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MACON and BENTON |
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"LAST
of the ROMANS" |
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CHAPTER I. - |
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"The State of Macon"
- Sheriff Had Wide Jurisdiction
- Troublesome Indians
- Importation of Bluegrass from Kentucky
- First Cotswold Sheep and Shorthorn Cattle
- Organization of Macon County
- Rivalry for County Seat
- Log House for Court Rooms |
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CHAPTER II - |
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The Pioneers
- James Loe
- William Blackwell
- Captain William Griffin
- Captain William Smith
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Squire
Holman
- Attacked by Wolves
- Saved by Blast from a Horn
- Major Joseph D. Butler
- Levi Cox
- Absent from Home 21 Years
- R. L. Shackleford
- Bill to Run Steamboats Up
Chariton River
- Clever Election Ruse
- Frederick Rowland
- Encounter With Indians
- William Morrow
-
Robert
Gipson
- Oldest Man in United
States
- Mrs. Polly Baskett |
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CHAPTER III. - |
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The Indians
- Last Battle With the Whites
- "Chief Pumpkins"
- Retreat of the Whites
- A Rear Guard Action
- A Second Expedition Planned
- Indians Driven Back
- A Buried Treasure
- Sanguinary Battle Between the Foxes and the Sacs
- Search for the Treasure
- Stone Tomahawks and Arrowheads on Battlefield
- The Indians' Fishtrap
- Pioneer Water Mills
- Corn as Legal Tender
- Death of Attorney Hammock, Head Miller
- The Mill on East Fork
- Yule-tide in a New Country |
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CHAPTER IV. - |
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Early Courts and Records
- First Indictment for Murder
- Some Quaint Court Orders
- Negro Sentenced to Terrible Punishment
- The Mormon Trial at Moccasinville
- Act of Legislature Repealed by County Court
- Last Replevy of a Slave in Missouri |
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CHAPTER V. - |
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Official Weather Bureau at Macon
- Hottest Day in Ten Years
- The Great Drought of 1854
- January 1, 1864, Coldest Day on Record
- Ground Warmed to Dig Graves
- Grasshopper Plague and Governor Hardin's Proclamation for
Prayers
- High Water in the Chariton Valley
- Cyclone at Macon
- The Drought of 1901
- Water Sold at 10 Cents a Bucket
- Reservoir Empty and City Supplied from Blees Academy Lakes
- The Flood of 1909 |
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CHAPTER VI. - |
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Early State Roads in Missouri
- Era of the Stage Coach
- Pony Rider in Macon County
- When Bloomington Was a Stage Division
- A Railroad Convention
- Queer Opposition to Railroads
- "Bob"
Stewart
- George H. Davis
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I. N.
Wilber
- W. C. Brown
- P. H. Houlahan
- A Fast Mail Run
- The Pony Express
- Railroading in War Time,
- First Great Disaster on the "Joe"
- Block Houses
- Engineer Jim McIntosh
- The NOrth Missouri Road
- The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
- A Big Suit Over Hardpan
- Great Idea of Two Young Railroad Men. |
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CHAPTER VII. - |
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The Printing Press
- Salutatory of First Macon County Paper
- Reminiscences of Captain Lacy,
Macon's First Editor
- The Mulligan Guards
- Some of the Pioneer Papers
- Major Frank M. Daulton
Macon Paper Awarded Medal for
Superior Typography
- The Man Who Subscribed for 500 Papers
- I. Jeff Buster, Who Introduced
Country Correspondence|
- Eugene Field\s Owl Club
- Improvement in Country Journalism
- "Stories of a Country Doctor," by Willis P. King, M. D.
- "Love vs. Law," by
Mary
Anderson Matthews
- A Circuit Rider's Quant Book
- Oldest Bible in State Owned by Macon County Man. |
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CHAPTER VIII. - |
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Mines and Mining
- The Pilgrimage to California
- Phil Armour and Ned Croarkin
- A Miner's Dream
- Discovery of Coal in Macon County
- Alexander Rector
- Thomas Wardell
- Strikes, Panics and Then Prosperity
- "Shooting Off the Solid"
- Riots of 1899
- A Mine Disaster
- A Journey Through Gloomy Avenues
- A Mining Town That Died
- Miners Are Long Lived
- Statistics from State Mining Report
- Early Gold Excitement in Chariton Valley
- Development of Valuable Ore at New Cambria |
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CHAPTER IX. - |
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Schools and Academies
- The Blue Back Spelling Book
- Singing Geography
- An Instrucot Who Taught Manners
- W. A. Mathis
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F. Theo
Mayhew
- McGee College
- St. James Military Academy
- Colonel Blees's Magnificent
Enterprise
- Consolidated School at Elmer
- The Macon High School
- School Statistics |
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CHAPTER X. - |
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The Churches
- Strenuous Revivals
- "Gabriel" as Prosecuting Attorney
- Debate Between Dr. Anderson and the Rev. "Jimps" Dysart
- Hollis and Dysart
- Baptists Chagrined Over
Result
- Primitive Baptists
- Yellow Creek Association
- McGee Presbytery
- Organization of the Churches
- Bishops Talbot and Hendrix
- "Father" Gay
- The Holiness Campmeetings
- Institution at College Mound
- The Tenth Legion |
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CHAPTER XI. - |
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Wars and Soldiers' Reunions
- Macon County's Fighting Men
- Trek of the Mormons
- Call to Arms in '61
- Macon as a Military Post
- Martial Law
- A Victim's Tombstone
- The Harris House Prison
- Battle of Painter Creek
- Ordered to Burn Bloomington
- Raid of the Guerrillas
- A Courier's Ride for Life
- Augustin Bradsher Drafted
- Men of the Black Flag
- Veterans of 1812
- State Encampment at Macon
- Daughters of the Revolution |
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CHAPTER XII. - |
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The Law
- The Line of Circuit Judges
- Strange Murder Case, Yet Unraveled|
- The Tracy Killing
- A Gold Brick Game and a Trial at Macon
- Board's Criticism of a School Teacher
- "The Unwritten Law"
- Why Did George Anderson Kill His Wife?
- Judge Ellison's Sentence of Death
- The First Legal Execution
- Incidents on the Day of Hanging
- A Noted Trial from Shelby County
- Whitecotton's Remarkable Appeal to
the Jury
- Birth of the Three-Fourths Jury Rule
- A Hanging Without Trial
- Two Thousand Words Without a Punctuation Mark
- A Noted Steer Case
- La Plata Circuit Court |
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CHAPTER XIII. - |
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The Bond Indebtedness
- First Subscription to Missouri and Mississippi Railroad
- Mandamus by Supreme Court Compelling Issue of Bonds
- Mass Meeting Approves Court's Order
- The Second Subscription
- General Protests
- Determined Efforts to Find Money to Build Road
- Litigation Scares Financiers Off
- The Growing Debt
- Efforts to Compromise
- County Court Against It in 1894
- Proposition Overwhelmingly Defeated
- Mr. Gary's Plan for a Settlement
in 1904
- Strong Campaign For and Against
- Views of Both Sides
- Advocates of Settlement Defeated by Small Majority
- Present Status of the Debt
- The Legal Phase of the Case. |
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CHAPTER XIV. - |
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The Geology of Macon County
- Tobacco
- Agriculture
- The Dairy
- Stock Raising
- A Town Lot Auction at Hudson
- "The Ladies Civic League
- Macon Charity Society
- Drainage Work in the Chariton Valley
- Wealth of the County
- Some Noted Characters
- Pioneer Coal Operator
- John Jones and His Cave House
- Why Mr. Beach Wouldn't Wear a Hat
- Patriot Who Wouldn't Cut His Hair Until a Democratic President Is
Elected
- John Henry Griffin
- "Depot"
Smith
- Two Lively Rival Towns
- Thje Postal Service |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
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