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Iron County Historical Society Newsletter

Winter 2015

Mailing Address P.O. Box 183 Ironton, MO 63650

E-Mail: ironcohissoc@hotmail.com

Iron County Historical Society

Founded 1974

Museum Address Whistle Junction Train Depot Highway 21, Arcadia, MO

Website: www.rootsweb.com/~moichs Telephone: (573) 546-3513

Next Meeting: 2 p.m., Sunday, January 18th

First Presbyterian Church, Corner of Knob & Reynolds, Ironton

~ Program ~

The USS Iron County by Scott Killen

~Refreshments by ~

John Abney

John Abney

A belated Happy New Year to all! I hope you can join

us on the 18th for our first quarterly meeting of 2015 (I

have to get used to writing that) as Scott Killen presents

his program on the USS Iron County.

I hope you will take the time to read our Newsletter

Editors (Carolyn Sheehy) message on page 4 and will

consider submitting an article for one of our future

newsletters. Similarly, I also hope that you will take

time to read and think about the article Ive written on

page 2. While I believe 2014 was a successful year for

the historical society on many fronts, I still believe we

can do more.

I was saddened to hear about the passing of Dorothy

Jean (Hardy) Allmon and would like to pass along my

condolences to all of her friends and family. I enjoyed

corresponding with her when I wrote a recent article

about her parents (Hurschel and Reca Hardy) and their

donation of their negative collection to the historical

society.

Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to

welcome all of our new members. For those that I

havent already met, I look forward to meeting you in

person in the future.

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Presidents Message Museum Directors Report

Wilma Cofer

New Accessions: We have received several new

accessions this quarter from Jean Turner Cross, Colleen

Jarvis, First State Bank, Carol Kelsheimer, Boulder

Books, Sam Palmer, Judy Schaaf-Wheeler, Margo

Crowell, and Carolyn Elwess.

Donations / Memorials Received: Donations in the

amount of $488.99 have been received for the months of

August, September and October. Thanks for your help!

Visitors: Aug. 352 from 14 states + MO & 4 countries;

Sept. 244 from 15 states + MO & 3 countries;

Oct. 333 from 16 states + MO & 3 countries;

Nov. 84 from 7 states + MO and 0 countries.

Visitors:

Membership Chairmans Report

Wilma Cofer

We gained 7 members since last quarter and lost 1

(Dorothy Jean (Hardy) Allmon to death. We currently

have 115 members and six exchange members.

New member(s):

Vivian German, Des Arc, MO; Pam Leach, Ironton,

MO; Lily A. Price, Ironton, MO; Cynthia Dyball,

Whittier, CA; Zack Collins, Salem, MO; Patti Dettmer

Mar, St. Robert, MO; Janis Dettmer Crocker;

Farmington, MO; Thomas Buchanan, Wichita, KS; Dr.

Walter Kempe, Tulsa, OK; and Jon Bergenthal, St.

Louis, MO.

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

By John Abney

No matter what standard you choose to apply, 2014

was a successful year for the Iron County Historical

Society. Our membership has grown from 90 at this

time last year to 115 now. We participated in a

number of events including the Spring Mountain

Music Festival, the 150th

Anniversary

Commemoration of the Battle of Pilot Knob, and

we recently sponsored what may become an annual

event for the society, a trivia contest and silent

auction. Financially, while we arent set by any

stretch of the imagination, the wolf wont be at our

door anytime soon. The number of followers on our

Facebook page has grown to over 500 and we

continue to try to think of other ways to attract new

members. Of course, none of this would be

possible without you, our members. So, before I

begin to ask more from you, I want to sincerely

thank each and every one of our members for your

continued support of your Iron County Historical

Society! Most recently, we received a grant from

the Edgar Foundation that will allow us to buy a

new computer, software and a new scanner. As

always, we thank the Edgar Foundation for their

commitment to help us accomplish our mission of

preserving and sharing the rich history of Iron

County.

Unfortunately, we cant just sit back and coast

along. Let me be clear, its not all about money, but

money gives us freedom. We are very fortunate to

have the Arcadia Valley Chamber of Commerce /

Our Town Tomorrow as our landlord at the Whistle

Junction Visitors Center. The generous terms of

our lease with them allow us to operate our

museum, but if we had to move tomorrow, next

month or at the end of our lease, I know that we

would not have the financial resources to make such

a move possible. Personally, I would like our

historical society to have that kind of freedom

should an opportunity present itself. In the past,

weve been very fortunate to be remembered in the

estates of our members. I would ask that if you

truly care about preserving our countys history,

that you consider adding a bequest to the historical

society in your will. And, as always, cash donations

or secure donations through the PayPal button on

our website are welcome.

That said, I actually want more from you than just

your money. Money keeps the doors open, but we

need to do so much more. First, for those of you

that live within an hour of Ironton, I would ask that

you commit one afternoon of your time, four times

a year to attend our quarterly meetings normally

held at 2 p.m. on the third Sunday of January, April,

July, and October. Ive been told by more than one

of our charter members that we used to have more

than 100 people at these meetings. Now, I consider

us fortunate when we have more than 10 people

there. Not only would I encourage you to come, but

it would also be great if you brought a visitor or two

with you. Ive been reluctant to ask our Program

Director to look for outside speakers as, frankly, I

would be embarrassed by our low turn-out. If there

are things we need to do to make attending these

meetings more appealing, then I would ask you to

speak up and make your voice heard.

As to making your voice heard, I believe the

Societys leadership and membership made a

mistake a few years ago when we modified our by-

laws to allow our officers to serve more than two

consecutive terms in the same position. At the time,

the move was made because no one else seemed to

be interested in the positions. This change made it

too easy to continue along with the status quo and

thats exactly what has happened. Let me be clear, I

appreciate all the hard work of each and every one

of our officers, directors, and board members.

Without their dedication and hard work, there

would not be an Iron County Historical Society.

That said, we want and need new ideas. Im not

asking that you dive into the deep end of the pool

(unless you want to) and take on one of the officer

positions. I am asking that you consider getting

your feet wet by volunteering to serve a three year

term as a member of the Societys Board of

Directors. Contact any officer or board member if

you are interested.

When all is said and done, I truly believe that our

historical society will survive and prosper. Ive

never been turned down by any of our members

when I have appealed to them directly for their help.

For now, I just want to thank each and every one of

you for your continued support and to tell you how

much I look forward to working with you in the

future.

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Items Related to Dr. Napoleon A. Farr

Among the Societys newest accessions are items related

to the medical career of Dr. Napoleon Farr (1851

1927). Donated by his great-granddaughter, Lina

Meinhardt, these items include the doctors medical bag,

his medical instruments, splints, and some family

photographs.

Napoleon A. Farr, the son of Madison C. Farr and

Elender [Cravens] Farr was born in Madison County,

Missouri on 8 December 1851 and obtained his early

education in a private school in Madison County as well

as the high school in Wayne County.1 He received his

training as a physician at the University of Michigan and

practiced in Perry, Reynolds, and Wayne counties before

moving to Des Arc.2 In all, his medical practice

spanned 54 years.3

1 Linda Meinhardt, Farr Family History Information, Iron

County Historical Society Family History Files, file 371.2 and

Obituary [Napoleon Farr], Iron County Historical Society

Family History Files, file 371.2. 2 John L. Sullivan (compiler), Official Manual of the State of

Doctor Farr married his first wife, Miss Melissa Chilton,

on 1 October 1876 and five children would be born to

this marriage.4 After the death of his first wife in

1888, he devoted himself to his children and waited

some 8 years before remarrying to Miss Minnie

Myers.5

Two pictures of Dr. Farr, the image on the left is from the

collection of Lina Meinhardt, the image on the right is the

doctors photograph included in the Official Manual of the

State of Missouri 1917 - 1918

Besides being a physician, Farr was the president of

the Bank of Des Arc, a farmer and stock raiser, and

served one term as a representative in the Missouri

State Legislature from 1917 1918.6 While in the

Missouri for the Years 1917 1918 (1918), 57; digital images,

Missouri Digital Heritage

(http://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/blueb

ook/id/10828 : accessed 22 November 2014). 3 Obituary.

4 Ibid.

5 Sullivan.

6 Ibid.

From the Collection b

By John

Abney

Medical bag and

instruments

belonging to Dr.

Napoleon A. Farr

(1851-1927)

Farrs office, home, store, and post office located in

Des Arc. Photo from the collection of the Iron County

Historical Society.

http://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/bluebook/id/10828http://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/bluebook/id/10828

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Missouri Legislature, he served on the Committees

on Eleemosynary Institutions, Public Health, and

Scientific Institutions.7 Newspaper accounts

published in the Iron County Register during the

Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918 1919 made

frequent mention of the heroic efforts of Dr. Farr in

treating influenza victims throughout southern Iron

County.

Dr. Farr died in Des Arc on 26 September 1927 and

was buried in the nearby Mountain View Cemetery.

Quoting from his obituary, He was the

embodiment of sterling characteristics and those

noble qualities that enabled our pioneer fathers to

meet and conquer the barriers that tended to impede

the progress of a growing nation. It was men such

as he that defended our laws against intruders and

that have preserved for us the government of which

we, today, are proud.8 Among others, he was

survived by his second wife and three of his five

children and his obituary concludes by stating, In

his departure he leaves more than one vacancy all of

which can never be filled. 9

7 Ibid.

8 Obituary [Napoleon Farr].

9 Obituary [Napoleon Farr].

The New Year 2015 has arrived and with it comes a

clean slate upon which to write history and what

will be recorded!! May God richly bless each of

you during this New Year!

My thoughts drifted back to what was happening in

1915. Here are just some of the things I found:

Woodrow Wilson was US President and Elliott

Woolfolk Major was Missouris Governor.

World War I was taking place in Europe. Jan. 12:

U S House of Representatives rejected a proposal to

give women the right to vote. May 6: Babe Ruth

hit his first career home run. Aug: Galveston and

New Orleans hit by hurricane. Dec.10: The 1

millionth Ford car rolls off the assembly line at the

plant in Detroit. The first stop sign appeared in

Detroit. Frank Sinatra was born.

Today, when I reflect upon 2014, I find that I am

very appreciative of many things. First, I would

like to recognize John Abney for all of the many

ways he contributes to compile and publish the

Newsletter. His work and dedication are top notch

and he is the one who keeps the Newsletters coming

forth. He has also started and updates a Facebook

page for Iron County Historical Society. Secondly,

I would like to thank those guest writers that

submitted articles this year. They have been well

read and received thus adding variety of topics and

good reading to the newsletters. Lastly, I would

like to thank you the members who continue to

support Iron County Historical Society in so many

ways. Your positive comments have not only been

greatly appreciated but gives encouragement to us.

Therefore during 2015, I would invite you to submit

articles and pictures regarding Iron County history,

whether it be about family/business histories, events

that happened, or interesting recollections. The

more concise the articles are, the better it makes it

easier to fit into the spacing limitations.

Dr. Farr with his granddaughter,

Alice Fitz in 1921. Photo courtesy

of Alice (Fitz) Tierneys daughter

Lina (Tierney) Meinhardt.

From the Newsletter

Editor

By Carolyn Sheehy

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Old Times: A Trip from Connecticut to Missouri

in 183810

Written By Theodore Pease Russell

Transcribed by John Abney

Transcribers Note: From 1884 until his death in 1899,

Theodore Pease Russell (1820 1899) recorded his

memories in a recurring column published in the Iron

County Register under the title of Old Times. The entire

collection was transcribed, edited and republished in

1988 by James F. Keefe and Lynn Morrow in a book

entitled A Connecticut Yankee in the Frontier Ozarks:

The Writings of Theodore Pease Russell. Though out of

print, the book may still be available through inter-

library loan. The work transcribed here, from the

original newspaper editions, was originally published in

the spring of 1886.

Part 1 of 3

On Monday morning, April 23, 1838, my father and all

his family said good-bye to the dear friends, relatives,

and the dear old New England home, and started on that

long journey to the setting sun [Theodores parents were

Colonel Cyrus Russell and Rebecca Pease Russell, see

page 7 for more information on the Russell family as

well as pictures of Theodores parents and Theodore.]

How distant and how little was known of that land

beyond the Mississippi at that time! It was looked upon

as beyond the reach of civilization, the unknown land.

10Russell, Theodore P. Old Times: A Trip from Connecticut to

Missouri in 1838, Iron County register. (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.),

29 April 1886. Digital image, Library of Congress: Chronicling

America: Historic American Newspapers

(http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024283/1886-04-29/ed-

1/seq-5 : accessed 4 October 2014), p. 5 col. D.

Well do I remember, at the meeting the night before,

what a sorrowful time it was, a sort of farewell meeting.

I remember the house was full of townspeople, and a

good many talked and wept for the separation that was to

take place; and now after all these years I look back at

that Sabbath and that Sabbath evening meeting with

pleasure; for how little we knew of the far west, and

what vast changes have taken place in that great west in

the years since that time.

Now let us go back and see what sort of home I, or we,

were leaving. Our farm consisted of two hundred and ten

acres of land; part on the lower lands and part on the side

of the mountain. Our house, which was one of the old

English style houses: square, two stories high, with two

large square rooms above and below. In the front a very

large sitting-room, bedroom and pantry, with fire-places

in each room above and below, with a great brick oven

in the side of the fire-place in the living room. What

enormous quantities of brick it took to build those

chimneys and what an amount of room they occupied:

and such timbers in the construction of the houses! I

remember in that old garret were cross-beams larger than

they put in for sills of the largest houses now. Those

houses were made to last forever. All the rooms were

ceiled with nice panels and mouldings. The front

entrance was large enough for a room, with wide halls

and stairs.

The barns, to hold all the stock, made three sides of the

yard, with stable room for four pair of horses, fifty or

sixty head of cattle, two or three hundred sheep, and

other stock. And the dairy house, with a lead

pipe to carry the water to the house and yard and dairy

house. We did not have to carry water in buckets. There

was a good stream of cold spring water always running

right into the sink in the kitchen. That was

the kind of home we left.

As there were no railroads running farther west than

from New York to Chambersburg, Pa., all movers had to

take their own teams. We had sent our furniture and

farm tools by ship to New Orleans to be shipped by boat

up the Mississippi; so we took our trunks in our wagons.

We had one wagon made expressly for the family, with

springs, cushioned seats, and would hold six large

persons, or eight or more, mixed crowd. Our baggage

wagon carried all the trunks and a commissary chest, and

Theodore

Pease Russell

(1820 1899)

From the

Russell family

photograph album Iron

County

Historical

Society

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a bed on top of the trunks. Each wagon had a good cover

and had a pair of gray horses hitched to it.

Colonel Cyrus Russell (1795-1860) and his wife Rebecca

Pease Russell (1798 1870) From the Russell family photograph album Iron County Historical Society

After all the goodbyes were said, we started for Hartford

where we dined with a cousin. Among the many good

things for dinner, was a clam stew, for our cousin said,

"You will see no clams in the west." After dinner we,

with the horses and wagons, went aboard the steamer,

Chief Justice Marshall, for New York. You who have

never seen an ocean steamer must not compare them

with the western steamers. The eastern steamers are

made to sail in deep water: they have deep hulls; their

cabins are down below; when in your berth, if it is on the

side of the vessel, you can hear the water rush past

within a few inches of your ear; you feel that there is but

a plank between you and the water. And what beautiful

towns and cities we passed! And every now and then we

would meet ships under full canvass ploughing through

the water. There is something very fascinating, to me, to

see a ship or steamboat ploughing its way through the

water like a thing of life. Every mile or two we would

see men in boats dropping out those great long seines to

catch fish; and some would be drawing them in. One end

is made fast to a big post in the ground. After the men

have made the circle around with the net and reached the

shore again, the end of the net is made fast to a capstan,

to which a horse is hitched, and as he goes round the net

is brought in -- sometimes with large quantities of fish of

all sorts and sizes, and sometimes none. And so the

scene changes, like a panorama, until darkness sends you

down to the cabin. After supper, the evening is spent in

reading, games, (not cards), etc., until bed time. Your

bed is a hammock against the side of the ship, and you

feel every now and then as if your bed was trying to get

out from under you. At daylight the next morning we

were in sight of New York, and as we sailed along we

passed great ships from all parts of the world, going and

coining. As I looked at the ships along the wharf I could

think of nothing but a forest of old dead trees -- the

masts with the yard arms and ropes; it seemed wonderful

to a boy from the quiet New England hills.

When our boat made her slip, we hitched up our teams,

drove through the city to Jersey City, and put up at a

hotel, had our horses fed and our own breakfasts. As I

sat, or stood, I could not keep my eyes from off the

ocean and the ships. There is a always a peculiar feeling

comes over me at the sight of a ship, boat, or even a

canoe, that nothing else on earth gives me. After we

were all refreshed, and our teams hitched up and bills

settled, we set our faces "westward ho."

The road from New York to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh

is, or was, the best in the United States at that time -- the

national macadamized roads. I thought about every mile,

there was a great heavy gate across the road for which

we paid a fee to go through, and all along the road were

great water troughs where they watered the teams that

were passing and re-passing. And such teams! From

four to six great horses to a wagon, some of them of

enormous size. The wagon would take a carload at a

time: such numbers of them there were that you were

never out or sight of them; they looked like great white

ships.

All along the sides of the road were little houses and big

houses, with the sign out by the door, Pret and Peer,

and before those houses we would, see, if at midday,

teams standing and the drivers refreshing themselves

with a glass of beer and bread with bologna or cheese. I

often made the attempt to keep account of the number of

teams we passed in a day, but would never get far before

losing my count and have to give it up in despair.

History was a favorite study of mine, so all the points

that had been made famous during the early wars were

looked after, such as Trenton, New Jersey, Washingtons

crossing the Delaware, -- all were looked at with great

interest. There are, on the road from Philadelphia to

Pittsburgh, some as handsome farms and beautiful

scenery as I ever saw, and such beautiful towns! One

thing that seemed very odd to me was, many of the

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houses were quite small, lathed and plastered on the

outside, and blocked off like blocks of marble. They

looked very neat and tidy until you saw under the plaster

it was a log house. And on the opposite side of the road

or yard would be a great brick barn, the roof covered

with thatch (straw.) It seemed so singular to me that so

much more pains should be taken with the barns than the

houses. And these towns: some were so very handsome,

with such nice yards and gardens filled with the choicest

flowers, and large shade trees all along the road. I never

saw such large cherry trees in full bloom; at my old

home I saw the largest pear trees I ever saw in any

country, but no such cherry trees as these: and so each

hour we saw something new.

At noon we fed our horses at one of the wayside troughs,

with a good feed of oats, which we bought at the house,

and ate our lunch from the commissary chest, which was

well filled before we left home with boiled ham, roast

turkey, baked chicken, butter, cheese, pickles, preserves,

bread, cookies, gingerbread, etc., etc.; so we did not stop

for regular dinner. When night came on, we put up at

the best hotel the place afforded: our teams were cared

for, and the family assigned a large parlor for our own

for the time we stayed. At supper we were seated by

ourselves, with everything that was good placed before

us, and excellent waiters. Most of the large houses at that

time had one large table extending down the dining hall,

but we were always seated at one end. After supper, we

spent the evening reading, writing, or walking the street

viewing the town, until at nine o'clock we all gathered in

a family circle, a psalm was read and a prayer, just as if

at our own home; for it was our home for the night.

Then we were given sleeping-rooms where sleep

refreshed us for the duties of another day.

I must not forget one important factor, or two of them,

rather -- the two bull-dogs. They were our guards. In all

the trip on land we did not remove our trunks from the

wagons. Those dogs would have guarded those trunks

from all the tramps in the country; we felt no fear for

them. All the way those two dogs watched over

everything; one of the family could not get out of the

wagon, as they frequently did to rest themselves and

loiter along behind, without one of the dogs keeping at

their side; and at night the wagons were shut in the

wagon-yard and a dog in each wagon. In the morning,

before breakfast was ready, we boys would go to the

stable to see that our horses had been well cared for, and

then take a stroll through the town to see the sights and

get some fresh meat for the dogs' breakfast. After we had

partaken of our breakfast, and had prayers in our room,

our teams were brought to the door and the bills paid.

The host would help us in, and, with a "good-bye, come

again," we were off for another day's journey.

Roadside Inn along the National Road - Courtesy of the

Library of Congress

I cannot recall each town where we tarried for the night,

just as they came, after all this lapse of time almost half

a century but I think of some such as Bristol on the

Delaware, near where Washington crossed

amid the fields of ice; Columbia on the Susquehanna;

Gettysburg, the place where one of the greatest battles

that was ever fought on American soil occurred. It is a

beautiful place, and I should love to go over the place

once more and see the changes that have taken place

since the night we stopped there.

There is some charming scenery along that part of the

country. The weather, from the time we started, had

been very fine and spring-like, with fruit trees and wild

flowers in full bloom, until the Friday of the second

week. It then set in a cold rain about eleven o'clock, and

rained till Sunday in the night.

We were within a few miles of Bedford, on the Juniata

River. The famous mineral springs were at this place.

When we reached Bedford we put up at a large stone

hotel, a splendid building, with one of the finest

landlords I ever met, Here we made our home till

Monday noon. This was our second Sabbath out.

To be continued

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Colonel Cyrus Russell, Rebecca Pease Russell, and Children Taken from Russell Family History Files in the Possession of the Iron County Historical Society

Cyrus Russell

(1795 1860)

Rebecca Pease

(1798 1870)

Henry P. Russell

(1817 1878)

Theodore P. Russell

(1820 - 1899)

Giles Russell

(1823 1894)

Maria R. Russell

(1826 1907)

Frances H. Russell

(1831 1911)

Cyrus S. Russell, Jr.

(1819 1860)

John F. Russell

(1822 1824)

William Russell

(1825 1909)

Flora A. Russell

(1829 1891)

Cyrus Russell

(1833 1911)

Transcribers Note:

Cyrus Russell first visited Missouri in 1837. Two of his

brothers-in-law were already in Missouri. One of these,

Henry Pease was a director of the Missouri Mining

Company, the owner of mining properties in what would

become Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob. Cyrus envisioned

the growth that mining could bring to the area and made the

decision to move his family west.

As chronicled by Cyrus son, Theodore Pease Russell, the

familys trip to Missouri would cover some 1,300 miles and

would take 26 days to complete. They would travel across

land, by steamer, and by steamboat. Imagine if you will

what they would have seen along the way. New York City,

Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and Louisville were just

some of the cities the family passed through on their way to

what was then the west.

Its also worth remembering that when the Russell family

started for Missouri in April 1838, their nine surviving

children ranged in age from 5 to 20 (Henry would not turn

21 until that October). Four of the nine children were under

10 years of age. Theodore P. Russell, the author of the

preceding article, was 17 at the time the trip started and

would turn 18 on October 5th

, after the arrival of the family

in what would one day become Iron County.

Sources: Robert A. Pollock, The Descendants of Col. Cyrus Russell

and Rebecca Pease Russell, Iron County Historical Society Family

History Files, file 51A and C.S. Russell, Address to Russell Family

Reunion in 1938, Iron County Historical Society Family History Files,

file 51A.

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IRON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650

(order from above address)

Title / Author Publication Details / Cost

A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook (Reprint of Centennial

Cookbook with additional materials and photographs)

Soft cover, coil bound.

192 pgs. $15.00 plus $4.00 S&H

CENTENNIAL: Ironton, Missouri, May 30 June 2, 1957

Reprint, soft cover, comb bound.

58 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

Dorothy Reese: Ironton/Arcadia Valleys Cheerleader, Historical, Civic

Leader, And Teacher: A Tribute, by Randall Cox

Soft cover, comb bound. 19 pgs.

$2.00 plus $1.50 S & H

Early History of Arcadia Valley, by C. S. Russell, edited by Robert Pollock Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.

$5.00 plus $2.50 S & H

History of the 33rd

Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry in the Civil

War

Excerpts, 21 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.00

S & H

In the Arcadia Valley

Reprint from Iron County Register

Supp ;/1800s. 50 pgs $10.00 plus

$2.50 S & H

Iron County Family, Business, and Organization Stories: A Supplement to

Past and Present

Soft cover, comb bound, photos,

195 pgs. $20.00 plus $3.50 S & H

Iron County, Missouri, Year By Year, by Clarence R. Keathley Soft cover, comb bound, maps,

photos, Ca 1984. 16 pgs. $3.00

plus $1.50 S & H

John Albert Undertaking Business, 1878 1921

Manuscript, indexed, comb bound.

76 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

My Perfect Life, by Robert Pollock Indexed. 147 pgs. $10.00 plus

$3.50 S & H

Past and Present A History of Iron County 1857 1994

Topical/biographical history of Iron County, Missouri

Hard Bound, indexed. 434 pgs.

$49.95 plus $4.50 media rate or

$10 1st class priority S & H

Perpetual Diary of Capt. P. Ake Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Ironton, MO

(A Civil War Diary covering the year 1865)

7 pgs. $2.00 plus $1.00 S & H

Readin, Ritin and Rithmetic, A History of Schools in Iron County, MO.,

1840 1981, by Clarence R. Keathley

Soft cover, photos, etc. Ca. 1981.

136 pgs. $8.00 each or 2/$10.00

plus $3.50 S & H

Russell Cemetery Association Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.

$5.00 plus $2.00 S & H

United States Post Offices in Iron County, Missouri, Then and Now,

by Clarence R. Keathley

Soft cover, photos, maps, Ca. 1984.

17 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.50 S & H

W. J. Hinchey Diaries, Portrait of a community during the Civil War, edited

by John and Elizabeth Holloman

Soft cover, comb bound. 73 pgs.

$10.00 plus $2.50 S & H

White Funeral Home Register, Caledonia, Missouri, 1907 1934

Manuscript, comb bound, indexed.

34 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

Witnesses to History - Stories from Park View Cemetery, by John Abney Comb bound. 101 pgs. $10.00 plus

$3.00 S & H

OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ITEMS FOR SALE

(Same address as above)

Educational Civil War Playing Cards $10.00 per deck plus S/ H if mailed

Explore Missouri Playing Cards $5.00 per deck plus S /H if mailed

10

Your Very Own Time Machine By John Abney

Well, its not exactly a time machine, but its probably just about as close as you can get until one is

invented. What am I talking about? Im talking about the collection of historical newspapers now

digitized and available on the websites of the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Library of

Congress. Here are the website URLs: http://shs.umsystem.edu/newspaper/mdnp/index.shtml (State

Historical Society of Missouri) and http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ (Chronicling America page at the

Library of Congress). Iron County is represented at both sites with digitized issues of the Iron County

Register. The State Historical Society of Missouri has digitized copies of the Registers editions from

1867 through 1879, while the Chronicling America page of the Library of Congress website has digitized

editions of the Register from 1880 through 1922. Contained on these pages are the stories of triumph and

tragedy, courage and cowardice, and a picture of what life was like at the time of that editions

publication. Of course, there are many other newspapers from Missouri in both collections and the

Library of Congress website has digitized pages of newspapers from around the entire country. I should

warn you though, going to these websites can be addictive. Personally, I go there looking for one thing

and end up spending hours reading about other things. If you have any problems accessing the digitized

newspapers, just send me an email at jabney@hughes.net and I will try and help. Happy hunting!!!

Iron County Historical Society Membership Application

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