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 Polk County,
Missouri History and Genealogy
197 pages of Polk County, Missouri history and genealogy
including 132 biographies plus 38 Polk County, Missouri communities on 5
different maps
An informative and historical overview of Polk County,
Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 6 historical
maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929);
plus the full 1889 Goodspeed's "History of Polk
County, Missouri" book. An important resource for the study and research of Polk
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 Polk County, Missouri
Included here are the South Western Ozarks region of Missouri sections of 6
different historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Polk County just sixteen years after
Polk County was formed.
B. A map of 1902 Polk County showing the locations of 24 different
settlements including all of the following: Aldrich * Bolivar * Brighton *
Cliquot * Dunnegan * Fairplay * Goodnight * Goodson * Graydon Springs * Gulf *
Halfway * Humansville * Ingalls * Morrisville * Pleasanthope * Polk * Rondo *
Sentinel Prairie * Shadygrove * Slagle * Sohofield * Sunset * Tremont * Wishart
*
C. A map of 1904 Polk County showing the locations of 37 different
settlements including all of the following: Adonis * Aldrich * Bolivar *
Brighton * Burns * Cliquot * Dewey * Dunnegan * Eudora * Fairplay * Flemington *
Gold * Goodnight * Goodson * Graydon Springs * Gresham * Halfway * Humansville *
Huron * Ingalls * Karlin * Mission * Mohawk * Morrisville * Nox * Pleasanthope *
Polk * Rex * Rimby * Rondo * Schofield * Sentinel * Slagle * Sunset * Van *
Violet * Wishart
D. A map of 1913 Polk County showing the locations of 38 different
settlements including all of the following: Aldrich * Bolivar * Brighton * Burns
* Cliquot * Dewey * Dunnegan * Erie * Eudora * Eudora Springs * Fair Play *
Flemington * Gold * Goodnight * Goodson * Graydon Springs * Gresham * Half Way *
Humansville * Huron * Ingals * Karlin * Mission * Mohawk * Morrisville * Nox *
Pleasant Hope * Polk * Rex * Rimby * Rondo * Schofield * Sentinel * Shady Grove
* Slagle * Sunset * Van * Wishart
E. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist
sites and service stations were located.
F. 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: Polk County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are six pages concerning Polk 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 "History of Polk County,
Missouri".
This detailed (197 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical
and genealogical information
about Polk County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact
photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Polk County, Missouri including all
of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 132
different biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
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Geology, Topography of Polk County, Missouri
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Polk County Natural Features, Streams
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Caves in Polk County, Missouri
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Polk County Resources and Statistics
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Early Settlement in Polk County, Missouri
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Original Occupancy
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Polk County Reminiscences
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Early Settlers in Polk County
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Polk County Public Lands and Land Entries
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Polk County and Township Organization
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Polk County Judiciary History
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Criminal Cases in Polk County
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General Polk County Interests
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Railroad History of Polk County, Missouri
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The Polk County Poor Farm
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Polk County Officials
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Civil War History of Polk County, Missouri
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Guerrilla Warfare in Polk County
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Polk County Towns and Villages History: Bolivar * Humansville * Morrisville * Fair
Play * Pleasant Hope * Half Way * Aldrich * Sharon * Polktown * Rondo *
Dunnegan Springs * Graydon * Wishart * Brighton * Goodnight * Slagle *
Sentinel Prairie * Orleans * Shady Grove * Sharon
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Polk County Schools
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Church History in Polk County
Included is a total of 132 Polk County biographies including each of the following
surnames:
(hundreds of other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within
these biographies): Affleck * Akard * Allen * Allison * Appleby * Austin * Ayers
* Barnett * Beck * Blair * Bond * Brittain * Brown * Burks * Burnes * Burrell *
Campbell * Cary * Clark * Coats * Cossins * Cowan * Cunnyngham * Devin * Drake *
Dunnegan * Easley * Ellis * Ewing * Farmer * Faulkner * Fisher * Fox * Gee *
Gordon * Grant * Greer * Griffin * Hadlock * Hatler * Ham * Headlee * Hensley *
Higginbotham * Hopkins * Hopper * Hudson * Ingram * Johnson * Jones * Justus *
Kelley * Kerby * Kim * Kincaid * Kinder * Koch * Lappin * Leavitt * Leith *
Lewis * Lemmon * Lightfoot * Loafman * Lower * McAdoo * McCracken * McGuire *
McReynolds * May * Miles * Miller * Mitchell * Murphy * Neil * Odor * Okey *
Parrish * Payne * Paynter * Pike * Pitts * Potts * Ralph * Roberts * Rule *
Sallee * Shriner * Simpson * Slagle * Smith * Snodgrass * Sperry * Stahl *
Stewart * Strain * Teeter * Thomas * Tingle * Train * Tuck * Turk * Underwood *
Walters * Wann * Warren * Watkins * Whillock * Wilcox * Wilcoxen * Wiley *
Willhite * Williams * Wilkinson * Wilson * Zumwalt *
Polk County is located in the Southwestern portion of the Missouri Ozarks and
is surrounded by the following counties: Cedar County,
Missouri * St. Clair County, Missouri *
Hickory County, Missouri * Dallas County,
Missouri * Greene County, Missouri * and
Dade 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 Polk County, Missouri from its first
settlement to 1889.
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