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Pulaski County MO494
Here in Missouri's central Ozarks, Pulaski County was organized 1833, and named for Revolutionary War general, Polish Count Casimir Pulaski. Once roamed by Indians and French trappers, the county is part of land ceded by the Osage in 1808. Southern pioneers were early settlers, attracted by fine springs, wooded hills honeycombed by caves, and Big Piney and Gasconade Rivers. Waynesville, in scenic Roubidoux Creek Valley, became the county seat 1843, but court first met here, 1835. Named for Rev. War Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne, the town was a stage stop on St. Louis to Springfield Road, also called Wire Road for telegraph line strung by Union Army. French explorer Du Tisne traveled this former Indian Trail in 1719. Cherokee Indians camped here on their 1837 "Trail of Tears" removal to Okla. In the Civil War, the Confederate flag was raised at the courthouse in spring of 1861. In June, 1862, Union Col. Albert Sigel's troops built fort overlooking Waynesville's courthouse square to guard military supply road to Springfield. The county suffered guerrilla raids and skirmishes. In Pulaski County's Mark Twain National Forest acreage, established in 1935, is Fort Leonard Wood. Founded in 1940 as World War II training and replacement center, it became a permanent military reservation in 1958. Named for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, the Fort, by 1960, was the nation's largest center for training U.S. Army Engineers. The county, after the Civil War, grew as lumbering and general farming area. On route of the Frisco R.R., built through the county 1869, the towns of Dixon, Crocker, and Richland were laid out and Swedeborg was founded by Swedish immigrants, 1878. Among other communities are Big Piney, Devils Elbow, Laguey, Palace, St. Roberts. Points of interest include views of the Gasconade at Portuguese Point and the Big Piney at Devils Elbow; Miller Spring, one of 23 ebb and flow springs in U.S., near Big Piney; Schlicht Mill near Crocker; Indian and Inca caves near Waynesville; Moccasin Bend Wildlife Refuge on Gasconade River; and, at Waynesville, Pulaski County's 4th courthouse built in 1904. Many prehistoric artifacts have been found in the county.
McDonald County MO466
McDonald County, 540 sq. miles of Ozark grandeur in Missouri's extreme southwest, was called Seneca when it was formed in 1847. Fully organized in 1849, it was named for Rev. War soldier Alexander McDonald. Pineville, the county seat, was laid out by Nathan Richardson, 1847, and first called Maryville. The judicial seat, first located at Rutledge (Elk Springs), was moved there in 1857 after a bitter dispute. Pineville at the headquarters of lovely Elk River, was a lively trading post for reservation Indians from what is now Okla., and settlers in 1860. A Jesse James movie was made there in 1938. The county's first settlers were Valentine Miller and family, 1827. Pioneers were from Ky. and Tenn. The 1840's brought the "Pine War" between settlers and U.S. Marshals over cutting trees on public land. In the 1850's, bands of "Slickers" briefly tried to stop land sales. In War Between the States, this pro-Southern county on Ark. and Okla. borders, saw heavy troop movement, sharp skirmishes, guerrilla raids. Over the border, in Ark., is historic Pea Ridge Battlefield, site of decisive Union victory, Mar. 7-8, 1962. Resort county in the Ozark Playgrounds Region, McDonald lies in a dairy, livestock, poultry, fruit, timber area. Processing plants are at Noel and Anderson, largest town in the county, founded 1887. Near there is site of Splitlog, once a boom town where Mathias Splitlog, wealthy Wyandotte Indian, and others went broke mining fool's gold. There Splitlog began the county's first railroad. The Kansas City & Southern was built through the county in the 1890's. At Southwest City, settled in 1840's, is the Missouri-Arkansas-Oklahoma tri-state boundary marker bearing the dates of when each state was admitted into the Union: Mo., 1821; Ark., 1836; Okla., 1907. Noel, named for Bridge Noel, founded 1891, gives cancellation on Christmas mail. Other towns in the county include Rocky Comfort, Tiff City, Goodman, Powell, Jane, and Lanagan. In the county are hamsome Jacob's, Bluff Dwellers, Shira, and Ozark Wonder Caves. Ancient Bluff Dweller sites, Indian mounds and trails are in the area a part of 1825 Osage Indian land cession. Only Confederate Indian General, Stan Watie, a Cherokee, is buried in Okla., near Southwest City, Mo.
John Matthews McDonald TX11747
North Carolina-born John Matthews McDonald (1827-1883) came to Texas in 1848 and lived first at Larissa, Cherokee Co. and then Mound Prairie, Anderson Co., where his brother Murdoch earlier settled. Two years later, he moved to the young town of Athens and became a teacher and a lawyer. He also served as the town's first mayor. He wed Mary Ann Elizabeth Pinson (1842-1931) in 1858, and the couple had ten children. During the Civil War, McDonald fought with the Confederate Army as part of Hood's Texas Brigade. Active in public service, he held the offices of justice of the peace, county judge and state representative. His pioneer leadership proved vital to the early development of his adopted home.
Stand Watie: Degataga Oo-Watee OK8
DEGATAGA OO-WATEE Stand Watie was only American Indian to attain rank of Brigadier General during Civil War and was last Confederate General to surrender. Born in Georgia December 12, 1806. He spoke only Cherokee language until he was 12 years of age. When Federal Government began urging Cherokees to move from Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina to a home west of the Mississippi, Stand Watie was one of those who believed it best for Cherokees to make such move. As signer of the treaty of New Echota in 1836, which provided for removal of Cherokees to the west. Stand Watie cained family of those opposed to such treaty provision. After removal to the west, Watie married Sarah C. Bell to whom three sons, and two daughters were born. At outbreak of Civil War, Stand Watie espoused the Southern cause and soon received commission as Colonel in Confederate Army. Among battles in which he participated were Wilson's Creek, Bird Creek, Pea Ridge, Haney Springs, and Cabin Creek. He attained the rank of Brigadier General on May 10, 1964. Was joint commander with General R.M. Gano at Battle of Cabin Creek fought September 18, 1864. In this battle Confederates routed Federals and captured about 300 wagons loaded with supplies. Thus for a time, enabling the destitute Indian Confederates to continue in the war. General Stand Watie surrendered his command at Doaksville, near Fort Towson on June 23, 1865. He died on September 9, 1871. A man of courage, leadership, and spirit.
The Battle of Maysville AR15
--- * * * --- Occurred on Oct. 22, 1862. While Gen. James G. Blunt was encamped on the old Pea Ridge battlefield, word came that Gen. Douglas H. Cooper and Col. Stand Watie's Indian Regiment were at old Fort Wayne across the line from Maysville. On Oct. 20 he advanced his 2nd and 3d brigades to Bentonville. On Oct. 21, they moved toward Maysville. Crossing the prairie they found Confederates lined up on the edge of some timber a quarter mile from the town. Before his superior force they retreated in disorder followed by the 6th Kansas Cavalry and the 3d Cherokee regiment for seven miles.
General Stand Watie OK7
Deo Vindice 1861-1865 IN HONOR OF GEN. STAND WATIE Only full blood Indian Brig. Gen. in the Confederate Army. This brave Cherokee rendered heroic service to the Confederate cause in Ind. Terr. Born in Ga. Dec. 12, 1806 died in Cher. Nat. Sept. 9, 1871 "Lest We Forget."
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.
Tuckaleechee Villages 1E15
Near here was one of these three Cherokee villages, unoccupied when settlers arrived about 1791. A branch of the Great War and Trading Path forked here, one to North Carolina, the other to villages on the Little Tennessee. The Virginia trader, Vaughn, used it in 1740.
Houston's Station 1E5
Established by James Houston in 1785, it stood about 300 yards east on Little Nine Mile Creek. From here, in 1786, John Sevier led 160 horsemen against the Cherokee towns. In 1788, the Kirk family was massacred about 3 miles south; shortly thereafter, 31 men from the fort were killed in the nearby Citico apple orchard, by the Cherokee, whose later attack on the fort was repulsed by troops stationed there. The Great War Path passed close by.
Chilhowee 3E14
On Abram's Creek, near the site of the early Cherokee village, Chilhowee, William and Robert James established a waterpowered cotton and woolen spinning and weaving factory. A charter for the business was issued in 1848 and the mill was evidently in operation by 1853. The business closed before the Civil War and was never reopened. Display # 11 - 20 of 207 |