Early days in Montgomery
County, MN, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and
factual data in this booklet, reprinted from the rare 1885 book:
History of St. Charles, Montgomery and Warren Counties, and
Missouri, a Guide to the "Show Me" State, a 1930s
WPA project. The spiral bound booklet is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" and
is printed on 60# paper. A vinyl sheet protects the front cover.
Past and present
communities in the county include:
Bellflower, Buell Danville, High Hill, Jonesburg, McKittrick, Middletown,
Mineola, Montgomery City (county seat), New Florence, New Hartford,
Rhineland and Wellsville. All may not be mentioned in the booklet.
Many exciting
events headline the history of this rural county in east central
Missouri. A partial list of subjects include:
General Description; the First Europeans; the First Americans
(including the son of Daniel Boone); the Indian Wars, with many
individual tales; Settlers Before 1820; Early Aristocrats; Quashquama,
a friendly Sac Indian; First Steamboats Up the Missouri; First
Organization (of the county) and the town of Pinckney; First County
Officials; Weather in Early Times; Pioneers and Pioneer Life;
Game and Wild Animals; Pioneer Weddings; Establishment of the
Boone's Lick Road; the Boone's Lick Stage Line; First Murder Case
and other Murders; Black Hawk War; the Florida and Mormon Wars;
the Political Canvass of 1840; "Hard Times"; the Native
Americans ("Know Nothing" party); Presidential Campaigns;
After Fort Sumpter; the First Federal Troups; Acts of Violence
in the County during the Civil War years; Troops for Gen. Price's
Army; Invasion and Occupation of the County by Federal Troops;
Events of the Years 1862-64; the Confederate Guerrilla Raids of
1864, including the Second Raid on Rhineland, Bill Anderson's
Burning of Danville, Scenes at the Female College, and others;
Adoption of the "Drake" Constitution; Political Campaign
of 1866; and many
other bits of history and trivia.
Wouldn't this make a unique
gift?
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