INDEX
History of Bates County, Missouri
(From: History of Cass & Bates Counties, Missouri)
National Publishing Company
1883
CHAPTER I.
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
SURFACE GEOLOGY -- COAL MEASURES -- BEDS ABOVE THE MULBERRY COAL -- ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY -- LOWER COAL BEDS -- THE MULBERRY COAL -- BUILDING ROCK -- IRON ORE -- MINERAL WATERS -- FIRE CLAY -- AGRICULTURE -- TIMBER SUPPLY.
CHAPTER II.
CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY.
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS -- EDWARD BATES, LL.D. -- ORGANIZATION -- AN ACT ATTACHING PART OF CASS TO BATES COUNTY -- VERNON COUNTY ONCE INCLUDED -- BATES COUNTY -- THE ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL -- PART OF BATES ATTACHED TO VERNON COUNTY.
CHAPTER III.
CUSTOMS OF EARLY DAYS.
CHAPTER IV.
FIRST SETTLEMENT.
IMPORTANCE OF EARLY BEGINNINGS -- HARMONY MISSION -- WHEN AND WHERE ORGANIZED -- PLACE OF RENDEZVOUS -- JOURNEY -- DEATH OF MRS. MONTGOMERY -- ARRIVAL AT RAPID DE KAY -- ERECTING CABINS -- MISSION SCHOOL -- PUPILS -- PERSEVERANCE -- INCIDENTS OF A TRIP TO INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI -- ERECT A MILL -- YOUNG DODGE'S DEATH -- MISSOURI DISBANDED -- LETTER FROM THOMAS G. COCKEREL.
CHAPTER V.
BOONE TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- OIL -- EARLY SETTLERS -- CHURCHES -- BURDETT, ITS HISTORY AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY -- MILL -- PARKERSVILLE.
CHAPTER VI.
WEST BOONE TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- THEIR EXPERIENCE -- SETTLERS WHO CAME AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE WAR OF 1861 -- MILL -- ROSIER -- SCHOOL.
CHAPTER VII.
CHARLOTTE TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- M. E. CHURCH -- CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIANS -- VIRGINIA POST OFFICE -- BUSINESS MEN AND BUSINESS -- CHURCH.
CHAPTER VIII.
DEEPWATER TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- FARMING -- SOME REMINISCENCES OF HIRAM SNODGRASS AND FAMILY -- SAMUEL SCOTT -- OTHER EARLY SETTLERS -- SETTLERS WHO CAME BETWEEN 1850 AND 1860 -- CAPT. JOHN B. NEWBERRY -- CHURCHES -- SCHOOL -- MILL.
CHAPTER IX.
DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- COAL -- EARLY SETTLERS -- JOSEPH J. McGRAW AND FAMILY -- CHURCHES -- CRESCENT HILL -- ITS PRESENT AND PAST HISTORY -- ADRIAN -- ITS HISTORY -- NEWSPAPER -- SCHOOL -- TOWN OFFICERS -- ADRIAN CORNET BAND -- POPULATION -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF ADRIAN -- COLEVILLE.
CHAPTER X.
ELKHART TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- TIMBER AND WATER -- COAL AND STONE -- EARLY SETTLERS -- THE KEATONS -- SETTLERS AFTER THE WAR -- MILLS -- SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
CHAPTER XI.
GRAND RIVER TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- ALTONA -- CHURCH -- MILL -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF ALTONA.
CHAPTER XII.
HOWARD TOWNSHIP.
AREA AND PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- SPRAGUE -- TOWN OFFICIALS -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF SPRAGUE -- HUME -- ITS HISTORY -- CHURCHES -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
CHAPTER XIII.
HUDSON TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- HUDSON CITY -- ITS LAYING OUT AND EARLY SETTLEMENT -- CHURCH -- BUSINESS -- CHURCHES IN TOWNSHIP -- SCHOOL -- LAHAI -- COAL.
CHAPTER XIV.
HOMER TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- LIMESTONE AND COAL -- CHURCHES -- MULBERRY POST OFFICE -- SPY MOUND -- JOHN BROWN'S FARM AND OLD HOME -- HAMILTON MASSACRE.
CHAPTER XV.
LONE OAK TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- WATER, TIMBER, ETC. -- EARLY SETTLERS -- DR. WILLIAM C. REQUA -- CHURCHES -- SHOEMAKER -- ORCHARD.
CHAPTER XVI.
MINGO TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- COVE CITY -- MAYSBURG -- EARLY HISTORY -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY -- COVE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH -- ORIGINAL AND PRESENT MEMBERS.
CHAPTER XVII.
MOUND TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- SURFACE AND WATER -- ROCK AND TIMBER -- EARLY SETTLERS -- BUTLER -- LOCATION -- HISTORY -- ITS OCCUPATION BY THE MILITARY -- MILITARY EXECUTION -- TOWN INCORPORATED, OFFICIALS -- MILLS AND MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS -- ELECTRIC LIGHT -- BANKS AND BANKERS -- BUTLER ACADEMY -- REV. W. M. NEWTON'S ADDRESS -- FOURTH OF JULY AT BUTLER IN 1882 -- WALTON'S OPERA HOUSE -- SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED UPON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE OPERA HOUSE -- SECRET SOCIETIES -- CHURCHES -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF BUTLER -- POSTMASTERS.
CHAPTER XIX.
NEW HOME TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLEMENT AND PIONEERS -- MILLS -- NEW HOME -- ITS HISTORY -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY -- COAL FIELDS.
CHAPTER XX.
OSAGE TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- SURFACE AND WATER -- COAL AND WATER -- EARLY SETTLERS -- OLD RICH HILL -- THE NEW TOWN OF RICH HILL -- ITS MARVELOUS GROWTH -- FOUNDING OF THE TOWN -- THE LOCATION -- ADDITIONS -- STREETS, AVENUES AND PARKS -- EARLY PIONEERS AND BUILDINGS -- OFFICIALS -- BANKS AND BANKERS -- PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- RICH HILL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION -- SECRET ORDERS -- CHURCHES -- RAILROADS -- SOUTHWESTERN LEAD AND ZINC SMELTING WORKS -- J. V. WOODHOUSE -- GRADUAL REDUCTION FLOURING MILL -- RICH HILL FLOURING MILL -- RICH HILL FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS -- COAL MEASURES -- COL E. C. BROWN AND M. S. COWLES -- RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF RICH HILL.
CHAPTER XXI.
PLEASANT GAP TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- JUDGE JOSEPH WIX -- POST OFFICE -- SCHOOL HOUSE -- CHURCH -- BLACKSMITH -- PLEASANT GAP -- LONE OAK POST OFFICE -- STUMPTOWN -- ITS FOUNDER, W. B. YOUNG -- HIS CHARACTERISTICS -- STUMPTOWN CLIPPER -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
CHAPTER XXII.
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- ITS HISTORICAL INTEREST -- EARLY SETTLERS -- RAPIDS DE KAY -- HARMONY MISSION -- WHEN ABANDONED -- THE EARLY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS MEN -- LETTER TO FREEMAN BARRONS -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REV. AMASA JONES -- PAPINVILLE -- ITS LOCATION AND EARLY BUSINESS -- MAID OF THE OSAGE -- HER TRIP TO HARMONY MISSION -- THE WAVE -- THE UNITED STATES MAIL -- TOM STEVENS -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF PAPINVILLE -- PRAIRIE CITY -- CHURCHES -- REMARKABLE SLEET OF 1848 -- DROUTHS OF 1854 AND 1860 -- PAPINVILLE CEMETERY.
CHAPTER XXIII.
ROCKVILLE TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- ROCKVILLE -- TOWN INCORPORATED -- OFFICIALS -- CHURCHES -- SCHOOL -- ROCKVILLE MILLS -- BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
CHAPTER XXIV.
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- OLD SETTLERS -- EARLY TIMES -- EARLY MANNERS -- FIRST TORNADO -- EARLY WINTERS -- FIRST SCHOOL -- PREACHERS -- FIRST ORCHARD -- WHEAT CROP.
CHAPTER XXV.
SPRUCE TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- JOHNSTOWN.
CHAPTER XXVI.
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- THE FIRST INHABITANTS AND THEIR RECOLLECTIONS -- CHURCHES.
CHAPER XXVII.
WALNUT TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- EARLY SETTLERS -- JUDGE EDWARD BARTLETT -- HIS RECOLLECTIONS -- CHURCHES -- MARVEL POST OFFICE -- WALNUT POST OFFICE.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
WEST POINT TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARY -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- OLD PIONEERS -- WEST POINT -- ITS POPULATION AND IMPORTANCE -- WEST POINT OF TODAY -- VINTON.
CHAPTER XXIX.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
COURTS -- JAILS -- RECORDS.
CHAPTER XXX.
BENCH AND BAR.
JOHN D. PARKINSON -- SAMUEL B. LASHBROOKE -- THOMAS W. SILVERS -- WILLIAM PAGE -- THOMAS J. SMITH -- PHINEAS H. HOLCOMB -- J. S. AND S. P. FRANCISCO -- J. W. ABERNATHY -- JOHN T. SMITH JR. -- P. C. FULKERSON -- F COLEMAN SMITH -- DAVID McGAUGHEY.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CRIMES, ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS.
DR. SAMUEL NOTTINGHAM HANGED FOR KILLING WIFE -- TRIPLE TRAGEDY -- MURDER OF JAMES WESTBROOK BY THEOPHILUS R. FREEMAN -- FREEMAN'S ESCAPE -- TRIAL OF JAMES M. SMITH FOR THE MURDER OF WILLIAM MUSGRAVE -- DROWNED -- INCIDENTS OF THE WAR -- STANLEY AND MORGAN SHOOTING AFFRAY -- SHOT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK JAIL -- TWO MEN HANGED.
CHAPTER XXXII.
AGRICULTURE, STOCK, ETC.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE PRESS.
INTRODUCTORY -- BATES COUNTY STANDARD -- WESTERN TIMES -- WEST POINT BANNER -- EDITORIAL -- BUTLER -- BATES COUNTY RECORD -- THE BATES COUNTY DEMOCRAT -- BUTLER WEEKLY AND DAILY TIMES -- MONTHLY TIMES -- BATES COUNTY REPUBLICAN -- THE ADRIAN ADVERTISER -- RICH HILL GAZETTE -- THE WESTERN ENTERPRISE -- THE MINING REVIEW.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BATES COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXXV.
LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
HISTORY OF RAILROAD BUILDING IN BATES COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
CHAPTER XL.
TORNADOES.
CHAPTER XLI.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND FACTS.
LETTER OF M. L. WOLFE, MINE INSPECTOR IN REFERENCE TO THE MINES AND COAL FIELDS OF BATES COUNTY -- CHURCHES OF BATES COUNTY, AND WHERE LOCATED -- POST OFFICES AND NAMES OF POSTMASTERS -- CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS -- WARLIKE POSTER.
BIOGRAPHICAL -- See Biography Section of this website.
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