History of Christian County Missouri

Description

Ozark Area History & Folklore, plus Richly Detailed Biographies!
Christian County, Missouri
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New
66-Page
Booklet
Early days in Christian
County, MO,
are recalled in this
66-page
spiral-bound booklet, comprised of excerpts from Goodspeed Brothers:
A Reminiscent History of The Ozark Region
(1886),
Missouri, A Guide to the "Show Me" State,
a 1941 WPA publication,
The State of Missouri, an Autobiography
(a publication written for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition), and other sources.
The
11" x 8.5"
booklet is printed on 60# paper. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover.
The first part of the booklet contains a history of the Ozark area, especially as it relates to Missouri, two brief histories of the county, and bios of leading citizens.  The WPA section has a  section on Ozark folklore and tour stops at Billings, Ozark and Sequiota State Park. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition book takes a 1904 look at this county.
The biographies, most of which are fairly-detailed, include:
James D. Gideon, Dr. C.B. Elkins, Judge William Easson, C.H. Stockard, Judge E.F. Howcroft, James Hildrith, John M. French, James H. French, Joseph Meyer, Charles B. Swift, Judge John P. Collier, Isaac A. Tyndall, Ranson D. Blades Sr. (with picture), Walter A. Long (with picture), Dr. E.B. Brown, Capt. C.W. Brown, William Roberts, D. James W. York, Joseph L. Weaver, William A. Lawing, Washington M. Wade, J.J. Bruton (with picture), Alfred H. Purdy, W.G. Holland, Robert P. Lawing, Fenton T. Stockard (with picture), John A. Gibson, James W. Robertson, E.G. Friend, John McCoy, Frank Kentling, M.V. Gideon, W.K. Johnson, Preston T. Moody, Henry H. Stone, A.T. Yoachum, George W. Adams, Joseph Lebow, Isaac Adams, O.W. Anderson, William H. Paine, James Harlin Hale, William T. Lamkin, J.C. Woody, Taylor Bray, George Napper, Henry I. Purdy, Charles E. Purdy (with picture), William Thompson, W.W. Scott, William L. Robertson, Arren Bray, Harrison Haskin, Simeon P. Maples, Simeon W. Bunch, Thomas L. Robertson, James W. Robertson, Dr. G.P.S. Brown, Stanford Chapman (with picture), William Bain, Dr. John D. Collins, John A. Gideon, W.H.H. Miller, Joshua T. Deeds, Homer G. Gilmore, Elisha E. Frazier, G.W. Nokes, John Welker, George B. Gideon, Gibson Brothers -- tobacco manufacturers, Steven L. Wiles, Edward A. Blades, D.F. Thompson, Henry H. Lee, William Brown, James P. Lee, G.T.B. Perry, Dr. J.M. Gideon, Henry J. Hinkle, William French, Dr. D.F. Hedgpeth, William L. Woody, L.P. Gideon, Robert E. Lee, Judge Matthew Chapman, C.P. Gibson, David Wolff, Andrew J. Farmer, Prof. J.M. Johnson, A.C. Crain, John D. Forbis, Z.A. Johnson (with picture), Samuel G. McCracken, B.B. Melton, William A. Maples, James F. Adams, Leroy Adams, J.W. Sanders (with picture of his mercantile company), John Hornbeak (with picture), Robert A. Thornton, and Capt. George W. Taylor (with picture).
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