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 Laclede
County, Missouri
History and Genealogy
More than 165 pages of Laclede County, Missouri history
and genealogy including 78 pages of family biographies plus 25 Laclede
County, Missouri communities on 4 different maps
An informative and historical overview of Laclede County,
Missouri including three separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps
(1851, 1913, 1920's and 1929), plus
the full Laclede County section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Laclede
County, Missouri originally published in 1889. An important resource for
the study and research of Laclede 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 of three, all on one CD: Maps of Laclede County, Missouri
Included here are the southwestern Ozarks of Missouri sections of 4 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows Laclede County before being divided from Camden,
Pulaski, and Wright County.
B. A map of 1913 Laclede County showing the locations of 25 different
settlements including all of the following: Abo * Brice * Brush Creek *
Competition * Conway * Delto * Dove * Drew * Druin * Drynob * Eldridge * Falcon
* Hazlegreen * Lebanon * Lynchburg * Morgan * Nebo * Oakland * Origanna * Pease
* Phillipsburg * Pine Creek * Sleeper * Southard * Winnipeg . Additionally, this
map shows the location of numerous schools and churches.
C. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist
sites and service stations were located.
D. 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 of three, all on one CD: Laclede County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages concerning Laclede 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 of three, all on one CD: The complete 1889 Goodspeed's History of
Laclede County, Missouri.
This massive (167 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of historical and
genealogical information
about Laclede County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1888. This is an exact
photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Laclede County, Missouri including
all of the historical and biographical information.
Here is just some of the information included:
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A description of the natural features of Laclede County
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Pioneer History of Laclede County, Missouri
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Establishment of Laclede County
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Circuit Court Transactions
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Political Record
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Laclede County Societies and Organizations
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Military Affairs (Civil War history) including movements of Union and
Confederate forces and including battles and skirmishes.
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Laclede County Schools
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Churches and related organizations in Laclede County
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History of Laclede County Cities and Towns including: Brush Creek * Competition (or
Newburg) * Eldridge * Lebanon * Phillipsburg * Sleeper .
Included is a 78 page biographical section with biographies for each of the
following Laclede County surnames:
Abbot * Adkins * Anderson *Appling * Atchley * Beckner * Bilderback * Bland *
Booton * Bradshaw * Brown * Burns * Casey * Clendenin * Clough * Coffman * Cook
* Corser * Cotton * Cowgill * Dalton * Davis * Demuth * Detherage * Diffenderfer
* Edmisson * Edwards * Farris * Folger * Fulbright * Gibson * Glynn * Goodall *
Greenleaf * Gustin * Gutherie * Hanson * Heard * Hickman * Holman * Hooper *
Hoskinson * Hough * Hulse * James * Jarrell * Johnson * Joslin * Lambeth *
Lingsweiler * Lockwood * McClurg * McComb * McFall * Mayfield * Mizer * Moore *
Moser * Nelson * Nicks * Norman * Oberbeck * O'Dell * Owen * Paine * Phillips *
Quinn * Ragland * Richey * Rubey * Rupard * Russell * Schmalhorst * Scott *
Smith * Spohn * Turner * Wallace * Warner * Weissberger * Wickersham * Wood *
Wright * Young
In addition to those listed above, more than 1000 other family surnames are
made mention of in the text of the book.
Laclede County is located in the central portion of the Missouri Ozarks and
is surrounded by the following counties: Webster County,
Missouri * Wright County, Missouri *
Camden
County, Missouri * Dallas County, Missouri *
Pulaski County, Missouri * Texas County,
Missouri (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)
Each of the 3 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 3 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 Laclede County, Missouri from its first
settlement to 1888.
Shipping is only $1.95 for First Class Mail in the United States and Canada. If outside of the United States,
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