Washington County, Missouri History and Genealogy

137 pages of Washington County, Missouri history and genealogy including 138 family biographies plus 34 Washington County, Missouri communities on 5 different maps

An informative and historical overview of Washington County, Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 5 historical maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1920's and 1929), plus the full Washington County section from the book: Goodspeed's 1888 History of Washington County, Missouri originally published in 1888. An important resource for the study and research of Washington County, Missouri history and genealogy.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains all of the following material in three separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One on CD, ALL on one CD: Maps of Washington County, Missouri
Included here are the East Central region of Missouri sections of 5 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Washington County, Missouri just 38 years after Washington County was formed.

B. A map of 1902 Washington County showing the locations of 21 different settlements including all of the following: Anthonies Mill * Belgrade * Bismarck * Brazil * Cadet * Courtois * Cruise * Fertile * Floyd * Fourche a Renault * Hopewell * Hulsey * Irondale * Levy * Mineralpoint * Old Mines * Palmer * Potosi * Richwoods * Rockspring * Sunlight *

C. A map of 1904 Washington County showing the locations of 34 different settlements including all of the following: Anthonies Mill * Aptus * Baryties * Belgrade * Bliss * Brazil * Cadet * Caledonia * Cicero * Courtois * Cruise * Fertile * Floyd * Fourche a Renault * Hopewell * Hulsey * Irondale * Latty * Levy * Maryden * Mineralpoint * Old Mines * Palmer * Potosi * Quaker * Racola * Richwoods * Rockspring * Shirley * Summit * Sunlight * Troutt * Undine * White *

D. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.

E. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. You will be amazed at how many of the major routes were only dirt or gravel!

Book Two on CD, ALL on one CD: Washington County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages concerning Washington County from the 1913 edition of The Missouri Red Book and contains about every imaginable statistic you could want for this time period. Some of the facts contained are the number of farms and their acreages, number of cows, horses, mules, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, colonies of bees, how many farms had mortgages and how many were free of debt, the amount of butter produced, the number of bushels of apples, peaches, pears, etc. harvested, the number of quarts of blackberries harvested, the number of schools and teachers, plus hundreds of other detailed statistics. A wealth of information!

Book Three on CD, ALL on one CD: The complete 1888 Goodspeed's History of Washington County, Missouri.
This detailed (137 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about Washington County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1888. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Washington County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information.

Here is just some of the information included:

Natural Features, Wild Animals of Washington County, Missouri

Early Settlement of Washington County, Missouri

French Explorers and Miners of Washington County

Mine-a-Breton

Early Settlers in Washington County, Missouri

Early Land Entries in Washington County, Missouri

Industries

List of Mines in Washington County

Iron Banks and Furnaces

Agriculture, Stock-raising

Washington County Manufacturing Interests

Railroad

Formation of Washington County

Washington County Poor Farm

Miscellaneous Topics

The Washington County Courts

Criminal Record of Washington County

The Civil War in Washington County, Missouri

Washington County Towns, Villages, etc: Potosi * Belgrade * Caledonia * Cadet * Hopewell * Irondale * Kingston * Mineral Point * Old Mines * Palmer * Richwoods * Shibboleth

Schools in Washington County

Washington County Churches

Washington County of 1888

Included is a biographical section with 138 Washington County biographies for each of the following surnames (some surnames have multiple biographies):
* Adams * Anthony * Aubuchon * Baker * Baugher * Bean * Bell * Bennett * Berryman * Bliss * Boas * Boring * Boyer * Breckenridge * Brown * Bryan * Bub * Bugg * Burton * Bust * Byrns * Carr * Casey * Clarke * Cresswell * Curtis * Daniels * Daugherty * Davidson * Day * Dearing * Declue * Deggendorf * Dent * Detchemendy * Dinning * Dumphy * Eaton * Evans * Evens * Flynn * Gibson * Godat * Gough * Gray * Grenia * Hancock * Hardie * Harmon * Harris * Harrison * Harvey * Hawkins * Headlee * Henslee * Hicks * Higginbotham * Homan * Horton * Huff * Hughes * Hunter * Ion * Jamieson * Kelsey * Letcher * Long * Loomis * Lowry * McGready * McMurtrey * Mallow * Martin * Matthews * Mesplay * Murray * Nichols * Nicholson * Norwine * O'Mara * Parkin * Poston * Ramsey * Richardson * Richeson * Rose * Ross * Scott * Shepperd * Shore * Sitton * Slais * Sloan * Smith * Southall * Stephens * Stocking * Stone * Teasdale * Tennyson * Townsend * Troutt * Turley * Vandiver * Wallace * Wallen * Walser * Waring * Waugh * Will * Wishon * Wood * Woods *

In addition to those listed above, hundreds upon hundreds of other family surnames are made mention of in the text of the book.

Washington County is located in the East Central portion of Missouri and is bordered by the following counties: Jefferson County, Missouri * St. Francois County, Missouri * Franklin County, Missouri * Crawford County, Missouri * and Iron County, Missouri

Each of the three books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the books is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any Pentium or equivalent computer with a CD drive. This CD was designed by, and is available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.

The cost for this CD containing all three books described above is only $9.95 plus shipping! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Washington County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1885.

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