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The land on which the place stands was entered by William Bird, and, when platted, was simply in its wild prairie state. Heard's weatherboarded log house stood at Heard's Spring, a short distance north and a little east. This was the only improve- ment at the beginning for a long distance in every direction. The boundary lines included sixteen blocks - one of which was donated as a public square. A frame school-house was erected west of the public square in 1871, answering well the public both as school, church and public meeting-place until the school pop- ulation passed beyond its capacity; then was built, in 1885, the present elegant two-story frame school-house, with a spacious room above and below. A frame Union Church was built in 1888.
Incorporation .- Wheatland became an incorporated village October 10, 1882, when the following were made trustees: H. C. Brookshire, chairman; P. L. Hargiss, Robert Wilson, John Mc- Caslin and George Holmes. In 1883, A. C. Shrewsberry, chair- man; Howard Buckalew, A. T. Fisher, S. E. Marston, and A. M. Paxton, clerk and treasurer, served; 1884, James A. Scrivner and Henry Scully, trustees; 1885, W. J. Snyder, chairman; R. Czarlinsky, John F. Clayton, president; David Naffziger, treas- urer; John R. Chastain, Charles Czarlinsky, clerk; 1886, J. W. Eagan, chairman; W. J. Snyder, clerk; D. Naffziger, treasurer, and C. W. Gist; 1887, Alexander Humble, chairman; W. P. Dougherty, J. S. Dent, C. W. Gist, and A. M. Paxton, clerk ; 1888, J. B. Powers, chairman; E. W. Hargiss, clerk; J. R. Chas- tain, treasurer (Chastain died January 5, 1889, and J. H. McCas- lin appointed); William Miller and A. M. Paxton.
Present Business .- The business of the present time includes general stores, kept by McCaslin & Czarlinsky, and Halbert
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Bros. ; hardware and agricultural implements, J. H. Bentley; drugs, James A. Pine, Ed. Powers; groceries, D. Allen; har- ness, D. Naffziger; tin-shop, A. Stover; boots and shoes, I. W. Eagan; wagons, J. B. Power, William Miller, Howard Buck- alew; furniture, S. E. Marston; mill, grist and saw, Naffziger & Mosser; millinery, Miss Letta Marston, Mrs. E. Mendenhall, Mrs. Dr. Newman; carpenters, R. F. Wilson, C. Forsha; hotel, James Agee, C. Forsha, Henry McCaslin; livery, James Agee and C. Forsha.
Newspapers .- The Wheatland Headlight, by Humble & Smith, is the present newspaper published in the town. The first paper in the place was the Hickory County Mirror, by William Moore, established in 1869 - the pioneer paper in the county. Moore ran it three years, and transferred the office to Henry A. Moore, who published the journal until 1876, when it was moved to Hermitage, and sold to parties there. In 1876 a company was formed, and published the Wheatland Enquirer, managed by a Mr. Walker; then Rufus Woodbury and John H. Davidson conducted it, the name being changed to the Wheat- land Star, and in 1883 it was taken to Humansville.
March 18, 1882, Alexander Humble started, in Hermitage, the Hickory County Herald, a quarto Republican paper, which he ran in that place four years, and then moved it to Wheatland. He leased the office to a company, and they issued, March 18, 1886, the first number of the Hickory County Democrat, which existed about a year. Mr. Humble then took the office, and started the Wheatland Harpoon., a Republican paper, and in 1888, moved it to Collins, and the same year returned to Wheat- land, and changed the name to the Wheatland Headlight, in the publication of which A. Lincoln Smith is associated with him.
Fraternities .- Wheatland Lodge No 368, I. O. O. F., was organized in 1887, with the following charter members and officers: Dr. Z. Barnes, N. G .; James A. Scrivner, V. G .; W. D. Harryman, secretary; Fred Kern, treasurer; George Holmes and W. B. Estes. The lodge now has a membership of twelve, with these officers: H. Buckalew, N. G .; J. R. Campbell, V. G .; J. K. Moore, secretary; James A. Pine, treasurer.
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CROSS. TIMBERS.
This town, having a population of 240, is one of the hand- some places in the county, surrounded by a rich and prosperous farming community. Its trade and commerce are heavy, and its business firms are noted as being among the solid men of the county. The town was platted February 24, 1871, by Ezekiel Kirby. It is situated on the northwest of the southwest south- west, Section 22, Township 38, Range 21, and this is in the oldest settled neighborhood in the county. The first settlers in this sec- tion were the Dawsons, Potters and Lakes. In 1857 V. S. Williams opened a house of entertainment, which became quite a place for travelers. This hostelry was known as Williams' Hotel. Rev. W: B. Hill, a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, settled in the neighborhood in 1853. The place which became the town was settled by James D. Donnell. His sons, William L. and Thomas F., opened the first store; followed by John C. Brown, also a general merchant. The mill near the place was built by Mr. Donnell. It was idle during the war, and then Mathias J'enkins started it up, and afterward sold it to Crud- dington Brothers. It is now operated by Heath, Noland & Co., the firm also having a store. The other merchants are Condley & Bennett, and Burris & Co .; drugs, Curl & Mowell; hotel, V. S. Williams; hardware, E. T. Condley; blacksmiths, John F. Nelson and A. C. Fields.
PRESTON.
Preston (formerly called Black Oak) was platted by S. C. Howard, and. R. I. Robinson, December 8, 1857, on the south- east: corner of the northeast Section 22, and part of the south- west Section 23, Township 37, Range 21. Robinson, in early days, made an improvement, and accommodated travelers, as they chanced along and needed it. He then opened a store, and his trade. was. so prosperous, that, in a short time, Silas Howard opened his store. He was followed by a merchant named Trent- ham. The town, now has a population of. about 70. Reeser Bros. have a store and handle agricultural implements; A. Lind- sey and S. P. Inks have stores; A. H. Crouch, drug store; Mrs. T. C. Piper, hotel and livery; blacksmiths, George, A. Cook and
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Mr. Leterman. A Union Church is here, the upper story being occupied by a Masonic hall.
Black Oak Lodge No. 432, A. F. & A. M., was organized in September, 1881. The first officers and charter members were: F. C. Piper, W. M .; Achilles Morgan, S. W .; G. W. Lindsey, Jr. W .; R. G. Pendleton, secretary; J. B. Cross, treas- urer. The present officers are: Achilles Morgan, W. M .; Jasper N. Mabary., Sr. W .; R. B. Green, Jr. W .; George W. Rains, Jr. D .; J. B. Cross, secretary.
QUINCY.
Quincy was platted in 1848 or 1849, by Isaac M. Cruce-at all events, in the deed index is found a deed, from Cruce to J. W. Murry, for a lot here, February 3, 1849. In the early days Samuel Judy had a store at his place just south of Quincy, where is now Mrs. Lollar's farm. Judy's was made the first postoffice in the county, and for many years was known as Judy's Gap. In 1854, John Hunter and William Bird were the merchants in Quincy. Wash Whitlow had a blacksmith and wagon repair shop. Ransom Raymond had a horse-mill on the creek a quarter of a mile from the town in 1858. The present business consists of two general stores, conducted by J. C. Kagle and G. M. Nowell; drugs, Robt. J. Robertson; groceries, harness and drugs, Ira Anerine; mill, W. H. Morse; carding and woolen factory, George Lomas.
Hogle's Creek Lodge No. 279, A. F. & A. M. was organized in October, 1868, with L. W. Stiltz, W. M .; J. B. Brent, secretary; and L. W. Stilts, J. B. Brent, John Ragner, A. A. Crouch, J. A. Scrivner, P. J. Stoll, J. P. Stoll, James R. Wilson, H. B. Combs, and W. D. Harryman, members.
WEAUBLEAU.
Weaubleau, at one time called Haran, was laid out on ten acres of the northeast northeast southwest Section II, Township 36, Range 24, and was platted by Emmerson Barber. He was postmaster, a minister of the gospel and president of the Weau- bleau Institute, a male and female academy under the auspices of
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the Christian denomination. A. A. John was a builder and con- tractor, Joel Meyers was for some time principal of the school, Phipps & Co. built the steam saw-mill, and T. J. Phipps opened a store. W. L. Snidow, for a long time the able representative of Hickory County in the Legislature, settled in the place in 1856. T. J. Tucker was manager of the lumber yard which was opened in the place about the commencement of the war. Joseph Whitaker settled in the place in 1859. He was also a member of the State Legislature. The town has been chiefly made by the high school, the Weaubleau Institute, which is a valuable addition to the educational facilities of the county. It was built in 1871. The present business consists of a mill, by Harryman & Hartley; stores, A. A. John and L. D. John, and Crouch & Dorman; hotel, Robert Orr. The population is 200.
PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg is not much more than a postoffice hamlet. The place received its name from the Pitts family, of whom there are numerous members in the neighborhood. It is south and a little east of Hermitage about seven miles, at the corner of Sections 25, 30, 31 and 36, on the range line between 21 and 22. The first settler on the spot was W. E. Dorman, and he opened a trading place. In 1845 he picked up himself and the entire settlement, and removed to Hermitage, and for some time the place was the " deserted village." J. T. Ferguson, in 1878, had a drug and grocery store, and Mr. Snow a drug store. At. this time Kirkpatrick Bros. and Alexander Lightfoot are the mer- chants. Halleck Pitts conducts a drug store: Dr. Gentry also keeps drugs, and the steam mill is run by M. C. Mahaffy.
ELKTON.
Elkton is a postoffice station and trading post in a good set- tlement. It was first settled by Dr. Blue. Alexander McFar- land started a store, and sold it to Clasebrook. Then Brown & Grimes had it for some time, and then Mr. Hartsell.
POSTOFFICES.
The oldest postoffice in the county is Quincy - called Judy's Gap, and the youngest is Galmey, established in 1887. In the
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following list, except those towns mentioned above, the mails are kept at farm houses : Almon, Cornersville, Cross Timbers, Elk- ton, Galmey, Hermitage, Lone Spring, Pittsburg, Preston, Quincy, Roney, Weaubleau and Wheatland. What is now the Wheatland office was " Bledsoe," kept at Bledsoe Montgomery's house, where William T. Winkler now lives, about three miles north of Wheatland.
EDUCATION.
Considering population and wealth, no county in Southwest Missouri has shown a more liberal and wise interest in public schools than has Hickory County. The school census for the current year shows a population of school age of 3,375. Here are fifty-six school districts, and in fifty of them are good schools taught from seven to eight months in each year. The others are fractional districts, and children attend school in other counties, or are attached to districts in this county. Hickory is amply supplied with educational advantages; the legal term, at least, is taught in every district, by able and competent teachers. The school funds of the county are in a most healthy condition. From the sale of school lands and other sources, each township has a surplus fund as follows: No. 1, $431.01; No. 2, $743.27; No. 3, $903.25; No. 4, $491.00; No. 5, $653.30; No. 6,$899.39; No. 7, $729.46; No. 8, $968.52; No. 9, $1,100.85; No. 10, $814.13; No. II, $149.77. Total school fund, $13,085.13.
The following are the school districts, and school population in the county:
Township 37, Range 20 .- District No. 1, 83 children: No. 2, 50; No. 3, 44; No. 4, 52; total, 229.
Township 38, Range 20 .- District No. 1, 115 children; No. 2,71; total, 186.
Township 35, Range 21 .- District No. 1, 29 children; No. 3, 16; total, 45.
Township 36, Range 21 .- District No. 1, 72 children; No. 2, 65; No. 3, 65; No. 4, 86; No. 5, 53; total, 337.
Township 37, Range 21 .- District No. 1, 86 children; No. 2, 89; No. 3, 71; No. 4, 37; total, 283.
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Township 38, Range 21 .- District No. 1, 141 children; No. 2, 62; No. 3, 53; total, 256.
Township 35, Range 22 .- District No. 3, 17 children; No. 4, 15; total, 32.
Township 36, Range 22 .- District No. 1, 93 children; No. 2,
49; No. 3, 59; No. 4, 35; No. 5, 50; total, 286.
Township 37, Range 22 .- District No. 1, 62 children; No. 2, 64; No. 3, 39; No. 4, 32; No. 5, 31; No. 6, 42; total, 270.
Township 38, Range 22 .- District No. 1, 85 children; No. 4, 64; total, 149.
Township 35, Range 23 .- District No. 1, 38 children; No. 2, 57; total, 92.
Township 36, Range 23. - District No. 1, 61 children; No. 2, 107; No. 3, 29; No. 4, 84; total, 281.
Township 37, Range 23. - District No. 1, 36 children; No. 2, 45; No. 3, 49; No. 4, 42; No. 5, 37; total, 209.
Township 38, Range 23. - District No. 1, 83 children; No. 2,
46; No. 3, 42; No. 4, 43; No. 5, 62; No. 6, 37; total, 313.
Township 36, Range 24. - District No. 1, 152 children; No. 2, 47; No. 3, 48; total, 245.º
Wheatland, 106 children.
The entire territory of the county is organized into school districts, except a small portion, three or four sections, in the south part of the county, on the Pomme de Terre River.
Hermitage school district has a bonded debt of $2,400, 7 per cent interest. District No. 2, in Township 32, Range 22, has a small bonded debt, and also District 5, in Township 37, Range 22; also a small bonded debt in District 2, Township 35, Range 23, of about $200.
The two-story brick school-house in Hermitage was erected in 1887.
Excellent two-room graded high schools are in each of the towns, and in the more densely populated districts are graded schools where the rising generation may receive all the blessings of a good English education.
The Weaubleau Institute was built in 1871, and is of the Christian church denomination. It has been one of the leading high schools from its inception, in this part of the State, and
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draws pupils from the widely surrounding country. The beautiful and healthful location; the absence of those demoralizing influ- ences of the larger cities, and the cheapness of living are its strong natural advantages. The buildings are comfortable and commodious, and the library and apparatus sufficient. The attendance last year was 126. The principal is J. Whitaker. The buildings cost $3,000; library, $200; and the school appa- ratus, $100.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Early Movements .- The earliest church organization in what is now Hickory County was Antioch Church, of Primitive Bap- tists, organized in 1833, at the house of Washington Young, on North Prairie, four miles west of Cross Timbers. The officiating elders were James Richardson and Elijah Williams. The first members were James Dawson, John Potter, Daniel Lake, Eliza- beth Lake, Nancy Young, Ann Foster, Nancy Holloway, Nellie Dawson and James Richardson. The organization was kept up until the war, and then, in common with nearly if not all the church organizations in the county, dissolved, and many of them have not resumed.
Over the county, prior to the war, there were sparse members of the various Protestant denominations -especially the Baptists, Christians, Methodists and Presbyterians. Union meetings were held at the dwellings of different individuals, or at the school- houses, when opportunity offered. Among the earliest preachers were James Richardson, James H. Baker, Hezekiah Parker, Daniel Briggs, Marquis Monroe and Marcus Walker. Slowly, after the close of the war, congregations began to seek out their members, and again organize their different societies.
The Baptists .- The Baptist Church edifice at Elkton was erected in 1888; among the prominent members are James R. Bass, Alexander S. Brown and J. B. Lindsey.
Macedonia Baptist Church, near Wheatland, is noted as the largest and finest church in the county. It was built in 18So.
Spout Springs Baptist Church is seven miles east of Cross Timbers. One of the principal supporters is Obadiah Driscoll.
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The Swedish Baptist Church, at Cross Timbers, is a log build- ing, erected in 1880.
The Swedish Baptist Church, four miles southeast of Hermit- age, was built in 1888.
Methodist Churches .- The Methodist Episcopal Church at Cross Timbers was organized soon after the war, the building being erected in 1886. The prominent men in this movement were R. W. Dickinson, Noland Brothers and others.
Liberty, Methodist Episcopal Church, two and a half miles south of Hermitage, was erected. in 1883. Prominent in the organization were James D. Johnson, William R. Lopp, William Saunders, John J. Sheehan.
Forrest Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Church, five miles east of Pittsburg, was built in 1887. Judge John A. Pare was one of the chief men in this movement.
The Methodist Episcopal Church South and Masonic Hall of Hermitage is a fine two-story brick building, erected in 1881.
The Protestant Methodists erected their church in Quincy, in 1881. It was blown down in 1887.
Antioch Christian Church is a little more than a mile south- west of Pittsburg. The building was put up in 1875. A. G. and Y. N. Pitts were foremost in this enterprise.
Union Churches .- The Union Church and Masonic Hall at Preston was erected in 1874. Among the principal members were John D. and William A. Pitts. Regular worship is held in this building by the Methodist Episcopal and the Baptist congre- gations.
Union Church at Wheatland was built in 1888.
Present Condition .- The comparatively recent date of the buildings for worship, as will be noticed above, indicates the activity of the church people at this time; and the amicable spirit of the congregations is to be seen in the fact that, in nearly all the buildings, different congregations hold alternate services. For instance, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Hermit- age, is used by both branches of this church, and so it is in all parts of the county, even where the school-houses are still used for church purposes. The new church at Wheatland is liberal to
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the extent of opening its doors for all who may desire to worship God, without question as to dogma.
GENERAL COUNTY TOPICS.
The Wheel .- This organization is at this time the most suc- cessful movement that has attracted, thus far, the attention of the farmers. They are establishing stores, and proclaim as their platform war upon oppressive monopolies. It is yet an experi- ment, and results cannot be forecast.
Hickory County Medical Society (Regulars) .- This society was organized in April, 1888. Every practicing physician of the regular school in the county is a member. Its headquarters are in Hermitage. J. R. Pack is president; A. C. Curl, vice- president; G. W. Pack, secretary; and T. J. Sheldon, treasurer. The society has ten members.
County Bridge .- The imperative necessity for a bridge at Hermitage, across the Pomme de Terre, for many years so keenly felt, finally resulted in the erection of a suitable structure, which was nearly completed when the high waters of 1860 washed it away. This was a total loss, and since then there has been no renewed effort to supply this public want.
Finance .- The condition of the financial affairs of the county is fortunate. There is no bonded debt, and outside of the school tax, which is moderate, the burden of taxes rests lightly on the people's shoulders. The total receipts of the county for the year 1888 for taxes levied for county expenses, etc., was $9,791.43. The county has the following funds: Derived from internal improvement fund, $5,830.30, and three per cent land entry, or road and canal fund, $1,424.29. In the matter of school money, there are few counties that can show a better condition of affairs. The figures in this are given in the article on " Schools."
Railroads .- There is no railroad within the county's borders, the 'Frisco road, on the south and west, furnishing shipping points. On the north is Warsaw. Two lines have been surveyed through Hickory County, and the right of way secured through most of
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the territory. There is a cheering prospect that one or both of these lines will be built at an early day.
Elections .- The vote of Hickory County at the elections of 1884 and 1888, resulted as follows:
1884.
Towns.
Republican.
Democrat.
Scattering.
Hermitage.
125
62
Wheatland.
160
90
Cross Timbers.
I46
I27
6
Quincy.
·89
87
2
Weaubleau
I26
60
5
Elkton
107
65
Pittsburg
158
91
6
Preston ..
152
47
II
Total.
1,063
626
30
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1888.
Towns.
Republican.
Democrat.
United Labor.
Hermitage.
I34
70
27
Wheatland.
150
71
49
Cross Timbers
I47
124
28
Weaubleau.
125
66
18
Quincy
I02
93
8
Elkton.
IIO
66
13
Preston.
I54
55
IO
Pittsburg
154
83
II
Total
1,076
628
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HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY.
GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC .*
Boundary .- Polk County is the central county of Southwest Missouri, and contains an area of 409,600 acres. It lies in the latitude of Richmond, Virginia, on the northern slope of the Ozark divide, between the elevated table lands on the south, and the low bottom lands on the north, high enough to escape the asperity of the former and the malarial influences of the latter, at an average altitude of 1,050 feet above the sea-level. Bounded on the north by St. Clair, Hickory and Dallas Counties, on the east by Dallas County, on the south by Greene County, and on the west by Dade and Cedar Counties, its length from north to south is 261/2 miles, and its width from east to west 24 miles. As is shown by the Government survey, the county is comprised in Townships 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 north of the base line, which runs east and west across the State of Arkansas about five miles south of Little Rock, and Ranges 21, 22, 23 and 24 west of the Fifth Principal Meridian, which extends north and south across the States of Arkansas and Missouri, about thirty- six miles west of St. Louis. Its excellent geographical location in the center of one of the most rapidly developing sections of the West, and its paramount claims on investors and homeseekers, have made it a point of interest to both classes and gone far to insure the speedy advancement of all its important interests.
* In the preparation of these chapters, the compiler acknowledges obligations to Hon. T. H. B. Dunnegan, judge of the county court; Mr. C. D. Lyman, editor of the Bolivar Herald; Mr. H. Z. Williams, editor of the Bolivar Free Press; Mr. D. W. Faulkner, president of the Bank of Bolivar; Prof. S. A. Hoover, principal of the Bolivar schools and school commissioner of Polk County; Mr. F. S. Affleck, clerk of the circuit court; Mr. J. J. Akard, county clerk, and others, for data furnished, and to articles on the history of Polk County by Mr. C. D. Lyman, Mr. A. C. Lemmon and Miss Flora Jamison, published in the Bolivar Herald, of portions of which free use has been made. Acknowledg- ment of indebtedness to the county press is also due.
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Natural Features, Streams, etc .- The surface of Polk County is beautifully diversified with hills and valleys, prairie and timber land, entirely obviating the faintest idea of monotony; and, to those who come here from great prairie States like Illinois, Wis- consin and Iowa, it appears rough and broken. Such impression is strengthened by a journey over the roads leading from Bolivar to the adjacent county seats; but a more thorough inspection of the country, however, will, to a considerable extent, remove this impression. There will be found many fine prairies, which, though not level plains, are not more rolling than is sufficient for good drainage. These prairies probably occupy from one-third to one-half of the surface of the county, as a general thing, each township having its due proportion. The balance of the territory is wooded and brushy land, while along the breaks of the principal streams there is considerable land available only for timber and pasturage.
As is to be expected from the situation of the county, its drainage is in a generally northern direction. The largest stream within the county limits is the Pomme de Terre, a tributary to the Osage, which empties into the Missouri River near Jefferson City. The stream enters the county near its southeastern corner, and passes out in the center of the northern boundary, crossing considerable portions of Mooney, Benton, Marion and Jefferson Townships, and penetrating Greene slightly near its northwest corner, only to flow back into Jefferson, and thence, by a sudden northward turn of its devious course, beyond the county line. In Mooney Township, Wilson Creek, which rises in the extreme western part of Dallas County, flows into the Pomme de Terre east of the center of the township, and, further down, northwest of the center of the township, the river receives another smaller creek, which has its source in the township northwesterly from their confluence. In Mooney, also, from the south and west, the Pomme de Terre receives half a dozen other small streams, most of which have their sources within the borders of this township. In Benton Township, Shules and Deer Creeks, which derive their waters almost wholly from the northeastern part of Mooney Town- ship and the southeast part of Benton Township, become tribu- - tary to the Pomme de Terre, while from the west the river is
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