McDonald County, Missouri History and Genealogy

More than 200 pages of McDonald County, Missouri history and genealogy including 82 family biographies plus 24 McDonald County, Missouri communities on 4 different maps

An informative and historical overview of McDonald County, Missouri history and genealogy including six separate books on one CD which include 4 historical map views (1851, 1913, 1920's and 1929), plus more than 150 post card views in full color and at full size, plus more than 140 full color photos of McDonald County, plus the full McDonald County section from the book: Goodspeed's History of McDonald County, Missouri originally published in 1888, plus a photo guide and history of the famed Ginger Blue Lodge. An important resource for the study and research of McDonald County, Missouri genealogy and history (including the Civil War)

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in six separate sections, ALL on one CD :

Section One of six, ALL on one CD: Maps of McDonald County, Missouri
Included here are the southwestern Ozarks of Missouri sections of 4 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows McDonald County when the county was still a part of Newton County.

B. A map of 1913 McDonald County showing the locations of 21 different settlements including all of the following: Anderson * Bethpage * Caverna * Coy * Cyclone * Erie * Goodman * Hart * Jane * Lanagan * May * McNatt * Mountain * Noel * Pineville * Powell * Rocky Comfort * Saratoga * Simcoe * Southwest City * Splitlog * Tiff City.

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!

Section Two of six, ALL  on one CD: McDonald County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages plus several pages of rare and fascinating photos concerning McDonald 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!

Section Three of six, ALL on one CD: Postcard Views of McDonald County, Missouri.
More than 150 postcards show vintage scenes of McDonald County from the early 1900's to the 1980's. Greatest emphasis is on the Noel, Lanagan, Anderson and Pineville areas. Many rarely seen McDonald County cards are included. Every card is shown at full size and in full color.

Section Four of six, ALL on one CD: A pictorial view of McDonald County, Missouri.
More than 140 full color photos show the McDonald County of today and includes photos of numerous sites including historical buildings, churches, cemeteries, scenic views, and includes photos from the Anderson, Bethlehem, Bethpage, Goodman, Lanagan, McNatt, Noel, Pineville, Rocky Comfort, Simco, Southwest City, Splitlog, and Tiff City areas. All of these photos were taken in 2003.

Section Five of six, ALL on one CD: An historical and pictorial view of Ginger Blue Lodge.
Founded in 1915, the famed Ginger Blue Lodge became widely known as one of the premier resorts in the region. This book tells the history of the lodge thru numerous photographs and postcard views. Also included on this CD are views of two rare complete Ginger Blue Lodge brochures. The main lodge of Ginger Blue burned to the ground on the evening of July 13, 2003. Photos of the charred remains of the main lodge plus the remaining cabins are included.

Section Six of six, ALL on one CD: The complete 1888 Goodspeed's History of McDonald County, Missouri.
This detailed (207 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about McDonald County from its earliest settlement up to 1888. This has all of the pages pertaining to McDonald County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information.
 

Here is just some of the information included:

• A description of the natural features McDonald County

• McDonald County, Missouri Pioneer History

• Early Settlers and Settlement in McDonald County

• Establishment of McDonald County, Missouri

• McDonald County Circuit Court Transactions

• Political Record of McDonald County

• McDonald County Societies and Organizations

• McDonald County, Missouri Taxpayers and Civil War Soldiers of 1861 - A very lengthy list of individuals (eight double column pages of names.)

• Military Affairs (Civil War history) including movements of Union and Confederate forces and including battles and skirmishes.

• McDonald County Churches and related organizations

• History of McDonald County Cities and Towns including: Bethpage, Elk Mills, Erie, Indian Springs, Pineville, Rocky Comfort, Rutledge, Saratoga Springs, Southwest City, Splitlog, Tiff City, plus other old settlements.

Included is a 65 page biographical section with family biographies for each of the following family surnames:
Ballard * Barr * Barton * Batten * Bookout * Boone * Burns * Caldwell * Caulk * Chenoweth * Childers * Christian * Cloud * Cloyd * Collins * Corum * Cox * Crispin * Crumbaugh * Davidson * DeGroff * Dustin * Duval * Elliff * Epperson * Falkenbury * Fink * Ford * Fox * Fullerton * Gist * Hall * Hanna * Hargrove * Harmon * Hart * Havens * Howard * Jackson * Jones * Kenney * Kunkel * LaMance * Lamberson * Lamson * Langley * Laughlin * Long * McCall * McKinney * McNatt * Magee * Maidt * Manning * Marshall * Martin * Maxfield * Maynard * Nichols * Noel * Oyler * Patterson * Paul * PeTit * Plater * Plumlee * Pogue * Polson * Price * Quarles * Reece * Seabourn * Seaman * Shields * Slinkard * Smartt * Smith * Testerman * Vanpool * Walker * Warren * White * Williams * .

In addition to those listed above, more than 1000 other family surnames are made mention of in the text of the book. Among the other family surnames included are the following (please note that this only a partial listing, there are many more family surnames included that are not listed here): Abbott * Abels * Adair * Adams * Adamson * Adkins * Aker * Akers * Alexander * Alien * Allen * Allison * Amos * Anders * Anderson * Appleby * Archer * Armstrong * Arnell * Arterburn * Asbell * Asboth * Astley * Atchley * Austin * Auxier * Babcock * Baber * Bacon * Baich * Bailey * Baker * Baldock * Baler * Ballard * Banks * Bard * Barker * Barkley * Barlow * Barnes * Barr * Barrett * Barringer * Bartin * Barton * Bass * Bates * Batten * Batton * Baxter * Bay * Beaver * Beavers * Beckwith * Bedell * Bedwell * Beeman * Bell * Bena * Benedict * Benham * Benna * Bennet * Bennett * Benton * Bergen * Berner * Berry * Betts * Betz * Bible * Biffle * Biggs * Biler * Bill * Bing * Birch * Bird * Birge * Bisherers * Bixey * Blackburn * Blair * Blakely * Blame * Blanchard * Bland * Blankenship * Blevens * Blevins * Blick * Blunt * Blythe * Boan * Bogard * Bolen * Boles * Bomer * Bondurst * Bone * Bonebrake * Bookout * Boon * Boone * Booth * Boothe * Bosnell * Boughmer * Boyd * Boyden * Boyer * Boyle * Brace * Bradbury * Bradfute * Bradley * Braithwait * Bratton * Brattow * Bray * Breathwait * Breidlove * Breshears * Brewer * Brewster * Briam * Bridge * Briggs * Britton * Brock * Brodie * Brodwell * Brook * Brooks * Brotherton * Brown * Browning * Bruch * Brunk * Bryan * Bryant * Bryson * Buchanan * Budd * Buff * Bullard * Bullington * Bullock * Bunch * Bunting * Burch * Burdette * Burgen * Burgess * Burke * Burnett * Burns * Burton * Bush * Buster * Butcher * Butler * Buzzard * Cagle * Cake * Caldwell * Callison * Camp * Campbell * Cantwell * Carleton * Carlyle * Carmix * Carney * Carpenter * Carr * Carroll * Carstarphan * Carter * Carver * Casbeer * Cash * Castle * Catlin * Caudell * Caudill * Caulk * Cavenaugh * Chambers * Chancy * Chaney * Chapman * Chase * Cheak * Chenault * Chenoweth * Chick * 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McDonald County is located in the southwestern corner of the Missouri Ozarks and is bordered by the following counties: Newton County, Missouri * Barry County, Missouri * Benton County, Arkansas * Delaware County, Oklahoma * and Ottawa County, Oklahoma (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)

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