The newsletter summarizes events of the Iron County Historical Society over the past quarter. It discusses an upcoming meeting on April 27th featuring a members' show and tell program. It provides reports on new museum accessions, donations received, and number of visitors. It also introduces new society members and memorializes a deceased former member, Loren DePew. The board requests help from members on collecting Civil War stories of Iron County for an upcoming newsletter issue.
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Quarterly newsletter of the Iron County Historical Society
The newsletter summarizes events of the Iron County Historical Society over the past quarter. It discusses an upcoming meeting on April 27th featuring a members' show and tell program. It provides reports on new museum accessions, donations received, and number of visitors. It also introduces new society members and memorializes a deceased former member, Loren DePew. The board requests help from members on collecting Civil War stories of Iron County for an upcoming newsletter issue.
The newsletter summarizes events of the Iron County Historical Society over the past quarter. It discusses an upcoming meeting on April 27th featuring a members' show and tell program. It provides reports on new museum accessions, donations received, and number of visitors. It also introduces new society members and memorializes a deceased former member, Loren DePew. The board requests help from members on collecting Civil War stories of Iron County for an upcoming newsletter issue.
Spring 2014 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
NOTE CHANGE --Next Meeting: 2 p.m., Sunday, April 27th First Presbyterian Church, Corner of Knob & Reynolds, Ironton ~ Program ~ Members Historical Show & Tell ~Refreshments by ~ Arcadia Valley Womans Study Club
John Abney Hello again! Let me start my column by reminding you that, because of Easter, our Annual Meeting and elections will take place on April 27 th (see above).
For those that havent heard, we lost another one of our members this past quarter, Loren DePew. A memorial to Loren is included on the next page.
As we start another new membership year, I hope you will take the time to read the message from your Board of Directors that begins on page 2. As always we need your help, whether it be in the form of your tax deductible donation; an article for the newsletter; serving as an officer or Board member; or working a shift or two at the museum. Plus, we need your ideas too!
Newsletter Editor, Carolyn Sheehy, is planning something special for the Fall edition of the newsletter. It will be sent out a month early in time for the activities surrounding the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Pilot Knob. I mention it now as Carolyn needs YOUR help. See page 3 for the details on what you can do.
I hope to see as many of you as possible at our Annual Meeting on the 27 th . Dont forget its our Annual Members Show & Tell program, so if you have something you would like to share, bring it with you!
Presidents Message Museum Directors Report Wilma Cofer New Accessions: Several publications for our research library; photos of the Johnson, Russell and Jones Families, all donated by Barbara Danielson of Calgary, Alberta. Also 2 old milk bottles, one from Murphys Dairy, donated by Ozeline Dennison Standley. An old Ironton High School carnival ticket dated Oct. 30, 1948, belonging to Loretta Reed Graham. Donations / Memorials Received: Donations in the amount of $306 and Memorials for Loren DePew in the amount of $70. Visitors: Dec- 26 visitors from 2 states; Jan- 34 visitors from 2 states and Canada; and Feb 48 visitors from 2 states.
Membership Chairmans Report Wilma Cofer We currently have 95 members and six exchange members. New member(s): Scott House, Cape Girardeau, MO; Carolyn Keathley McBurney, Mudelein, IL; Judith Huff, Pilot Knob, MO; Deborah Keathley Wight, Fort Wayne, IN; Florence Finfgeld, Henry, IL; and Carol Kelsheimer, Arcadia, MO.
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In Memoriam Loren DePew
With great sadness, we are sorry to report the passing of Loren Lowell DePew. Loren was an active member of the historical society for many years and served in multiple positions including assistant museum director, vice president and president. Loren spent 22 years in the United States Army and after his retirement from the military, he spent a number of years in Alaska working as a carpentry foreman on the construction of the Alaska Pipleline. Many will remember Loren and his wife, Nancy, from their 20 years of ownership of the Kozy Korner Caf in Ironton. Besides his service to the historical society, Loren also served on the Board of the K of P Cemetery. Many of us remember the Lorens stories of his days in the Army and his years in Alaska. To honor Lorens memory, the Board of Directors have set up a special memorial fund in Lorens name. If you would like to donate to this fund, you can either mail your contribution to the mailing address on page 1 of this newsletter or you can donate securely on-line by clicking on the donate button at our website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moichs/.
New Membership Year Time to Look Back, Time to Look Forward by Your Iron County Historical Society Board of Directors
As we get ready to start a new membership year, we thought it might be a good time to review the past year and look forward to the challenges facing us in the new year. We were quite fortunate this past year in that 2013 saw the publication of A Celebration Worth Remembering and its sales have helped to keep us in the black this year. Carolyn Sheehy started out with an idea to reprint the cookbook from Iron Countys Centennial Celebration in 1957 and, over time, it grew into the book that many of you own today. Complete with pictures from the event as well its history, we thank Carolyn for all of her hard work. We also want to thank all of the individuals, businesses, and organizations that contributed to the cost of its publication. And, if you dont own a copy, its NOT too late to get one, just see the publications list on page 9 to see how to get your copy.
This past year also saw an overhaul of the historical societys website. Website Administrator, Marcine Lohman, continues to volunteer her considerable talents and time and has given the website a professional and fresh new look. We also continue to add items to our Virtual Museum there too. If you havent been there, please take a look at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moichs/. At the same time, we created a PayPal account which allows anyone to make secure donations on-line (with or without their own PayPal account) at our website.
We worked with the Missouri State Archives and Southeast Missouri State University this past year and now a number of items have been digitized including the John Albert Undertaking Business ledger (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mdh_splash/default.asp?coll=johnalbertledger) and Peter Akes Civil War diary (http://library.semo.edu:2008/cdm/compoundobject/collection/Civil_War/id/1042).
Our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/IronCountyHistoricalSocietyMO?ref=hl turned a year old on March 17 th
and we now have over 360 followers. John Abney tries to add at least one item a week to the page and it also has links to our website and video presentations created on the Societys YouTube page.
This year, besides celebrating the 40 th anniversary of the founding of the historical society, we will participate in the activities related to the 150 th anniversary of the Battle of Pilot Knob. If you havent already marked your calendars, the reenactment will take place on the weekend of September 27 th and 28 th with other scheduled events beginning as early as September 20 th . Go to http://arcadiavalley.biz/Battle%20of%20Pilot%20Knob%20Reenactment/index.htm for more information.
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Our biggest challenge continues to be how to produce the revenues we need to continue operating. Our annual expenses run about an average of $4,252 while our average revenues are $4,101 (note these are three year averages from April 2010 - March 2013.) By operating so close to the edge, we have to squeeze every penny so hard that President Lincoln screams. And, while theres nothing wrong with fiscal responsibility, it doesnt leave us with any extra funds to support new programs within the Society or to support worthy projects to preserve Iron Countys rich history. If theres any way that you can help us with your donation to help support the day to day operations of the Society, it would really be appreciated. Remember, as a registered 501(c)(3) organization, your donations to the Iron County Historical Society are tax deductible. As always, we appreciate donations of any size. Thank you!
Your Iron County Civil War Stories Needed
The Fall edition of our newsletter will be devoted to publishing articles on how the Civil War impacted Iron County and the people that were there at the time. Newsletter Editor, Carolyn Sheehy, and I are hoping that those with Iron County stories from the Civil War will be able to help us out.
No matter which side your family was on, life here during the war was difficult to impossible. We hope to capture some of these first person accounts that have been passed down over the generations. If you have one about an Iron County ancestor that was impacted by the war, we would like to hear from you.
The only requirement is that it had to have happened in Iron County. If you have such a story, please contact me (John Abney) at jabney@hughes.net and thanks for your help!
Pilot Knob, Mo. and Vicinity, ca. 1865, Record Group 77, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
4 Editors note: We are pleased to publish the first part of a two-part article on Civil War soldier, Robert Payne Byrd submitted by Iron County Historical Society member, Dr. Kenneth E. Byrd of Indianapolis, IN. As always, we welcome these submissions and hope that other members will consider submitting their stories as well.
Robert Payne Byrd by Kenneth E. Byrd, Ph.D. 1
During the 1850 Federal census taken for District No. 8, Stewart County, TN, Robert Payne Byrd was still living at home with his parents and sisters. His older brother, William Carroll Byrd, had left for Wayne County, MO by that time. Sometime between the 1850 census and his marriage to Mary Catherine Callaway in Arcadia, Iron County, MO on September 25, 1857, Robert Payne Byrd had moved to Missouri. His older brother, William Carroll, lived close-by, near Brunot in Wayne (later Iron) County. Sometime after his marriage, Robert Payne Byrd moved to Fredericktown, in Liberty Township of Madison County, MO; he and his wife Catherine were listed as living here in the Federal census taken on June 14, 1860 (page 55, dwelling #400, family #400). Interestingly, he apparently gave his place of birth as Kentucky rather than the correct Tennessee. His older brother William Carroll Byrd, living near Brunot in now Iron County, MO also gave his place of birth as Kentucky in the 1860 census -- perhaps a reflection of the increasing tensions between the Federal government and traditional slave states during this time? Tensions increased as war broke out between North and South; Missouri became the focus of both Confederate and Federal efforts to consolidate their respective territories. An early battle in Missouri occurred at Fredericktown, in Madison County, MO on October 21, 1861 between Missouri State Guards forces led by Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson and Federal soldiers directed by Colonel Joseph B. Plummer (under overall command of new Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant stationed in Cairo, Illinois). After the battle, Federal soldiers -- led by the 1st Indiana Cavalry -- angry at not having been warned by locals in Fredericktown about the ambush successfully executed against them that day, took out their anger on the civilian populace and burned about 12 houses. In addition, all stores in Fredericktown were looted and damaged by rampaging Federal soldiers. Local blacks, both slave and freemen, were taken away by the vindictive Yankees. What actual impact all of this had on Robert Payne and Catherine Byrd is currently not known; they were undoubtedly aware that Payne's older brother, William Carroll Byrd, had lost all of his livestock to foraging Federal soldiers sent to Brunot during August, 1861 by then Colonel U.S. Grant in order to punish Southern sympathizers. Another critical factor in Payne deciding to join the Confederate Army may have been the implementation of a series of General Orders by the Federal commanders in Missouri: in June of 1862, General John M. Schofield ordered that a fine of $5,000 be levied on Southern sympathizers for every Federal soldier or pro-Union citizen killed in their vicinity. Then, on July 22, 1862, General Schofield issued General Order No. 19 which ordered all able-bodied Missourians to report for service in the Federal army within six days -- thus effectively forcing any neutral Missourians to choose between the Union and the Confederacy. All the above were possible influences on Robert Payne Byrd and his subsequent actions described below. Apparently Robert Payne and Catherine Byrd owned property in the town of Ironton, Iron County, MO as indicated by an Iron County land deed dated July 14, 1862. As recorded in this deed, Payne and Catherine Byrd sold lot No. 5 in block No. 38 of Ironton to a certain Jacob Howel (sic) for the amount of $50. Shortly after that, Robert Payne Byrd traveled south from Ironton to Oregon County, MO where, according to his CSA service records, he was enlisted in Company (Co.) F of Colonel James White's 3rd (later 9th) Missouri Infantry, CSA on August 2, 1862 by T.H. Turner. This
1 Ken is an Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, kbyrd@iupui.edu, Dept. of Anatomy, MS-5035, Indiana School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120.
5 enlistment may have taken place at CSA Camp Brewer in Oregon County under the aegis of the following members of Co. F: Captain Thomas Lashley, 1st Lieutenant Daniel Lorenius (Lanius?), 2nd Lieutenant John M Pease, and 3rd Lieutenant Abner Hancock -- this info from the CSA pension of Pvt. Richard Callison described below. According to Jerry Ponder, the author of The 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. and the 12th Missouri Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. (1996), recruitment likely occurred at headquarters established at Fort Current view on the Missouri - Arkansas border at Pitman Ferry. Again according to Jerry Ponder, a confusing situation arose when Lieutenant-Colonel Willis M. Ponder resigned from White's 3rd/9th Missouri Infantry during March, 1862 and formed another regiment of his own during July of 1862 -- it appears likely that Robert Payne Byrd was in this unit, also called the 9th Missouri Infantry, commanded by Willis M. Ponder. Active training and drills took place at Camp Shaver, near Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas. Ponder's 9th Missouri Infantry then moved to Izard County, Arkansas during September, 1862 for additional training. During reorganization at Yellville, Arkansas on November 14, 1862, Ponder's 9th Missouri Infantry was redesignated the 12th Missouri Infantry, C.S.A. A composite muster roll for this unit given by Jerry Ponder (1996) lists Private R.P. Byrd in Co. F, Ponder's 12th Missouri Infantry; in the same company is listed Captain D.J. Lanius and Privates Richardson Collison (sic) and Jacob Howell -- probably the same person who bought the lot in Ironton from Payne and Catherine Byrd. Pvt. Robert Payne Byrd, Co. F, White's 9th and/or Ponder's 12th Missouri Infantry may have participated in the bloody Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas on December 7, 1862 -- his Confederate service records are not clear on this account. It is known, however, that one of the men listed as belonging to his Company F, Pvt. Richard Callison, was badly wounded on that day according to his Missouri State Confederate Pension documents: "I received a gunshot wound in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark......in my left arm between the wrist and elbow, which fractured one of the bones of my forearm." Don Montgomery's history of the Battle of Prairie Grove (1996) describes Lieutenant-Colonel Willis Ponder's 9th Missouri Infantry as part of Parson's Brigade in Major-General Thomas C. Hindman's Army of the Trans-Mississippi. Brigadier General Mosby M. Parson's brigade was within the 3rd Division of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, commanded by Brigadier General Daniel M. Frost. On December 7, 1862, Ponders 9th Missouri Infantry had approximately 476 men, armed with an assortment of different rifled and smooth-bore muskets. Parson's Brigade was deployed between Roane's and Shaver's Brigades on the western end of the Prairie Grove battlefield to counter the attack of Federal Brigadier General James G. Blunt; this onslaught began at approximately 3:00 p.m. in the vicinity of the Morton House. The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Missouri Infantries in Parson's Brigade met the Federals head- on and not only stopped their advance, but pushed them down the hill into the hayfield below. Federal artillery support proved the difference as the shattered Rebel lines withdrew back to the wooded hill crest they came from. Wounded men from both sides who had crawled inside haystacks were burnt alive by shells that had been fired into them. Michael Banasik, in his book Embattled Arkansas, the Prairie Grove Campaign of 1862 (1996), describes Ponder's 9th Missouri Infantry, along with Steen's and Pindall's men, charging across Morton's hayfield towards the Yankee artillery thusly: "....twelve guns, double shotted with grape and canister, swept great holes through the Rebel column. Parsons' men staggered back like drunken men, then rallied and pushed on again. The Federal cannons fired. They belched forth death and destruction to their compact ranks a second time. Again they wavered, but only for a moment. Men mad with powdered whiskey and the sight of blood filled the depleted ranks and came on again. Again the command "Fire!" Steen's men would not stop, but Ponder's command faltered." Not only was Pvt. Robert Payne Byrd's comrade, Pvt. Richard Callison, likely wounded at this time, but also Co. F's Captain Thomas Lashley; Captain Lashley later died of his wounds at Little Rock, AR on January 20, 1863. Confederate casualties at the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862 have been estimated at 204 killed, 872 wounded, and 407 missing (total of 1,483); Federal casualties were 175 killed, 808 wounded, and 250 missing (total of 1,233). Both sides described hungry pigs devouring the dead and not-yet dead/wounded on the battlefield after the guns ceased firing. If actually present that day, Pvt. Robert Payne Byrd was one of the fortunate participants. To be Continued
6 Social Welfare in Missouri and the Iron County Poor Farm (Part 2 of 3) 1
By John M. Abney 2
The contract or lease system was one of two main methods for the operation of almshouses or poor farms in Missouri, with the direct management by county officials through the hiring of a superintendent being the other method. 3 Iron County managed what would become known as the county farm through the lease system, with Thomas Boarer (or Braver) being selected as the first superintendant on 15 January 1889. A complete list of superintendents is shown in Table 1 below:
Iron County Farm Superintendents 1889 - 1945 4
Name Date Appointed Thomas Boarer 15 January 1889 Eli DePew 9 March 1893 Thomas Talley 8 January 1894 William DePew 8 January 1895 R. C. Love 10 March 1898 P. M. Anderson 7 November 1903 W. T. Keathley 1 March 1912 W. W. Keathley 1 March 1938 Fred A. Moyer 1 March 1944 A. W. Moyer 1 March 1945 Table 1
Under the lease system, the almshouse or poor farm
was leased to an operator or superintendent who took care of the farm and furnished full maintenance for all the inmates for a stipulated amount per inmate per month. Another method was to lease the farm at an annual rate to the highest bidder. The lessee agreed to furnish board for the inmates at a stated figure per month, and was allowed to keep any surplus produce which he produced. Other items of maintenance were furnished by the county. The chief qualification considered by the
1 Continued from Winter 2014 edition which is now available on the Iron County Historical Societys Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/IronCountyHistoricalSocietyMO 2 jabney@hughes.net, 3792Highway F, Annapolis, MO 63620 3 Clarence R. Keathley, The Almshouse as a System of Public Welfare with Special Reference to Iron County (file 71-6, n.d., Iron County Historical Society) 2. 4 Ibid., 5. County Court in the selection of the superintendent was his ability as a farmer. Less emphasis was placed on professional training and experience of the superintendent.
Management of the County Almshouse in Missouri was primarily a family affair. The family of the superintendent, in most instances, constituted the administrative staff and responsibility for the operation of the farm and the care of the inmates became the duty of the superintendent and his wife. In a number of instances the superintendents children also assisted with the work, but did not receive compensation from the county. 5
The longest serving superintendent at the Iron County Farm was William T. Keathley who served in that position from 1912 through his retirement in 1937. 6 His son, Clarence R. Keathley, provided a fascinating description of not only the farm itself and its amenities, but also of the people who lived and, in some cases, died there. When his father William T. Keathley first leased the County Farm:
He paid $165 annual rent on the farm and received $8.95 for each inmate per month to feed, clothe and care for them. When we lived on the County Farm, the buildings included a two-story frame house for the superintendents family, later replaced by a cobblestone house; a two-story frame house for the inmates with four rooms on the first floor and five rooms on the second floor, including one smaller room for mental inmates.
Other amenities included a spring house, smokehouse, chicken house, barn, an outside toilet for the superintendents family and outside toilets for the inmates. We had a wall telephone and were on a party line. There was no electricity, radio, television, inside plumbing or running water.
During the 25 years our father was superintendent, 100 inmates were sent to the
5 Ibid., 3 4. 6 Clarence R. Keathley, When There Really was a Poor House, The Ozarks Mountaineer, March April 1991, 42. The retirement date may have been 1938 as shown in Table 1, also provided by Mr. Keathley.
7 county farm by the Iron County Court. The general reasons shown for sending them to the county farm were: lack of income, old age and misfortune. They could care for themselves no longer and had no relative to care for them. Twenty-three were classed as feeble-minded and 29 were classed as insane. Some of these were transferred to the county farm from State Hospital No. 4 at Farmington, Mo., (mental hospital) when it was deemed that they needed custodial care only.
All but two of the inmates were white. Sixty- three were male and 37 were female. During the 25 year period there were 37 deaths. Almost all of them were buried in the cemetery on the county farm. The superintendent and sons dug the graves and buried the inmates in caskets provided by the Iron County Court. Sometimes neighbors would help with the burials. No markers or headstones were placed at the graves except possibly a native stone. 7
7 Ibid., 42 43.
Inmates residence at the Iron County Poor Farm. The little boy in the foreground is Allen Ray Keathley, son of Clarence R. Keathley. Picture courtesy of the Iron County Historical Society.
Mr. Keathley went on to describe life on the farm:
Our mother and her daughters cooked all the food for the inmates as well as for our family,
Map of the Iron County Poor Farm drawn by Clarence R. Keathley in 1985
Map courtesy of the Iron County Historical Society
8 and the menus were essentially the same for everyone. There were usually 12 to 14 inmates in residence at the county farm at all times and our own large family of 13 people meant that large amounts of food were prepared three times a day. Cooking was done on a big cast iron stove. The evening meal was usually cornbread, rice, or mush with milk and butter.
The weekly laundry was another family activity. Laundry was done for both our family and the inmates, but it was my brothers and sisters and I who carried buckets of water about 50 yards from the well attached to the front porch to the black wash kettle over a fire in the back yard. The boiled clothing was then transferred to several large wash tubs, scrubbed down on wash boards using homemade lye soap and P&G soap bought at the store. 8
While the conditions at the Iron County Poor Farm were reported as good, its not known how these conditions compared to those of other county poor farms and almshouses in the state. What is readily apparent, however, is that, The superintendents of the almshouses and their families were called upon to perform an impossible task when they were expected to look after a farm and to provide satisfactory living conditions for a group which might include insane, feebleminded, aged, sick and other individuals who need special care. 9 Without state regulation, nonexistent at the time, its no wonder that as late as 1900, cases were cited of the insane in chains, handcuffs, tied with ropes, and kept in dark and unsanitary cells. In one almshouse, one insane person had been in chains for fifteen years, one for seven, and one for three years. 10
Through the first half of the 19 th century, counties were largely responsible for administering and financing the poor laws mainly through the use of outdoor (direct relief), though by the middle of the century this had begun to change. 11 As with the almshouses, where the counties were shifting from
8 Ibid. 9 Fern Boan, A History of Poor Relief Legislation and Administration in Missouri (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1941), 86. 10 Ibid., 84 11 Ibid., 95. outdoor to indoor (institutional) relief, the state was moving in that direction as well. 12
The first group to benefit from this change was the insane. Missouris first state hospital for the insane was opened in Fulton in 1847. Eventually three more would be added, (St. Joseph in 1874, Nevada in 1887, and Farmington in 1903). 13 Initially called lunatic asylums, the name was changed in 1901 to State Hospitals for the Insane and finally the word insane was dropped from their titles in 1903. 14
While the care of some patients in these facilities were paid for by the federal government (e.g., soldiers), some by the state (e.g., state prisoners), and some by private means, the vast majority of the patients in these facilities were county patients and it was the counties that paid for their care. 15
Besides state prisoners, the states financial responsibility was limited to the construction and management of the facilities as well as paying the salaries of their employees.
The next groups to benefit from institutionalized care were deaf children when the Missouri School for the Deaf was opened in Fulton in 1851 and blind children when the Missouri School for the Blind opened in St. Louis in 1855. 16 Unlike the insane, however, the state bore much of the costs associated with both groups of these students. 17 It is not clear just what expenses the county was to pay, but it was evidently not maintenance, for as late as 1893, the statement was made that the [deaf] school was the most expensive charity maintained by the state and that there was no reason why the counties should not pay for maintenance as they did in the case of the insane. 18 In the case of the poor from both groups, the county could only be billed a small amount, essentially just enough to cover costs associated with suitable clothing and transportation. 19
12 Ibid. 13 Ibid., 95 96. 14 Ibid., 96. 15 Ibid., 96-97. 16 Ibid., 106. 17 Ibid., 107. 18 Ibid. 19 Ibid To be continued
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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 CENTENNI AL: I ronton, Missouri, May 30 J une 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 33 rd Regiment I llinois Veteran Volunteer I nfantry in the Civil War Excerpts, 21 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.00 S & H I n the Arcadia Valley
Reprint from Iron County Register Supp ;/1800s. 50 pgs $10.00 plus $2.50 S & H I ron 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 I ron 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 J ohn 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 I ron County 1857 1994 Topical/biographical history of Iron County, Missouri
Hard Bound, indexed. 434 pgs. $49.95 plus $4.50 media rate or $10 1 st class priority S & H Perpetual Diary of Capt. P. Ake Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, I ronton, 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 I ron 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 150 th Anniversary Battle of Pilot Knob Coffee Cup $6.00 per cup plus S /H if mailed
Answers to last issues Who, What, Where: Who: Franz Dinger; What: Gramophone; Where: Fort Hill Church, Arcadia, MO.
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Iron County Historical Society Membership Application
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Please complete form and return with membership dues of $10.00 to: Iron County Historical Society, P.O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650. For information please call (573) 546-3513
Iron County Trivia Contest A New twist
Time to test your Iron County trivia knowledge. If you would like play, mail your answers (with a postmark no later than April 30th) to: Iron County Historical Society Trivia, P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650
We will randomly draw a winner from all entries that have correctly answered ALL the questions. Your prize will be a copy of: A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook - Reprint of Centennial Cookbook with additional materials and photographs. Here are this quarters questions. Good luck to each of you!
Note that most, but not all answers are within the pages of Past and Present A History of Iron County 1857 1994
1. On what day, month and year was the cornerstone of the Iron County courthouse laid? 2. What rank was Ulysses S. Grant when he arrived in Iron County in 1861? 3. What Union fort was located on Fort Hill in Arcadia? (either name is OK) 4. What / who is the town of Vulcan named after? 5. Who was the first presiding judge of the Iron County Court? 6. Who was the founder of the Arcadia High School? 7. Shaverville was included as part of what new Iron County town? 8. How did the town of Enough get its name? 9. Dr. J. C. Mincher is credited with naming this Iron County town, which town is it? 10. Who was the first U.S. president elected after the completion of the Iron County courthouse?
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