What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of McDonald County and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1897.

Illustrated History

 Of

McDonald County,

 Missouri

From the Earliest Settlement

To the Present Time.

EDITED AND COMPILED BY

J, A. STURGES,

ATTORNEY AT LAW

PINEVILLE, MO.

1897

(340 pages on 1 CD)

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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INDEX:

Alltitude of county,

Allotting Justices,

Anderson township,

Anderson, town of,

Attorney, circuit,

Attorney, county and prosecuting,

Assessor,

Administrator, public

Buffalo creek,

Buffalo City,

Bannock,

Bank robbery at Southwest City,

Bank robbery at Pineville,

Bethpage,

Brown, Emma murder case,

Birds and others whipped,

Bear, killed in a cave,

Bear, Claib Stafford’s first,

Center township,

Cyclone township,

Caverna,

Coy,

Crystal Springs,

Cyclone,

County Seat Contest,

Chenoweth murder,

Canada Bill lynched,

Clerk, circuit,

Clerk, county,

Coroner,

Collector & Sheriff,

Casbeer, George and wife suicide,

Court house burnt,

Christian, Lieutenant,

Donohue, (Goodman)

Devick, John killed,

Derbin, Frank drowned,

Drowned, three boys,

Dobbs, John killed,

Deer, adventure with,

Elk Horn creeks,

Elk horns found,

Elk Horn township,

Elk river,

Elk River township,

Early settlement,

Early settlers, customs and habits of,

Erie,

Erie township,

Elk Mills,

Enterprise,

Enterprise, battle at,

Fire at Pineville,

Fire at Southwest City,

Flood, July, 1883,

Gates post office, (May)

Grubb, Irwin hung,

Honey creek,

Hart post office,

Hearrell murder,

Harmon, Mark killed,

Harmon, John killed,

Harmon, escape of David,

Hopkins family removed,

Hamlin, William killed,

Hinson, Bill,

Hidden Treasures,

Indian creek,

Indian legend,

Indian Springs, 63

Judge, circuit,

Judge, probate,

Judge, county,

Jail burnt,

Kelso, Colonel,

Kings creek,

Little Missouri,

Lanagan,

Lane, Wick murdered

LaMance, J. P.,

LaMance, M. N.,

McDonald county, boundary and dis.,

McDonald county, origin of name

Mike creek,

Mill creek,

McDonald county established

McDonald county organized

McMillin township

Mountain township

Man, Garland Killed

Moore Murder and trial

Morgan, Little Claude killed,

Meranda, James suicides

Noel,

Noel, Murder of Lula

Nutting, John

Nutting, M.L. Wounded,

Nominees, List of

Officers before the war

Officers, first after the war

Patterson Creek,

Pineville township,

Pineville,

Pineville skirmish

Pine war

Prairie township

Powell

Proctor, Mrs. Burnt,

Petty thieving,

Population of county,

Richland township,

Rocky comfort,

Rutledge,

Rail road

Representative,

Sugar creek,

Saratoga Springs,

Silver Springs,

Simcoe,

Splitlog,

Southwest City,

Sheriff and Collector,

Surveyor

School commissioner,

Sterley, O. killed,

Stafford, John killed,

Sellers, death of Lee,

Slickers,

Smith, death of Major,

Shields, Col.,

Schell's buried money,

Smith, George murdered,

Townships,

Twin Springs,

Treasurer,

Testerman, Willie killed,

Tillotson, Jack killed,

Tiff City,

Temperance Work,

Voting places,

Vote by townships,

Vendetta,

Wolf scalps,

Wolf story,

White Rock township,

White Rock Sulphur Springs,

Wisdom murder case,

Wilson, John killed,

War Stories,

Wimpey, Timothy killed,

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

Adams, Anderson, Baker, Barlow, Best, Bosserman, Cowan, Chase, Carnell, Christensen, Carlyle, Coffeit, Clay, Davis, Doty, Dabbs, Duval, Elliff, Edelen, Falkenbury, Freeze, Foster, Gilbraith, Horner, Horton, Harmon, Huckins, Jackson, Kelley, Lane, Lamson, LaMance, Marrs, Meador, Madden, Montgomery, McKinney, Noel, Nutting, Patterson, Prater, Pepper, Price, Preston, Quails, Seabourn, Shambaugh, Shields, Smith, Sears, Stewart, Tabler, Tandy, Wilson, Wimpey, Walters, Vermillion, Yocum,