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History of Bates County, Missouri
by W. O. Atkeson
Historical Publishing Company
1918
PREFACE
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
PURPOSE -- TRADITIONAL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY -- NOT CONFINED BY BOUNDARIES -- SCOPE -- GEOGRAPHICAL -- LACK OF APPRECIATION -- ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT -- MISSOURI, THE MOTHER OF THE WEST -- MISSOURI OF THE FUTURE.
CHAPTER II.
EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT.
LIMITATIONS OF STORY -- LEGAL AGE OF COUNTY -- AREA -- CLASSIFICATION -- BEGINNING -- OCCUPATION BY OSAGES -- THEIR CHARACTERISTICS -- MARQUETTE'S MAP -- EARLY MAPS AND WRITERS -- PREHISTORIC RACE -- VOYAGEURS AND COURIERS DU BOIS -- JOLIET AND MARQUETTE -- DE SOTO AND DECORONADO -- PENALOZA'S EXPEDITION -- ADVENTURERS -- FRENCH CLAIMS TO TERRITORY -- FIRST FRENCH EXPLORATIONS -- GRANT TO FRENCH KING -- M. DE TISSENET'S VISIT -- NAMING OF OSAGE, LITTLE OSAGE, AND MARMITON -- LOCATION OF THE OSAGES -- THE MISSISSIPPI COMPANY -- RENAULT -- INTRODUCTION OF SLAVERY -- "GET RICH QUICK" SCHEME -- RENAULT'S MEN.
CHAPTER III.
HARMONY MISSION.
GREAT HISTORIC FACT -- MISSION FAMILY -- RELIGION OF OSAGES -- OBJECT OF SOCIETY -- MISSIONARY ENTHUSIASM -- SPIRIT -- ORIGIN -- GREAT OSAGE MISSION -- COLONEL M'KENNEY -- DR. MILLEDOLER -- THE COVENANT -- APPLICATIONS -- FAMILY SELECTED -- PERSONNEL -- APPEALS AND RESULTS -- FAREWELL MEETING -- DEPARTURE OF "ATLANTA" AND "PENNSYLVANIA" -- COMMISSION -- REPORT OF SECRETARY -- DOWN THE OHIO -- DIFFICULTIES -- MISSIONARY STATION -- JOURNAL -- CEMETERY.
CHAPTER IV.
THE GRAND OSAGE INDIANS.
GRAND OSAGES AND HARMONY MISSION -- HOME OF THE OSAGES -- CHARACTERISTICS -- FAILURE OF MISSION -- PIKE'S EXPEDITION -- LOCATION -- RECENT OBSERVATIONS -- THEIR RELIGION -- FIRST MARRIAGE IN OSAGE COUNTRY -- LAST OF HIS LINE.
CHAPTER V.
MARCHIONESS DEGNINON OF THE OSAGE.
A ROMANCE OF HARMONY MISSION AND HALLEY'S BLUFF.
CHAPTER VI.
TOPOGRAPHY.
TECHNICAL DISCUSSION UNCALLED FOR -- SOIL SURVEY -- HON. JAMES WILSON -- HON. DAVID A. DE ARMOND -- SURVEYORS -- LOCATION, ELEVATION, AND EXTENT OF TERRACES -- EROSION -- RANGE IN ELEVATION -- ALTITUDE -- CHANNELS -- STREAMS -- UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS OF IMPORTANCE -- DRAINAGE.
CHAPTER VII.
SOILS.
MEANING OF TERMS -- NON-GLACIATED PORTION -- RESIDUAL UPLAND SOIL -- ROCKS -- SHALE, LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE -- HORIZONTAL STRATA -- EROSION -- TOPOGRAPHY -- SOIL SERIES -- RESIDUAL SOILS -- SOIL TYPES -- OSWEGO SILT LOAM -- SUMMIT SILT LOAM -- BATES SILT LOAM -- CRAWFORD SILT LOAM -- BATES LOAM -- BOONE FINE SANDY LOAM -- OSAGE CLAY -- OSAGE SILT LOAM.
CHAPTER VIII.
RESOURCES OF BATES COUNTY.
TIMBER -- CHANGE OF OPINION -- "THE PRAIRIE" -- STRIP COAL MINING -- UNCULTIVATED LAND -- BLUEGRASS -- "SCRUB STOCK" -- STOCK PRODUCTION -- FERTILIZERS -- HORTICULTURE -- WILD FRUITS -- NUTS -- WATER -- FISH -- BUILDING MATERIALS -- CLAYS -- KAOLIN -- COAL -- ASPHALTUM, ROCK OIL, AND GAS -- IRON ORE -- PAINT BOULDERS -- POULTRY -- CORN.
CHAPTER IX.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION. (By Judge Charles A. Denton.)
NATIONAL, TERRITORIAL, STATE, AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS -- FRENCH POSSESSION -- SPANISH POSSESSION -- PROVINCE OF LOUISIANA -- ACT OF MARCH 26, 1804 -- ACT OF MARCH 31, 1805 -- ACT OF JULY 4, 1812 -- MISSOURI ADMITTED -- TREATY OF NOVEMBER 10, 1808 -- LEGISLATIVE ACTS.
CHAPTER X.
THE BORDER WARFARE.
"KANSAS WAR" -- PRO-SLAVERY SETTLERS VS. "FREE STATE MEN" -- THE AGITATED, EXCITED PUBLIC MIND -- FACTS BETWEEN LINCOLN'S ELECTION AND INAUGURATION -- BORDER LAND INFLAMED -- WAR REPORTS -- OSAWATOMIE JOHN BROWN.
CHAPTER XI.
RAILROADS.
EARLY TRANSPORTATION -- COLONEL BROWN -- RAILWAY CONNECTIONS -- FIRST SURVEY -- RAILWAY PROJECTS -- PLEASANT HILL, BUTLER & FORT SCOTT RAILROAD -- LEBO & NEOSHO -- RAILROAD MEETINGS -- SPECIAL SESSION OF COUNTY COURT -- LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE & GALVESTON -- CONTRACTS LET -- "BOB" STEVENS -- PERSONAL BENEFIT SCHEMES -- GENERAL PARSONS -- LA BETTE CITY -- COLONEL WILLIAMS -- KANSAS CITY & MEMPHIS COMPANY -- MISSOURI, KANSAS & TOPEKA -- GENERAL DISGUST -- FAILURE OF SYNDICATE -- MISSOURI PACIFIC -- RICH HILL BRANCH -- OTHER RAILROAD PROJECTS -- COLONEL PACE AND COLONEL NICHOLS -- SYNDICATE REPRESENTED -- WALNUT CITY BOOM -- DAMAGE SUIT -- BOOMLET -- J. D. SCOTT -- SINCERE PROMOTERS -- "IN THE LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN".
CHAPTER XII.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BATES COUNTY. (By Arthur C. Moreland, County Superintendent.)
EARLY SCHOOLS -- FIRST SCHOOL HOUSES -- FIRST TEACHERS -- BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR -- EARLY SETTLERS -- OFFICE OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONER CREATED -- WILLIAM C. REQUA -- NATHAN L. PERRY -- FIRST COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, DAVID McGAUGHEY -- L. B. ALLISON -- FIRST TEACHERS' INSTITUTES -- CHARLES WILSON -- JAMES HARPER -- SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS -- HOWARD TOWNSHIP -- FIRST READING CIRCLE -- LAWS -- MEETINGS -- SALARY -- STATISTICS -- ADRIAN -- RICH HILL -- BUTLER -- BUTLER ACADEMY -- HUME -- AMORET -- AMSTERDAM -- ROCKVILLE -- MERWIN -- BUSINESS COLLEGES.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE PRESS.
VALUE AND INFLUENCE -- "BATES COUNTY STANDARD" -- "WESTERN TIMES" -- "WEST POINT BANNER" -- "BATES COUNTY RECORD" -- "THE BATES COUNTY DEMOCRAT" -- "THE BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES" -- "REPUBLICAN" -- "ADRIAN ADVERTIZER" -- "THE REGISTER" -- "RICH HILL GAZETTE" -- "NATIONAL GAZETTE" -- "DAILY GAZETTE" -- "HERALD" -- "COMING NATION" -- "THE WESTERN ENTERPRISE" -- "THE RICH HILL MINING REVIEW" -- "DAILY REVIEW" -- "AMORET LEADER" -- "AMSTERDAM ENTERPRISE" -- "THE BORDER TELEPHONE" -- "THE HUME NEWS" -- "HUME STAR" -- "HUME CHRONICLE" -- "THE HUME GLOBE" -- "HUME SUN" -- ROCKVILLE NEWSPAPERS -- "THE ROCKVILLE NEWS".
CHAPTER XIV.
FINANCE AND BANKING.
A STORY OF SUCCESS -- C. B. DUNBAUGH & COMPANY -- BATES COUNTY BANK -- BATES COUNTY SAVINGS BANK -- BUTLER NATIONAL BANK -- F. J. TYGARD AND W. F. TYGARD -- RAILROADS AND BUILDING OF TOWNS -- BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES -- LOAN CENTER -- THE MISSOURI STATE BANK -- THE WALTON TRUST COMPANY -- THE FARMERS & MANUFACTURERS BANK -- ADRIAN BANKING COMPANY -- THE FARMERS BANK -- THE FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY -- BANK OF ROCKVILLE -- BANK OF AMSTERDAM -- BANK OF AMORET -- THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF HUME -- THE COMMERCIAL STATE BANK -- STATE BANK OF HUME -- FARMERS BANK OF ROCKVILLE.
CHAPTER XV.
THE BENCH AND BAR.
INTRODUCTION -- THE BENCH -- THE BAR -- THE HEGIRA OF OUR PUBLIC RECORDS (By James H. Raybourn) -- CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHURCHES.
RANKING IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS -- GROWTH AND PROSPERITY -- LIBERAL ATTITUDE -- PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -- LATTER DAY SAINTS -- CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN.
CHAPTER XVII.
BUTLER.
LOCATION -- ADVANTAGES -- ORIGINAL TOWN -- NAMING -- WILLIAM ORLANDO BUTLER -- FIRST SURVEYS -- JOHN C. KENNETT -- MONTGOMERY -- JOHN E. MORGAN -- FIRST HOTEL -- GENERAL STORE -- McCOMB & ROBISON -- LORING & BURNETT -- FIRST PHYSICIAN -- FIRST ATTORNEYS -- FIRST TEACHER AND SCHOOL HOUSE -- WILLIAM HARMANN -- VAN BUREN VAN DYKE -- FIRST SAW AND GRIST MILL -- FIRST CHURCH -- FIRE -- DURING CIVIL WAR -- INCORPORATION -- CITY OF FOURTH CLASS -- FIRST MAYOR -- FIRST CITY OFFICERS -- CITY OF THIRD CLASS -- EARLY ESTABLISHMENTS -- OLD SURVEY -- DEEDS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
RICH HILL.
POSTOFFICE -- DEVELOPMENT -- ORGANIZATION -- THE "LEADVILLE OF MISSOURI" -- "MINING REVIEW" -- "TRADE JOURNAL" -- CITY OF FOURTH CLASS -- TOM IRISH -- ORGANIZATION -- FIRST MAYOR -- CLINTON R. WOLFE -- THIRD CLASS -- WATERWORKS -- PROSPECTING -- GAS PLANT -- WATER, LIGHT AND FUEL COMPANY -- REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH -- THE "REVIEW" -- TOWN COMPANY -- LOCATION.
CHAPTER XIX.
TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
INTRODUCTION -- MINGO TOWNSHIP -- SETTLE FORD -- COVE CITY -- MAYESBURG -- GRAND RIVER TOWNSHIP -- ALTONA -- DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP -- ADRIAN -- CRESCENT HILL -- EAST BOONE TOWNSHIP -- BURDETT -- PARKERVILLE -- WEST BOONE TOWNSHIP -- ROSIER -- WEST POINT TOWNSHIP -- WEST POINT VILLAGE -- VINTON -- AMSTERDAM -- ELKHART TOWNSHIP -- ELKHART POSTOFFICE -- MOUND TOWNSHIP -- PASSAIC -- SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP -- CULVER.
CHAPTER XX.
TOWNSHIPS. TOWNS AND VILLAGES -- CONTINUED.
SPRUCE TOWNSHIP -- JOHNSTOWN -- BALLARD POSTOFFICE -- DEEPWATER TOWNSHIP -- SPRUCE VILLAGE -- SUMMIT TOWNSHIP -- MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP -- BUTLER -- CHARLOTTE TOWNSHIP -- VIRGINIA POSTOFFICE -- HOMER TOWNSHIP -- MULBERRY -- AMORET -- WALNUT TOWNSHIP -- MARVEL -- LOUISVILLE -- WALNUT POSTOFFICE -- WORLAND -- FOSTER.
CHAPTER XXI.
TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES -- CONTINUED.
NEW HOME TOWNSHIP -- NEW HOME VILLAGE -- SHOBETOWN AND RIVELY -- CORNLAND -- LONE OAK TOWNSHIP -- PERU AND ATHOL -- PLEASANT GAP TOWNSHIP -- PLEASANT GAP VILLAGE -- STUMPTOWN -- HUDSON TOWNSHIP -- HUDSON -- LAHIA -- ROCKVILLE TOWNSHIP -- ROCKVILLE TOWN -- PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP -- HARMONY MISSION -- PAPINSVILLE -- PRAIRIE CITY -- OSAGE TOWNSHIP -- HOWARD TOWNSHIP -- SPRAGUE -- HUME.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE MARAIS DES CYGNES AND OSAGE RIVERS AND VALLEYS.
CONFUSION -- DERIVATION AND MEANING -- EARLY OFFICIAL MAPS -- ERRORS -- CONTROVERSY -- MILTON WHITING -- ERRONEOUS PLATBOOKS -- EARLY WRITERS -- LOCATION OF OSAGES -- THE MARAIS DES CYGNES A PART OF BOUNDARY -- A BEAUTIFUL SCENE -- HAPPY HOME -- BIG TREES -- CROOKED STREAM -- DESCRIPTION -- FISH STORIES -- RECLAMATION -- CAPTAIN A. B. DICKEY -- C. G. GREEN -- DRAINAGE COMPANY -- "VALLEY OF THE NILE" -- EXTENSION.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE BIG DRAINAGE DITCH.
THE EGYPT OF BATES COUNTY -- "MARAIS DES CYGNES" -- RECLAMATION -- PRETENSE -- NO FEASIBLE PLAN UNTIL 1906 -- PETITION PRESENTED -- VIEWERS AND APPRAISERS -- PROPOSED PLAN -- REMONSTRANCE -- REPORTS -- JUDGE McFADDEN -- REPORT APPROVED -- PERMANENT BOARD APPOINTED -- DUTIES OF BOARD AND COST OF WORK -- OBJECTIONS -- CONTRACT -- BONDS -- CONSTRUCTION -- LITIGATION -- COMPLETED -- RESULTS -- J. F. KERN.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE. (By Lucien Green.)
IN KANSAS -- THE GRANGERS -- POOR CROP YEARS -- INVASION -- J. C. TAYLOR -- SMALL DAMAGE -- THE "JUANITA OF THE WEST" -- JOURNEY TO BATES COUNTY -- DESTINATION -- RECEPTION -- JOHN McCONNELL -- CAPTAIN JOHN W. HANNAH -- THE ATTACK -- LEAVE TAKING -- GOOD FEELING -- CROPS.
CHAPTER XXV.
REMINISCENCES.
OLD SETTLERS AND EARLY INCIDENTS -- INTERESTING FACTS -- RECOLLECTIONS OF HARMONY MISSION -- BATES COUNTY IN THE FIFTIES -- SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO -- EVENTS OF LONG AGO -- TALKS AND TALES OF OLDEN TIMES.
CHAPTER XXVI.
BIOGRAPHICAL - BIOGRAPHY SECTION OF THIS WEBSITE.
APPENDIX.
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