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 Phelps
County, Missouri
History and Genealogy
125 pages of Phelps County,
Missouri history and genealogy including 52 pages of family biographies
plus 18 Phelps County, Missouri communities on 4 different maps
An informative and historical overview of Phelps County,
Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 4 historical
maps (1851, 1913, 1920's and 1929), plus
the full Phelps County section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Phelps
County, Missouri originally published in 1889. An important resource for
the study and research of Phelps 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 Phelps County, Missouri
Included here are the central Ozarks of Missouri sections of 4 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows Phelps County before being divided from Crawford,
Pulaski, and Maries County.
B. A map of 1913 Phelps County showing the locations of 18 different
settlements including all of the following: Arlington * Beulah * Blooming Rose *
Clementine * Craddock * Edgar Springs * Flat * Jerome * Knobview * Merimac *
Norman * Relfe * Rolla * St. James * Spring Creek * Vida * Winkler * Yancy Mills
. Additionally, this map shows the location of numerous rural schools.
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: Phelps County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are seven pages concerning Phelps 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
Phelps County, Missouri.
This detailed (125 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical and
genealogical information
about Phelps County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact
photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Phelps 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 Phelps County
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Pioneer History of Phelps County, Missouri
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Establishment of Phelps County
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Phelps County Circuit Court Transactions
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Political Record of Phelps County
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Phelps 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 in Phelps County,
Missouri
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Phelps County Schools
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Churches and related organizations in Phelps County
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History of Phelps County Cities and Towns including: Arlington * Edgar Springs * Meramac
Spring * Newburg * Rolla * St. James .
Included is a 52 page biographical section with biographies for each of the
following Phelps County surnames:
Arthur * Baker * Baumgartner * Bishop * Bland * Boisselier * Bowman * Branson *
Burns * Burwell * Campbell * Carpenter * Cartall * Cowan * Davis * Dean *
Donahoe * Evans * Flint * Fort * Freeman * Frost * Gaddy * Hale * Hanrahan *
Harrison * Hawkins * Headlee * Herbert * House * Hutcheson * Jones * Kelly *
Kitchen * Lamb * Lenox * LeSueur * Livesay * Long * Love * McCrae * Margedant *
Martin * Meriwether * Miller * Mitchell * Parker * Ramsey * Rauch * Roster *
Sally * Shaw * Shinman * Short * Smith * Soest * Stewart * Stimson * Ten Eyck *
Thompson *Vetter * Weber
In addition to those listed above, more than 1000 other family surnames are
made mention of in the text of the book.
Phelps County is located in the central portion of the Missouri Ozarks and is
surrounded by the following counties: Crawford County,
Missouri * Dent County, Missouri *
Maries County, Missouri *
Dallas County, Missouri * Pulaski County,
Missouri * Texas County, Missouri *
Gasconade 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 Phelps County, Missouri from its first
settlement to 1889.
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