud now Expected to Be-When or- ganized -- Act of Incorporation -- Commission- ers-Metes and Bounds-Change of Boundary Line-First County Court-Time and Place of Meeting -- Dividing the County into Town- ships-The First Tax Levy -- Location of the County Seat -- Deed of John Holland aud Wife -Named after Dr. Linn, U. S. Senator-First Sale of Lots by John D. Graut, Commission- er -- First Conrt-honse-First Ferry License -Benton Township Organized -- Election, Etc.
.185-194
CHAPTER VI.
ELECTIONS THE GLORY OF FREE INSTITUTIONS -- The First Election - The Result-Duncan
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Township. . First Defalcation. . Liberty Town- ship .. First Money Borrowed by the County .. Town Lot Fund .. Bridges .. Pleasant Hill Township .. Defalcation of J. W. Minnis Set- tled in Full .. County Treasurer Makes a Final Settlement and all O. K .. The Year 1842 Ran Behind .. Highland County .. Its Organization as to Metes and Bounds, but still under Linn County's Municipal Control .. Minor Sale of Linneus Town Lots, 1844 .. A Transfiguration .. The Reorganization of Linn County in 1845, After Sullivan Was Taken off .. Townships and Their Metes and Bounds .. 194-205
CHAPTER VII.
INTENDED AS A TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, THE NEW COURT-HOUSE. . That Miserable Structure, the "Log" Court-house .. Pride Takes Advance Steps .. $4,000 to Assert the New Dignity As- sumed by the People .. Order for the Building of a New Temple of Justice .. Bridges .. Re- ceipts and Expenditures Change of Court- house Superintendents. . First Public Admin- istrator. . Town and County .. Court-house Fin- ished, October 16, 1848 .. Good showing .. Pay- ing Back Borrowed Money, and the Interest Exceeds the Principal . Railroad Fever. . Dona- tion of $200 for the H. & N. J. Survey. . The First Primary .. The New Jail .. Another Do- nation to the H. & S. J., $500, and Right of Way Granted, Subscription, Etc .. Several Items .. Baker Township .. Enterprise Town- ship .. 1858 and 1860. 205-215
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAOS BEGAN AND LIGHT DAWNED .. . The Opening of the Fratricidal Strife. . Action of the County ('ourt .. Taxation and Collection. . Delinquent Lists .. Several Important Items .. A Cupola for the Court-house and Five Dollars a Day for the County Court Judges. . Clay Township .. Bucklin District and Township. . A Variety of Information .. The Location, Plans, and Building of the New Jail. . Cost, $8,680.26 .. Ag- ricultural Association .. The Clarkson Defalca- tion .. Items .. Financial .. Township Bond In- debtedness .. Offer of compromise .. Address to the People by the Committee .. How it Stands January 1, 1882 .. The Tax Levy and Cost and Collection for a Series of Years .. Linn County Bonded Debt. 216-236
CHAPTER IX.
SOIL, CLIMATE, AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL RE- SOURCES OF LINN COUNTY -Introductory- ยท Central Position-Topography-Streams-Cli- mate-Soil and Productions-Coal - Stone- Fruit-growing-Variety-Berries, Kinds, Etc. -Statistics-Leading Crops-Corn, Oats, To- bacco, and Wheat-The Crops of 1879 -Assess- ment of 1879, 1880, and 1881-Number of Horses, Mules, Hogs, Cattle, and Sheep for Above Years-The Leading Breeds of Stock- Their Choice-Summary. 237-254
CHAPTER X.
THOSE WHO HELD OFFICE AND SECURED THE EMOLUMENTS .. County Judges, Sheriffs, Clerks, Treasurers, etc ... Senatorial and Con- gressional Districts .. Senators and Represen- tatives .. Present Congressman and the Vote- Judicial Circuit-Judges and Attorneys .. The Full List of Patriots Who Served the People, for the Honors and Salaries Attached. . History of the Probate Court. .254-270
CHAPTER XI.
STATE AND COUNTY'S EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. . Educational. . School Law and Section 7103 Consolidation of State School Funds .. Why Education Should be Universal. . Linn Coun- ty's First Move . Sales of the Sixteenth Sec- tions .. School Funds .. Organized into School Districts .. The Funds of Each. . State Fund from 1850 to 1860. . Township Fund Distributed from 1854 to 1863. . The Effects of the Civil War
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.. After the Deluge. . New Organization of the School Districts, 1866. . School and Swamp Lands. . Enumeration .. Towr Apportionment .. The Hannibal & St. Joe and Other Railroads . . School Taxes. . School History in Detail from 1875 to 1881. . State School Fund .. Closing Re- marks. .. 270-290
CHAPTER XII.
THE IRON HORSE, AND WHAT IT COST LINN COUNTY ... Opening Chorus .. The Hannibal & St. Joseph. Railroad Company. . Donatiors .. Subscription of $25,000, and its Forfeiture .. 69,470 Acres of Linn County Land Given to the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. . About What the Road Cost to Linn County .. The Missouri Central, The North Missouri Central and Sev- eral Other Changes of Name too Numerous to Mention .. Taxation and Assessed Valuation .. Subscription to the Central Missouri Branch of the Iowa & St. Joseph Railroad .. The His- tory of This Branch, Bouds Voted, etc., from Alpha to Omega. .. 291-303
CHAPTER XIII.
AGRICULTRUAL UNITY AND POLITICAL AMALGA- MATION .. The Grange. . Object and Aims. . The First Organization .. Rapid Progress . Names and Number of Granges in the County .. Organ- ization County Grange .. Constitution .. The End .. The First Election .. Campaign of 1840 .. Songs .. Presidential Election 1844 .. 54-40 or Phight .. Fun and Free Whisky. Whigs and Democrats, Local Fights .. Linn County Dem- ocratic up to the Drake Constitution .. Also Af- ter Its Repeal. . Close Figures. . Vote, County, State, and Congressional .. County Officials 1882 .. 303-318
CHAPTER XIV.
STATEMENT OF FACTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST .. Poor-farm .. Its Cost .. Lease and Family of Lease .. Sold, Purchased, and Traded .. Some Interesting Facts .. Swamp Lands, When Se- lected. Cost of First Sale and Survey .. 23,- 759.99 Acres. . By Townships. . What it Brought .. The Closing Sale. . Removal of County Seat a Failure .. A Suit for Damages by Linneus against Brookfield Suggested .. Vote of 1870 and that of 1880 .. No Hope for Brookfield .". A $75,000 Court-house .. Population of Linn County .. Per cent of Gain. . .318-329
CHAPTER XV.
WAR AND PEACE .. The Heroes of 1812 .. Their Names and Record. . The First Deed of Record . A Second Deed. . The First Will. . The First Administrative Notice .. A Record of Forty Years .. Events as They Happened from Year to Year . A Chapter for Reference, and a Key to the Contents of the General History of the Work .. Distances, etc ... 303-400
CHAPTER XVI.
LINN COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. . After the Pres- idential Election of 1860 .. Election of Delegates to the State Convention. . Up to Fort Sumter .. After Fort Sumter. . First Federal Troops in the County .. Capture of Slack's Cannon. . The First Confederate I roops .. Other Military Op- erations of 1861. . Leading Events of 1862. . The Hand of War is Felt, and it is Hard and Heavy .. Organization of the Enrolled Missouri Mili- tia .. Leading Events of 1863 . Holtzclaw's Guerrillas Leading Events of 1864 .. A Bounty Offered .. Skirmishes in Jackson Township .. The Beginning of the End. . Just Before the Collapse .. The End Comes .. Peace .. Linn County's Soldiers in the Civil War. . The Blue and the Gray. . Company F, First Cavalry Mis- souri State Militia. . Federal or Union Soldiers' Record. . Confederate Soldiers' Record ... 341-384
CHAPTER XVII.
LOCUST CREEK TOWNSHIP . . Topography. . Early Settlers. . Births, Marriages, and Deaths. . Min-
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isters .. Schools .. Physicians .. Spinning and Weaving .. Early Incidents. . Boundary Lines .. Organization under the New Township Law .. Township Officers .. Some Incidents of the Civil War. . Death of Judge Smith and William Pendleton .. Raids of Bushwhackers and Ex- cursions of the " Truly Loil " . Opposition to Railroad Tax .. Meetings .. Nichols Tragedy, and Other Casualties. . Churches, etc ..... ... 384-402
CHAPTER XVIII.
CITY OF LINNEUS. . Incorporation. . Its Founder .. Some Reminiscenses of Early Times. . Wolves Make Music that Lulls the Early Settler to Sleep. . A Woman's Strength and Devotion. The First Settler of Linneus a Colored Woman . . Aunt Dinah's Experience .. Metes and Bounds . . The First Frame House. The First Native Born .. Churches and Schools . First Merchants .. Senator Benton's Visit. . Lynching of "Ten- nessee Tom ". . The First Railroad Train. . Ac- cidents and Crimes. . Business Houses. . Visit of General Weaver .. Lodges, Societies, Churches, and City Officers. . Biographies. . 402-482
CHAPTER XIX.
BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP. . Topography. . Metes and Bounds. . Its Running Streams and Growth of Timber. . Coal Beds. . Early Days .. Pioneer His- tory and Incidents of Note .. Who Settled it and Where They Came From Originally .. Part of Yellow Creek and Locust Creek, and Wholly of Jefferson Since 1845 .. A Voting Precinct June 5, 1866. . Organized as Brookfield Town- ship July 2, 1866. . Township Officers Under the New Organization Law of 1872 and of 1880 .. Population .. Assessor's Valuation .. Inci- dents, Accidents, and Crimes. .482-486
CHAPTER XX.
CITY OF BROOKFIELD. . Its Location. . The Scatters .. The Usual Remarks About Game, etc. . Who Gave it a Local Habitation and a Name .. Boarding Shanties and Several Other. Things .. Laid Out and How it Grew and Prospered. . In 1861 Had Grown to About Fifteen Houses and Some Other Buildings. . The First Child Boru and What Followed. . Deaths aud Burials .. Father Hogan. . The First School. . Brook- field in the Civil War. . Some Facts and Some Rumors Upon Which Facts Were Based .. Brookfield Survived. . Small-pox Scare. . Trage- dies Growing out of the Great Strife. . The New Era and the Past to be Buried in Oblivion .. Churches, Schools, Societies, etc ........ 487-498
CHAPTER XXI.
AFTER THE GREAT CIVIL WAR : The White Winged Angel Spreads her Mantle of Peace .. New Life and a General Upward and Onward Tendency .. Incorporation .. First Board of Trustees .. The First Newspaper .. Prairie Fires .. Brass Band and a Base Ball Club, Which Shows an Advanced State of Civilization, Combining With Culture and Refinement .. Some More Accidents, and how the vote stood for Grant and the "Smiler" .. Education. . The Measles, Coal, and a New Addition .. Items of Interest, Including the Park, Railroad Subscription, Engine-house and City Hall, and the Great Fire of 1872. . Numerous Incidents, Accidents, and a Closing of the City History .. Biogra- phies . 499-568
CHAPTER XXII.
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP .. Soil, Timber, Streams, and Undulating Prairie .. Building Stone, Pot- ter's and Brick Clay . . Her Rise and Progress .. A Genuine Snake Story .. Old Settlers .. What They Wear and How They Live. . The Young Folke' Sunday Nights .. Growth .. Two Pre- cincts and a Division .. Population and its As- sessed Valuation .. Crimes and Causalities .. Garfield Memorial Service. . Township Organi- zation .. Officers, etc .. .569-582
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CHAPTER XXIII.
CITY OF LACLEDE .. Its Location. . The Beauty of its Surroundings .. When Laid Out and by Whom. Advance Progress. . Items of Interest .. Taking a Rest. . The Effects of the Civil War . Incorporation .. Metes and Bounds. . Indian Vislts .. City of the Fourth Class .. Ward Boundaries .. Mayor and Aldermen .. Out of Debt. . County-seat Vote. . Business Houses .. Church and Civic Societies. . The Full History of Holtzclaw's Raid in 1864. . Biographies. . 582-633
CHAPTER XXIV.
TOWN AND TOWNSHIP OF BUCKLIN. . When Set- tled and by Whom. Soil and its Fertility .. Material Progress. . Valuation. . Indian Hunt- ers. . Early Incidents of Life, Marriages, Deaths, etc .. The First School District Organ- ized .. Some Incidents in Justices' Courts .. Other Settlements and their Early History. . A Singular Mistake. . Steam Whistle vs. Panther .. Railroad Rumpus. . Some More of Civil War Incidents .. When Township was Organized and Bucklin Town Incorporated. . Schools and Churches .. Accidents aud Crimes .. Tornado, September, 1876. . Population of Bucklin .. Schools, Churches, and Societies. . Its Busi- ness Interests. . Biographies. .. 633-669
CHAPTER XXV.
YELLOW CREEK TOWNSHIP .. When Settled. . Its Metes and Bounds. . Topography .. Land and Money .. Early Settlers and their Trials .. Hap- penings .. Agriculture .. War Items .. Dead Towns. . St. Kate, Its Past and Present. . Edu- cation and Religion. . Death of W. H. Elliott, Founder of St. Catharine .. Lodges and Socie- ties. . Its Present and Business Future .. Acci- dents. . Biographies. .669-694
CHAPTER XXVI.
PARSONS CREEK TOWNSHIP. . Meter and Bounds. . Topography .. Its Sandstone Rock .. Streams and Timber. . When and by Whom Settled. Game. . What They Sold and Where They Sold it. . Progress, Accidents and Crimes. . Town- ship Organization and its Officers .. West Bal- timore .. Bottsville and Meadville .. When and by Whom Settled. . Melange. . Incorporation of . Meadville. . Its First Officers .. Schools and Churches .. The Meadville Newspaper. . Busi- ness Houses. . Lodges and Societies .. Biogra- phies. . 694-739
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