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Galesburg district school, 103 Gamble, Hamilton R., 58 Game and wild animals, 11 Gammon, James, 299 Gammon & Henderson, 298 Gant, James B., 517, 51S Garden Dell school, 100 Gardner, I. F., 133
Garfield School, 475 Garland, Edward, 350
Garland, G. P., 267 Garland, John, 229
Garland, Thomas, 319
Garland, Thomas M., 234
Garland, W. H., 72, 75
Garm, J. A., 454
Guinn, J. M., 380
Gulick, J. F., 1041
Gwinn, J. M., 483, 484, 485
Hackney, Benjamin F., 227, 234, 908
Hackney, H. M., 358
Hackney, Thomas, 437
Hagerman, F. M., 307
Haggart, James T., 746
Hahan, James, 30
Haines, Emmet, 314
Haines (Mrs.) Emmet, 314
Haines, Mollie, 314
Hall, Bery, 30
Hall, Elizabeth L., 898
Gilbreath, J. B., 429 Gilliland, Jennie, 266 Gillis, John, 387
Gillis, John W., 263 Gilmore, G. W., 765
Gilyard, Thomas, 497
Givler, I. H., 333 Givler, Isaac H., 929
Glarrell, J. W., 193
Glassford, W. A., 130
Glenn, W. C., 510 Glover, C. W., 156 Glover, J. B., 287
Gmeiner. . John. 389, 864
Gonley, Robert, 314
Good roads, 17, 333 Goodner, Salem, 775 Goodwin, J., 314 Gottfried, Charles F., 520 Goucher, D. R., 125, 328 Gould, Mrs. L., 492 Grace Episcopal church, Carthage, 81, 134 Graff, Jacob F .. 945
Fry, H. B., 132, 133 Frye (Mrs.), 314 Fugitt, George W., 1075 Fullerton, George H., 561 Fullerton, J. H., 67 Fullerton, John M., 7 Fullerton, Lee, 497 Funk, Frank A., 807 Funk, J. J., 415
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Harrington, Charles O., 122, 234, 235, 243, 325, 351
Harrington, Robert E., 1028 Harrington, T. J., 298, 299, 415 Harrington Hotel, 234 Harris, Charles, 24 Harris, E. S., 884 Harris, Joseph D., 682 Harris, O. A., 557
Harris, W., 133 Harrison, F. M., 130 Harrison, J. C., 809 Harrison, J. T., 534 Hart, J. W., 121 Hart, Truman R., 757 Harvey, Austin, 773 Harwood, J. H., 133 Hattel, A. H., 227 Hatten, Amos D., 616 Hatyard, W. B., 227 Haughawaut, T. B., 226, 227
Haughawout, Wilbur F., 610
Haughton, Aaron, 322, 372, 511
Haven, H. H., 205 Hawkins, W. J., 485 Hayden, T. C., 301 Haynes, J. W., 314 Hayseed mine, 338
Hazen district school, 105
Head, Louie, 909 Heckathorn, Simeon C., 890 Heim street car line, Joplin, 473 Helm, Ella, 416 Helman, J. W., 119 Henderson, Charley G., 634 Henderson, S. C., 208, 406 Hendrickson, U. B., 91, 119 Hendrickson, W. B., 319
Henney, H. C., 112, 130-131 Henry, J. W., 267
Henson, Henry C., 873 Herrington, Charles O., 310, 333 Herron, Thomas, 669 Hesslemyer, George H., 163, 164 Hiatt, Ed., 550 Hibbard, (Rev.), 240 Hickman, James M., 321 Hicks, W. G., 472 Higgins, J. F., 226 Higgins, J. J., 234 High Hill district school, 104 Hilburn, William, 299 Hill, G. R., 346 Hill, Hiram, 135 Hill, Peter, 121 Hilliard, E. W., 226 Hinkson, W. C., 201
Hinton, Marsh, 322 Hire, Mrs. S. J., 389 Hoag, David D., 694 Hobbs, T. B., 437 Hobbs, Mrs. T. B., 353, 535 Hodge, A., 7 Hodson, I. C., 227 Hodson, Mrs. I. C., 353 Hodson, I. N., 226 Hodson, W. L., 429 Hogle, Judge. 179 Holiday, G. M., 536 Holly, William M., 778 Holmes. John H., 252
Holmes, John R., 470 Holsey, Martin, 67 Holt, David, 236 Holyard, W. B., 260 Hood, Norris C., 55, 72, 83 Hood, Stephen, 10
Hood, Taylor, 951 Hoofnagle, William, 907
Hooker, Louis E., 521 Hopkins, David, 228
Hopkins, J. F., 72 Hornback, George, 14, 15, 16, 17
Hottle, Robert H., 227 Houghton, Janette, 266
Howanstein, George C., 350, 351
Howard, W. L., 485
Howe, John, 157 Hoyt, A. P., 285, 286
Hubbard, Edward E., 438, 987
Hubbard, Henry, 30, 226 Hubbell, C. J., 229
Hudson, George, 218
Hughey, George H., 241
Hughs, T. J .. 342 Hulett, A. A., 328, 417
Humes, Guy T., 469, 520 Humphreys, Henry C., 737
Hunsicker, William, 314 Hunt, Rice, 370
Hunter, J. A., 49 Hunter, Mrs. L. A., 507 Hurlbut, William K., 719
Hurley, J. M., 225
Hurst, Asa, 350
Hurty, A. M., 243
Huston, James A., 523
Hutchens, J. B., 225
Illinois Zinc Company, 486 Improved Order of Red Men, Joplin, 503 Independent Candy and Manufacturing Com- pany, The, 1023 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 86, 136. 204, 277, 314, 358, 507, 562 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mineral Lodge, Joplin, 389 Ingham, E. T., 380 Inland Lead and Paint Company, 256
Inman, John H., 866 Irvin, J. G., 238
Irving school, Joplin, 475
Isherwood, H. L., 320
Interstate Bank, Joplin, 367 Interstate Chautauqua Assembly, 327, 549 Interurban Street Railway system, 328
Jaccard, Elizabeth, 557 "Jack," 199, 203 (see also Zinc blende) Jacks, John, 426 Jackson, Claiborne, 46, 50 Jackson, Henry A., 862 Jackson, Mrs. Laura, 508 Jackson High school, Joplin, 375, 475 Jacob, J. W., 96, 98. 125 Jacobs, Ernest B., 130, 234, 325, 350, 351, 525. 596 Jacobs, Mrs. E. B., 353 James, Elwood B., 14 James, J. T., 320, 406, 420 James, M. M., 121 James, Robert M., 676
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Jammison, Mrs. E. A., 61 Jane Chinn Hospital, Webb City, 560, 561 Jasper, 221 Jasper, Sergeant, 6
Jasper Commandery No. 31, K. T., Carthage, . 252
Jasper county at the World's Fair, Chicago, (1893), 327
Jasper County Bank, Carthage, 125
Jasper County Bankers' Association, 453
Jasper County Camp No. 522, of United Con- federate Veterans, 517
Jasper County Electric Railway Club, 330
Jasper County Electric Railway Company, 329 Jasper county fair, 80
Jasper County Old Settlers' Association., 113, 139
Jasper County Pomological and Horticultural Society, 111
Jasper county ring hunt, 118
Jasper County Sunday School Association, 81
Jasper County Teachers' Association, 441
Jasper County Teachers' Institute, 98, 102, 440 Jasper County Teachers' Normal, 231, 440
Jasper-Newton County Old Settlers' Associa- tion, 333
.Jasper school, 100 Jeans, Frank, 253
Jefferson school, Joplin, 475
.Jenkins creek, 8
Jenkins. Eleven, 789
.Jenkins, Ephraim, 8
Jenkins. George, 974
.Jenkins, M., 192
.Jenkins, M. P., 320, 321
Jenning, D. Estaing, 81
Jennings, Edmund, 4
.Jesse, R. H., 485
Jesse, R. N., 441
John, W. E .. 475
John, W. H., 353
John oratorical medal, 353
Johns, Emma (Mrs. De Armond), 328
Johns, Frank, 734
Johns. Henry C., 1039
Johnson. Gabe, 16
Johnson, Georgia, 389
Johnson, Jacob, 970
Johnson, .J. Wesley, 274
Johnson, Milton S., 931
Johnson. V. L .. 342
Joiner. W. B., 382
Jones. D. W .. 153
Jones. Robert B., 624
Jones. Thomas, 314
.Joplin, Harris, 29, 143
Joplin --- Founding of. 141-164: in 1873, 165- 173: in the middle seventies. 174-198: in the later seventies, 199-211: in 1876. 175: during the eighties, 255-296; in the nineties, 363-414; in 1900-11, 464-531 .Joplin & Baxter State and Transfer Line. 161 Joplin Board of Trade, 185. 203
Joplin Building and Loan Association. 258 .Joplin Business College, 382
.Joplin Chapter Rose Croix, No. 3. 510
Joplin Charitable Union, 395
.Joplin Chautauqua societies. 280
.Toplin Children's Home. 397 .Toplin Choral Union, 530
Joplin National Bank, 367
Joplin churches in brief, 490 Joplin city census (1905-10), 464 Joplin city light plant built, 360
Joplin City Park system, 465
Joplin City school district organized, 270 Joplin city scrip, 168
Joplin Clearing House Association, 453
Joplin Club, 259, 399, 400, 401, 522
Joplin Club Theatre building, 400
Joplin Club's social session (1900), 522
Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons, 271
Joplin Commercial Club, 528
Joplin court house, 321 Joplin Cycle Club, 413
"Joplin Daily Globe." 330, 370, 472, 481, 508
"Joplin Daily Herald," 379, 410
Joplin "Daily News," 202, 515
Joplin "Daily Tribune," 472
Joplin district school (1911), 475
Joplin Electric Railway, 370
"Joplin Evening Times," 472
Joplin exposition, 292
Joplin Exposition Company, 208
Joplin fire department, 207, 263, 466
Joplin flouring mill, 256
Joplin fraternites in the eighties, 275-80
Joplin gas works, 206
Joplin Germania Society, 279
Joplin & Girard Railroad, 95
"Joplin Herald," 288
Joplin "Herald's" Company G Box, 410
Joplin High school, 476
Joplin High school alumni, 376, 380, 479
Joplin Hotel, 181
Joplin Land Owners' Association, 182
Joplin Legion No. 2, Select Knights, A. O. U. W., 276
Joplin Light Infantry, Company G, 340
Joplin Lodge No. 34, A. O. U. W., 204
Joplin Lodge No. 40, K. of P., 197
Joplin Mining & Smelting Company, 149
Joplin's Municipal Officers (1900-11), 467
Joplin National Bank, 367
Joplin "News Herald," 206, 472, 493, 879
.Joplin's new union depot, 472
Joplin Old Settlers' Association, 383, 384. 455, 456 Joplin paid fire department, 372
Joplin Public Library, 485
Joplin Public Library Movement Inaugurated, 382
Joplin Public School Library, 269
Joplin Railway Company, 201
Joplin Rifles, 285-7, 340, 310
Joplin saloons in 1875, 174
.Joplin School Board (1872) entertainers 1892 Board, 383 Joplin school officials (1900-11), 484
Joplin skating rink. 207
Joplin Special Road District. 368
Joplin students at Baird College, Clinton. 381
Joplin Summer Normal. 474
"Joplin Sunday Herald," 206
Joplin Telephone Company, 371
Joplin Temperance Union, 274
Joplin Temple No. 78, Rathbone Sisters, 508
Joplin township, 169
Joplin Truant School. 476
Joplin Turnverein Germania, 197
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Joplin water works, 257 Joplin white lead 'works, 255 Joplin woolen mills, 256 Joplin Young Ladies' Seminary, 210 Joplin Zouaves, 287 Joplin's first circus (Dan Rice's), 182 Joplin's first "Fourth of July," 157 Joplin's first street car line, 257 Joplin's first theater, 183 Judges county court, 226, 228, 229, 310, 321, 437 Judges probate court, 321
Kaiser, J. W., 512 Kane, W. B., 424, 425 Kansas City & Southern (the Splitlog) Rail- way, 265 Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railway 127, 95
Karbe, William, 158, 198 Karr Hotel, Carthage, 126 Keeler, E. H., 553 Keer, D. D., 320 Keim, Henry, 333
Keith, M. F., 466 Kelley, G. W., 58
Kelley, James, 410 Kellogg, Charles A., 540 Kelsey, Fred W., 999 Kelso, N. H., 438
Kelso, Robert S., 689 Kennel, A. D., 889 Kentucky Association, 463 Kerns, Jesse, 301 Kerr, William, 16 Kershaw, Frank, 206 Kessler, Benjamin F., 939 Keystone Hotel, 399 Kier, Clarence H., 826 Kilburn, H. C., 475 Kilgore, W. H., 185, 227, 94 Kinell, R. B., 559 King district school, 105 King, F. M., 416 King, Francis M., 982 King, Herbert R., 979 King, W. G., 1024 Kirkham, Louise, 475 Kissel, David H., 961 Knealand, Samuel M., 26 Knell, Edward, 550, 869 Knell, Emma, 871 Knell Fair, Carthage, 550 Knight, L. G., 475 Knight, W. S., 237, 135 Knights of Kodash, Joplin Council, No. 3, 511 Knights of Pythias, Carthage. 135, 359, 548 Knights of Pythias, Grand Lodge, 251, 548, 514 Knights of Pythias, Joplin, 278, 279, 507 K. P. masquerade ball, Webb City, 305 Knights of Pythias, Progress Lodge 216, Car- terville, 430 Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank during the early nineties, 358
Knight s of Pythias reception, Webb City Lodge, No. 115, 421 Knights of the Golden Eagle, Joplin, 277 Knights Templar, Ascension Commandery No. 39. 387
Knights Templar Grand Commandery of Mis- souri convention (1906), Joplin, 515 Koehler, G. W., 384, 457 Kohlman, W. H., 438 Kost, L. W., 441
Kyle, Charles W., 958
Labor day first observed in Joplin, 279 Lafayette school, Joplin, 475
LaForce, Samuel B., 53, 71
LaForce, William, 234
Lamb, Frank, 338
Lamb, Isaac N., 80, 208
Landauer, S., 198
Landers, Abel, 15
Landon, A. C., 342
Landreth, William H., 139, 140, 745
Lane, Josiah, 93
Lane, Melvina, 162
Lang, J. E., 352
Lanyon, William H., 803
Larrimore, W. T., 563
La Russell, 442
Latimer, Maude, 557
Lauderbach, H. O., 287
Lauderbach. William L., 808
Lauderbaugh, Isaac, 947
Lauderbaugh, William F., 944
Laurel school, Joplin, 476
Lead-Discovered at Webb City. 212; sales of Jasper district for 1890-9, 339
Leaming, Clay, 907
Leap year parties (1884), Webb City, 304
Lease, Mary Ellen, 431
Leathers, J. R .. 429
Le Bow, Loy T .. 731
Leckie's (Joplin) Machine Works. 208 Lee, Frank H., 755
Leedy, P. A., 391
Leeming. Clay, 319, 320
Leffen, William J. J .. 716
Leggett, .J. P .. 534
Lehigh, 315
Leidy, John G., 902
Lentz. E. J., 352
Leonard. James M., 466, 806
Leon, M .. 1035
Leslie, Theo. 496 Lester & Aylor, 298
Lewis, A. F., 75, 250, 546 Lewis, C. J., 206, 258
Lewis, George T., 205
Lichliter, L. L., 482, 484
Lichliter, Oscar E., 726
Lincoln school, Joplin. 476 Linnland school, 101, 104
Linton, Ida, 475 Linwick, George, 465
Litteral. Jacob, 346, 779 Lively, Melvin R., 825 Livingston, Chancellor, 262 Livingston, Joel T .. 345, 377. 384, 408, 441, 444, 445, 483. 501, 507, 1078
Livingston. Mrs. Joel T .. 507, 508 Livingston Scouts, 54. 57 Livingston, Thos. R., 33, 54, 59, 60
Lloyd, E., 147 Lloyd. John B .. 471
Local Option-In Carthage (1884), 234; elec- tion in 1887, 228; election 1910, 438. Lochrie, William, 437
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Locke, J. E., 232 Logan, Frank B., 438 Logan, W. R., 437, 536 Log raising, 10 Lone Elm, 187 Lone Elm school district, 191, 266 Longfellow school, Joplin, 476 Loop, D. J. M., 179
Lowdermilk, Z. H., 346, 347 Lowe, Joseph R., 861 Lowry, George B., 964 Lucas, Harold R., 724 Lupton, J. W., 153, 154, 166, 187
Lupton riot, 176 Luscomb, T. T., 233 Lutz, Henry, 198 Lyon, C. A., 468 Lyon, C. W., 397, 517
McAbee, Charles W., 618, 1023
McAntire, Bertha, 381 McAntire, John W., 94, 171, 177, 277, 459, 510 McAntire, W. B., 160, 399, 403, 458
McBride, C. E., 417, 560
McBride, J. S., 94 McCalley, A. L., 463 McCarn, L. C., 371
Mccarthy, L. C., 509
McCarty, A. B., 260
McCarty, Mrs. L. C., 507
McClelland, T. A., 166, 208
McCollough, Ben, 54
McConnell, Arthur B., 635
McCoy, Archibald, 67
McCoy, J. H., 166, 171, 383
McCracken, W. B., 176
McCune, John A., 781
McDaniels, C. W., 259
McDermeit, James A., 884 McDonald, Arch, 438
McDonald, Cora, 475 McDonald, J. A., 366
McDonald Township Farmers' Club, 112 McDowell, Douglas E., 615
McElroy, F. C., 237 McEntee, Patrick, 552 McEntee, Peter, 299 McGehee, Luther, 587
McGoon, Frank L., 308
McGregor, M. C., 77, 83, 84, 91, 139, 226 McGregor, M. G., 71, 80, 119, 234, 237 McGuier, William, 112
McIndo, Hugh, 437, 470, 471, 487 Mckay, John C., 899 McKee, Andrew, 33, 40
McKee, Mrs. S. J., 508
Mackey, Noah A., 911 Mackey, William C., 983
McKelvey, John, 926
Mckelvey, Mary B., 969
McKiearnan, A. E., 1045
Mckinley school, 476 Mckinney, G. W., 266 Mckinney, Thomas K .. 896 McLane, W. R., 108 McManamy, John A., 501, 1049 McMeecham, R. L., 320 McMillen, John A., 342 McMillen, J. M., 341, 342
McMillen, William, 238 McNair. James E., 215, 216
McNalley, Thomas, 229 McNeal, Henry H., 583 McNeill, Roxie C., 686 McNeill, William W., 685 McNew, William B., 333 McPherson, S. D., 10^, 216 McReynolds, Samuel, 332 McReynolds, Mrs. Samuel, 353 Maderie, J. M., Sr., 181
Magoffin district school, 105
Magoon, Frank, 425, 427
Maids of Honor, 518 Maitland, Albert E., 998
Mallory, J. E., 632 Mallory, William H., 817
Malloy, T. C., 493 Manchester, F. W., 520, 521
Manker, C. S., 415
Manker, Hewlett and Company, 297
Manual Training, Joplin High School, 380 Marcum, James G., 663 Marcus, Ross A., 1051
Mardi Gras in Joplin, 288, 290
Maret, J. M., 1015
Mark, L., 215
Markham, W. J., 30
Marmaduke, John S., 247, 249
Marquer, H. E., 552
Marquiss, Elza, 301
Marshall, W. M., 466
Martin, Ankrim, 796
Martin, G. B., 475
Martin, J. F., 266, 267, 275
Martin, J. J., 413
Martin, J. T., 271, 272
Mason, J. C., 107, 128, 209, 267
Mason, W. A., 342
Massey, Benjamin F., 8
Matthews, D., 236, 238
Matthews, L. J., 356
Maurey, D. B., 309
Maynard, W. E., 210, 257, 259
Mead, James P., 512, 714
Medoc, 41, 42, 75, 76
Medoc district school, 104
Medoc (now Joplin) Lodge No. 335, 196
Medoc skirmish, 55 Mehan, M., 352, 548
Meinhart, Julius E., 844
Meister, F. W., 163
Meloy, O. P., 371
Melton, John H., 833
Memphis, Carthage & Northwestern Railroad Company, 94 Mercer, Henrietta, 195
Meredith, J. W., 852
Meridian Sun Chapter. Carthage, R. A. M., 137
Merwin, J. B., 375
Metcalf, Charles, 216
Methodist church, Carterville, 220
Methodist church, Carthage, 80
Methodist church, Medoc, 80
Methodist Episcopal church (South). Joplin, 161 Methodist church (South), Carthage. 133
Methodist church (South), East Joplin, 173 M. E. church (South), Webb City. 558 Midway (Jasper), 221 Miles, Charles M., 1038 Miles, E. O., 227
Milholland & Single. 298
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Military Matters-Second Regiment, N. G. M., organized into two battalions, 340; letters replace old names, 340; first appearance at St. Louis, 341; the first regimental camp, 341; sham battle, 342; Carthage honors her dead, 344; semi military societies, 344; the Third Regiment, U. R. K. P., 345; Patri- archs militant, I. O. O. F., 341; the United Confederate Veterans, 341; roster of officers and members, 347; Company G, Second In- fantry, N. G. M., 407; Company G Relief Association, 409; Grand Army of the Re- public encampment (1893), at Joplin, 410; Company I, Second Regiment, N. G. M., 565; 1890 reunion of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, U. S. V., at Carthage, 354; (See also Civil war and Spanish-American war.)
Miller, A. H., 247 Miller, D., 242
Miller, George W., 666
Miller, H. R., 135
Miller, H. S., 529
Miller, Mrs. H. S. (Miss Cora Lichliter), 483
Miller, J. C., 229
Miller, Julius, 285, 286
Miller, Walter, 208
Miller, William A., 724
Mix, Newell, 225
Mineral township railway bonds, 312
Miners' Bank, Joplin, 206
Minersville (Oronogo), 33, 34, 41, 79 Miners' Union, Joplin, 157
Mines (see Mining)
Mining-Commenced at Leadville Hollow, 31; first lead found in Joplin creek valley, 33; discovery of lead near Oronogo, 33; reopen- ing of the mines, 79; Joplin as a mining camp. 150; Joplin smelters and market (1873), 169; in the later seventies, 199; lead discovered at Webb City, 212; new prospecting and mechanical era, 336; Duen- weg. 337; Neck City (Hell's Neck), 337; Reeds, 338; Prosperity, 338; mining around Carthage, 338; Alba, Sarcoxie and elsewhere, 338; output of district for decade (1890- 99). 339; first shipment of zinc to Europe, 374: fifteen years' output (1897-1911), 449; prices for twelve years (1900-11), 450; exhibit at Louisiana exposition. 450; strike at Oronogo, 450; meeting of Ameri- can Mining Congress at Joplin (1907), 528 Missick, James. 218
Missouri Department Grand Army of the Re- public (1909), Joplin, 519
Missouri, Kansas & Fort Worth Railway, 445 Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, 472
Missouri Pacific Railway, 264, 472
Missouri State Bankers' Association Meeting (1900) Carthage, 549
Missouri State Teachers' Association, 107 Missouri & North Arkansas Railway, 445, 472 Missouri & Western Railway, 95 Mitchell, H. H., 342 Mite societies, Joplin. 275 Mock, D. R., 229
M. W. A., .Joplin Camp No. 3039, 389
M. W. A. Log Rolling (1898), at Joplin, 390 Moffet, E. R., 95, 144, 166, 167. 209 Moffet & Sergeant, 146, 170, 201, 205
Molloy, Timothy C., 640 Molyneau. Ted .. 420
Montague, E. J., 350
Monteith, John, 102
Montgomery, Charles H., 188, 270, 321
Moon Range, 150, 151
Mooneyham, R. A., 845
Moore, A. D., 193 Moore, D. W., 444
Moore, Mrs. F. L., 525
Moore, George W., 552, 750
Moore, Harry C., 648
Moore, J. L., 125, 233, 237
Moore, Joseph ("Buckrock"), 299
Moore, L. L., 511
Moore, Melanchthon, 193
Moore, R. F., 956
Moore, Robert, 466
Moore, W. H., 71
Morgan, Charles H., 344, 361
Morris, O. B., 321
Morse, E. I., 549
Morsman, Charles A., 753
Moseley, George, 301
Moss, Samuel T., 927
Mt. Pleasant district school, 107
Municipal affairs (see Politics)
Murphy, L. M., 229
Murphy, Pat., 71, 95, 146, 147, 152-4, 165, 177, 179, 180, 206, 208, 257
Murphysburg (West Joplin), 146, 149, 150, 156, 159, 165, 166 Murphysburg Town Company, 146, 149
Murray, Hendrickson, 298
Murray, Robert, 633
Myers, Frank, 867 Myers, Mrs. Frank, 507
Myers, (Mrs.) Dr., 314
Myers, Peter, 71, 111, 121
Myers, Sidney A., 777
Myers, William B., 122, 233, 235, 350, 651
Napier, (Mrs.), 314 Nash, Harvey W., 770 National Savings Bank of Joplin, 156 Neck City, 337 Negro lynching and the riot, Joplin (1903), 496 Nelson, J. J., 344 Nesbit, Fred H., 445, 565
Neumeyer, Willis C., 932 New Year's day (1891), Joplin, 398
Newell, J. P., 227, 352, 432
Newland Hotel, Webb City, 420
Newman, Henry, 367, 370
Ney, Frank, 319 Nichols, F. B., 67
Nichols, James, 15 Nichols, R. S., 557
Nicholson, Frank, 701
Nickell, I. F .. 892. Nickell, Maude, 186
Nickell, Mrs. W. A., 186
Nickell, W. A., 376, 394, 475
Nilson, Mrs. S., 558
Nix, Simpson S., 476, 774 Nordberg, David A., 971 Norris, Edward A., 924 Norsworthy, Thomas J., 558 North Fork district school, 105
North Heights Presbyterian Chapel, .Joplin, 487 North road (Joplin to Spring river), 264
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Northcott, W. A., 389 Norton, F. B., 320, 321 Norton, W. S., 176, 187 Nunn, Charles W., 1059
O'Donnold, Edwin, 321
Oglesby Camp, Sons of Veterans, Memorial Monument, 359
O'Keif, Eugene, 125, 233 "Old Sacramento," 53 "Old Settlers' Ode to Joplin," 457
Oldest Living Pioneer (J. N. U. Seela), 460 Oldham, Alva, 937 Oliver, Mrs. Tina, 508
Onstott, Abraham W., 7, 13, 68, 69
Onstott, John, 7, 13, 55, 67, 68, 69, 91, 93, 94, 324
O. P. Morton Post No. 14, G. A. R., 276, 518 Oran, Alfred T., 220
Order of Eastern Star, Eminence Chapter No. 93, Carthage, 547
Ore, J. W., 394
Ormsby, S. B., 90, 225, 266
Ornduff, Samuel W., 720
Orner, G. D., 166
Orner, J. C., 156
Oronogo, 33, 79, 220, 221, 432
Oronogo cyclone, 312
Osborn, Albert B., 321
Osborn, J. F., 468, 469, 525
Osborne, John P., 14, 18
Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, Joplin, 271 Oversheet, J. B., 298 Owen, James T., 437
Owen, Wilbur J., 661 Owens, J. B., 635
Ozment, Ferdinand, 894
Pacific Hotel, 297
Page, D. M., 322 Paige, Nathaniel, Jr., 763
Pape, J. M., 30
Parkell, A. B., 121
Parker Bros. & Sinclair, 297
Parker, Chiun & Company, 298
Parker, C. L., 488 Parker, John, 940 Parker, Philo W., 973
Parr Hull school, Joplin, 476 Pate, W. W., 276 Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F., 34
Patrick, M. H., 196
Patrons of Industry, 109-11
Patterson, H. C., 193
Patterson, Thomas, 888 Patterson, W. T., 1067
Patton, Israel, 192
Paxton, George B., 510, 523
Payton, George W., 263, 277 Pearson, Edward J., 675
Pearson, Pearl, 676 Pearson, Robert A., 816
Pennington, A. O. T., 265
Perkins, Joseph D., 234, 320, 438
Perkins, Paul B., 257, 258 Perry, James W., 729 Perry school, 101 Peterson, John A., 886 .
Peterson, Leah, 886 Peterson, W. G., 332
Pettit, J. C., 271, 280
Petty, J. W., 328
Phelps, Henry, 266, 276, 413
Phelps, Mrs. S. A., 492
Phelps, W. H., 71, 72, 91, 119, 140
Picher, O. H., 71, 72, 73, 128, 130, 131, 140, 402, 524 Picher, O. S., 204
Picher, W. H., 71, 136, 401, 406, 529
Picher Lead Company of Joplin, 205, 327,
Pierce, Henry, 16
Pierce, J. N., 135
Pierce, J. V., 411, 520
Piercy, F. H., 612
Pile, Joseph R., 704 Pilot Grove (Mount Hope Cemetery), 144
Pinkerton, John W., 81, 135
Pioneer period to the Civil war-Early explo-
rations, 3; civil division prior to county organization, 4; the county named, 6; the first settlers, 7; Cave Springs, 8; a few of the "firsts," 8; pioneer life, 9; log raising, 10; the Spanish caravan, 10; early method of filing land, 11; game and wild animals, 11; the original Jasper county, 14; first township organizations, 15; commission to locate county seat, 15; court house built, 16; first Carthage house, 16; no snap to hold office, 17; the first session of the cir- cuit court, 17; conspiracy or riot case, 18; a new court house built, 19; early political history, 19; county officers, 1841-61, 21; first school section sold, 22; pioneer school dis- tricts, 22; first school described, 23; first county school commissioner, 24; school fund greatly augmented, 25; the Carthage Female Academy, 26; organization of the first church, 26; building of the first church, 27; old fashioned camp meetings, 29; Rev. Harris Joplin and Kev. Anthony Bewler, 29; Peace church of Galena township, 30; mining commenced at Leadville Hollow, 31; first lead found in Joplin Creek valley, 33; discovery of lead near Oronogo, 33; the freeze of 1848; the dragon fly pest, 35; burning of two negroes, 35; going to mill, 36; social amusements, 37; a school teacher tarred and feathered, 39; first newspaper in the county, 39; old Sherwood, 39; a great exhibition of fraternity, 41; towns in Jas. per county before the war, 41; first census of the county, 42 Pinkerton, John W., 135
Pitman, L., 429
Pixley, R. O., 130
Platt, C. B., 535
Platt, John R., 361
Play ground idea in Joplin. 477
Plumb, Carlton H., 741
Plumb, J. C., 194
Plummer, John, 15
Politics-Confederate soldiers re-enfranchised (1870), 89; township organization adopted, 90; county redistricted and township lines changed, 91; campaign of 1874, 91; new constitution, 92; the campaign of 1876. 92; township organization abolished, 93; cam- paign of 1878, 93; first election in Joplin, 158; first Joplin city election, 171; Joplin city election (1874), 178; township elec- tions (1874), 180; Joplin city election (1875), 186; Joplin city election (1876),
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187; presidential election in Joplin, 1876, 189; Webb City's first election, 214; Webb City's spring election (1877), 216; presiden- tial campaign of 1880, 225; "Boys in Blue,"' Carthage, 225; presentation to Col. W. F. Cloud, 226; the campaign of 1882 and 1884-6, 227; Local Option election (1887), 228; court house elections, 228; campaign of 1888, 229; Joplin city officials (1877- 1880), 210; court house elections, 228; in Carthage, 1881-9, 233, 234; Joplin city elec- tions (1880-90), 259-262; Webb City elec- tions in the eighties, 298-9; of the county in the nineties, 319-21; in Carthage, during the nineties, 350-2; in Joplin during the nineties, 363-7; in Webb City during the nineties, 415; in Carthage (1900-9), 533 Pollard, J. W., 94
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