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Greene County - Springfield MO462
Queen City of the Ozarks, settled in1830 by Tennessee pioneers on what had been a Kickapoo, Osage, and Delaware Indian camping ground. Springfield was first called Campbell and Fulbright Springs after its first settlers. Rivalry over location of the railroad in 1870 led to founding of North Springfield. The two towns were joined in 1887. Through here came Cherokee Indians on their "Trail of Tears" removal to Oklahoma, 1837. In 1858 the first westbound Butterfield Overland Mail coach stopped at its station here. It is of interest that Springfield was home on Missouri Governor John S. Phelps. Here were established Drury College, 1873, on campus is Shepard Museum; Southwest Mo. State College, 1906; Central Bible Institute, 1922; and Baptist Bible College, 1950. The U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners is here. Near Ash Grove, 21 miles northwest, is the Greene County Home of Nathan Boone, noted surveyor, legislator, soldier, and son of Daniel Boone. Nathan came here with his family in mid-1830's. On farm are graves of Nathan and his wife Olive Van Bibber Boone. Springfield was a military prize held by both sides during the Civil War. At Wilson's Creek Battlefield, 3 miles southwest, on Aug. 10, 1861, one of Missouri's bloodiest battles was fought, ending in an important Confederate victory. Union General Nathaniel Lyon was killed leading his outnumbered troops against the combined force of the Confederate and General Sterling Price's Missouri State Guard, both under command of Gen. Ben McCulloch. The Confederates left Springfield at the approach of the Federals under General S. R. Curtis, Feb. 1862. For the duration of the war Springfield was under Union control. In Jan. 1863 a Confederate attack under General John S. Marmaduke was repulsed with the help of a "Quinine Brigade" of convalescent soldiers. "Wild Bill" Hickok served as Union scout here. On a 1300-foot Ozark plateau, Springfield, county seat of Greene Co., is an industrial, rail, dairy center. One of the many historic markers in the area identify Fort Ancient, the work of early mound builders. Also of interest are Wilson's Creek Battlefield, now a memorial park; the National Cemetery; and the City Art Museum.
Morgan County MO407
Morgan County, in Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks Region, was organized in 1833 and named for Revolutionary War Gen. Daniel Morgan. The lake, impounded by Bagnell Dam built on the Osage River in adjacent Miller County 1929-1931, extends into Morgan and forms most of its south border. Southern pioneers settled the area in the 1820's. Versailles, the county seat, situated on a watershed divide crossing the county east to west, was laid out 1835. The townsite, selected by Commissioner Street Thurston, was given by Wyan and Galbraith, pioneer merchants. Millville, once near by, was settled by Josiah Walton, was the first county seat. Early schools were J.K. Gwynn's Male and Female Institute founded in 1885; and G.W. Innes' Academic and Normal Institute, 1892. The famed 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail had relay stations in the county at Syracuse and Florence. From 1859, when the Pacific (Mo.Pac.) R.R. reached Syracuse, until Civil War activity closed the station in March, 1861, it was the east stagecoach terminus. In the war the county suffered guerrilla raids and troop movements. Morgan County's 596 square mile area is divided between Ozark hills on the south and open plains on the north. Resort and general farming county, Morgan at various times has been mined for lead, zinc, barite, tiff, iron, coal, clay. The Chicago, Rock Is. & Pac. R.R. reach Versailles in 1903 and Stover and Barnett, settled earlier, were laid out along the railroad route. Among other county towns and communities are Gravois Mills and Florence, settled in 1830's; Syracuse, laid out 1859; and Rocky Mount, a post office by the 1870's. On a branch of the Mo. Pac., built to Versailles in 1881, Akinsville and Glensted were once active towns. The branch no longer operates. French explorer Du Tisne crossed south Morgan County on an Osage Indian Trail, 1719, and Zebulon M. Pike's 1806 southwest expedition followed the Osage River then winding in and out of the county. The area, roamed by Indians into the 1830's, lies in the 1808 Osage Indian land cession. Points of interest include the courthouse built 1889 at Versailles; Jacobs Cave near there, and Collin's Spring near Gravois Mills.
Butterfield Overland Mail MO402
OVERLAND MAIL IN MISSOURI -- 1858~1861 The George Shackelford Relay and Meal Station stood ½ mile south of Syracuse in Morgan County. In 1859, when the railroad reached Syracuse, it succeeded Tipton as Stage Terminus. Civil War activity closed the terminus in March, 1861.
Butterfield Station - Shackelford MO401
SHACKELFORD STATION 1858 Butterfield Stage Line Overland Mail.
Butterfield Overland Mail MO400
OVERLAND MAIL IN MISSOURI --1858~1861 The James P. Munhollen Relay Station, 20 miles from the Tipton Terminus, stood about 2½ miles southwest of Florence in Morgan County.
Butterfield Station - Mulholland MO399
STATION 1858 Butterfield Stage Line Overland Mail [Bottom photo is across the road from the marker and the actual location of the station. Station is referred to as "Munhollen Station" on the State Historical Society's marker.]
Ray Family MO22
The Ray House is the only park structure on the original site that dates back to the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Postmaster and farmer John Ray built it in the 1850's. For ten years it served as the Wilson's Creek Post Office, a stopping place on the old Wire Road that connected Springfield, Missouri, with Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1861, twelve people were living here. John and Roxanna Ray, their nine children, and a mail carrier. Their slave "Aunt Rhoda" and her four children occupied a small cabin to the rear of the house. On August 10, 1861, they found themselves in the path of war. The Ray house served as a hospital during and after the battle. [The Butterfield Stagecoach, stopped here on its way to Elk Horn Tavern, Pea Ridge, Arkansas. It then turned west to San Francisco. The Old Wire Road is still very visible in front of the house.]
Tipton MO7
Butterfield Overland Mail Terminus Historic town in the annals of western transportation, Tipton, in 1858-59, was the eastern stagecoach terminus of the famous Butterfield Overland Mail. N.Y. expressman John Butterfield (1801-69), under contract to carry mail and passengers between St. Louis and San Francisco over the Southern Route on a twice-a-week, 25 day schedule, used Tipton as stage terminus because the Pacific R.R. (Mo.Pac.), completed to this point, could be used for the first 160 miles. The westbound mail and passengers carried by Butterfield stage left Tipton, Sept. 16, 1858, and arrived in San Francisco 24 days later after traveling some 2,700 miles across rivers, deserts, mountains, and through hostile Indian territory. At one time Butterfield had 1,500 horses and mules, 100 coaches, relay stations about 20 miles apart, and, at the peak, 2,000 employees. Tipton was replaced as terminus when the railroad reached nearby Syracuse in the summer of 1859. In 1861, because of the Civil War, traffic was transferred from the Southern to the Central Route. Butterfield coaches traveled south from Tipton to Arkansas making stops at the following relay stations in Missouri:
Tipton was laid out by William Tipton Seeley, 1858, shortly before it became the Butterfield Overland Mail terminus. Near Tipton is the state Training School for Negro Girls, opened, 1916.
Berkeley Plantation Or Harrison's Landing V7
A short distance south, it was first settled in 1619, when the first Thanksgiving was held here. The present mansion, built in 1726, was the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and president William Henry Harrison. During July and August, 1862, it was the headquarters of General McClellan. The bugle call Taps was composed here then by General Butterfield. Display # 11 - 20 of 83 |
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