Iron County Historical Society Newsletter

Summer 2013
Mailing Address P.O. Box 183 Ironton, MO 63650 Museum Address Whistle Junction Train Depot Highway 21, Arcadia, MO

Iron County Historical Society

E-Mail: ironcohissoc@hotmail.com

Founded 1974

Website: www.rootsweb.com/~moichs
Telephone: (573) 546-3513

Next Meeting: 2 p.m., Sunday, July 21st First Presbyterian Church, Corner of Knob & Reynolds, Ironton ~ Program ~ The 1918 Influenza Pandemic presented by John Abney ~Refreshments by ~ Carolyn Sheehy

Presidents Message
John Abney With great sadness, Im sorry to report the passing of Calvin Wilford Dothage. Cal was the Historical Societys president for three terms from April 1997 to March 1999 and from April 2000 to March 2001. Cal was also a life member of the Historical Society. Until his recent retirement, he also worked at the Ozark Regional Library in Ironton for 22 years where he helped scores of people trace their family history. Cal was always one of the first people I would turn to when researching a new project on the history of Iron County. Cal was an old school genealogist who knew that everything is not on the Internet and that sometimes there is just no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and doing real research in the source materials that document our ancestors lives. I fondly remember the stories he told me regarding the quest for his own familys roots and I still share some of those stories with others today. To honor Cals memory, the Board of Directors have decided that it would be appropriate to make a donation to the Historical Society in Cals name. If you would like to be part of this effort, you can either mail your donation to the mailing address above or make a secure donation on-line at the Historical Societys website (see the top of page two for details.) I hope you will be able to join us on the 21st as I present a program on the great Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918 - 1920. As always, thank you for your continued support of your Historical Society. Have a great summer!

Museum Directors Report

Wilma Cofer New Accessions: Handmade petticoat and apron made by Clarissa Catherine Hasty b. 1849, donated by her great, great granddaughter, Beth Crocker. Donations / Memorials Received: Monetary donations in the amount of $66.06 were received this month. Visitors: We had 155 visitors in April from 13 states and Japan. In May we had 253 visitors from 19 states and South Africa.

Membership Chairmans Report

Wilma Cofer We currently have 91 members and six exchange members. There are current 28 members whose dues are now overdue. Please send in your dues, we dont want to lose you! New member(s): Allison Bryson, Pilot Knob, MO; Bert LaPlante, Ironton, MO; and Dorothy Hardy Allmon, Blue Springs, MO.

REMINDER: If you havent paid your annual dues, they are now overdue! 1

Website and Social Media Update

If you havent been to our website (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moichs/) in a while, we would invite you to take a look. With the help of our website administrator, Marcine Lohman, were continuing to add more items to our virtual museum and have also added the capability to accept on-line donations through the use of PayPal. PayPal allows visitors to donate securely and you dont have to have a PayPal account to contribute. Of course, we still accept donations by mail as well, and every little bit helps. Marcine is also working on an update to the website, so please come back often. As always, thanks to Marcine for her help! Also, the Iron County Historical Society now has a Facebook page. You can visit the page by going to: https://www.facebook.com/IronCountyHistoricalSocietyMO?ref=stream Besides being able to see upcoming events, you can click on a link to a video tour of the Whistle Junction Visitors Center and Museum. We hope you will Like us on Facebook and comment on what we can do to improve the page.

For Sale Gently Used Canon Copier

Do you need a reliable black & white copier? The Historical Society has a Canon Image Runner 1310 table top model copier for sale. It prints 13 pages-per-minute and comes equipped with 16 MB of copier memory, a copy resolution of 1200 x 600 dpi (interpolated) and a print resolution of 2400 x 600 dpi (interpolated), a 500-sheet user-adjustable paper cassette and a 100-sheet Stack Bypass for transparencies, letterhead and specialty stocks. All this for only $150 or best offer. If interested leave a message for Wilma Cofer at (573) 546-3513 or email her at the Historical Societys email address shown at the top left of page 1.

They Were There

by John Abney
Next year (2014) marks the 150th anniversary of Prices Raid into Missouri and the Battle of Pilot Knob. To honor and remember those who participated, our newsletter will tell some of their stories over the next several editions. If you have a story from someone who was there, please consider sharing it. Please email your story to jabney@hughes.net or mail it to John Abney at the Societys mailing address shown on Page 1.

Joshua Mason was born in Hyde County, North Carolina on 30 September 1809.1 Joshua and his wife, Marina Ann (Jarvis) would have nine children with all but one of these being born in White County, Tennessee.2 The family moved to what would become Iron County in 1852 and Joshua would be one of the organizers of the Pleasant Grove United Baptist Church (near Goodwater) in 1856.3 With the coming of the Civil War, one of Joshuas sons, 18 year-old David Crockett Mason, enlisted in the 12th regiment of the Missouri State Militia (MSM) Cavalry on 6 March 1862 at Ironton.4 The 12th would later transition to the 3rd MSM and young David would rise to

Joshua and David Crockett Mason This is the story of service by a father and son during the Civil War. As undoubtedly happened to thousands of others during the war, circumstances would conspire to impact their lives. One would be wounded at the Battle of Pilot Knob and the other would die while fighting off Confederate soldiers during Ewings retreat after that battle.

Donald L. Mason, Joshua and Marina Ann (Jarvis) Mason, Past and Present: A History of Iron County, Missouri 18571994, Vol I, (Ironton, Missouri: Iron County Historical Society, 2004), 297. 2 Ibid. 3 Ibid., 298. 4 Compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the State of Missouri, NARA M405, roll 733, carded records of David C. Mason, Sgt., Co. M., 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry. Digital image, (www.fold3.com: accessed 1 April 2013).

the rank of Sergeant while serving at places all around southeastern Missouri.5 On 7 January 1864, while still in the service, David Mason married Amanda Jane Gillam at the home of her father near Webster (now called Palmer), in Washington County, Missouri.6 The newlyweds would live at the home of his father in Iron County for three months after his discharge from the 3rd MSM on 11 February 1864, before moving to near Webster in Washington County.7

Because of his prior service, David Mason volunteered to help drill the new militia company which was then at nearby Webster.11 With Prices forces already in Missouri, the elder Mason was sent to Pilot Knob sometime around the 24th of September to obtain provisions for the militia company.12 Unfortunately for Joshua, his arrival in Pilot Knob corresponded with the arrival of Prices forces in the Arcadia Valley.13 Taking shelter in Fort Davidson, Joshua took part in the ensuing battle until he was wounded by a Confederate sniper.14 Describing the actions of Mason, the Rev. D. A. Wilson who was nearby said that Mason was,

Joshua Mason

On 28 June 1864, the commander of Union Forces in Missouri, Major General William Rosecrans, issued General Order 107.8 The order sought to reorganize the states Enrolled Missouri Militia (EMM) against continuing Confederate threats and called upon each county to form one or two companies of about 100 men each, selected for courage, energy, and willingness to serve for the protection of your respective counties.9 Citizens from parts of Washington and Iron counties formed a company of this new provisional militia and elected Andrew J. Harris as the companys Captain and Joshua Mason as the companys Lieutenant.10

taking deliberate aim with his squirrel rifle, when a ball cut through his rather abundant flesh of his throat and the blood spurted in a stream as large as the orifice made by the bullet. His chief concern seemed to be his shirt, for he leaned over and still over until he was actually on all fours. At the rate the blood was flowing, he must have bled to death in a minute. Seeing his critical case, I went to him saying, My man, you must hold up your head. I reined him up, and led him behind an earthwork. Laying him there with his head raised, I tied my red silk handkerchief round his neck. As the bleeding was staunched, I saw no more of him until going to the hospital about nine oclock that night.15
When Ewings forces retreated from Fort Davidson in the early hours of 28 September, Mason was left behind at the hospital.16 He stayed at the hospital for nearly three days until he was warned by a friend, who was also a Rebel sympathizer, that the Rebels were looking for him.17 He slipped out of the hospital under the cover of darkness and, after three days of travel, made his way back home some 35 miles away.18
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Ibid. Marriage entry of David C. Mason and Amanda Gillam, Washington County Marriages Book C (1861-1884), Recorder of Deeds, Potosi, Missouri (microfilm copy (MF#143), Washington County Public Library, Potosi, Missouri), 36. and Widows pension application of Amanda J. Gillam #191,710, Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. 7 Compiled service records and Widows pension application. 8 Official Record (OR), Series I, Vol. 34, part 4, p. 581-582. 9 Ibid., 582. 10 Soldiers Records: War of 1812 World War I, entries for Harris' Washington County Provisional Company E.M.M., Digital images (http:www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/: accessed 1 April 2013).

Widows pension application. Dr. J. R. Adams, letter to C. A. Peterson, 9 November 1905, Box 2, Folder 10, Battle of Pilot Knob Research Collection, 1862-1914, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis, Missouri, 1, 2. 13 Ibid. 14 Rev. D. A. Wilson, Personal Recollection of the Battle of Pilot Knob, 6 July 1906, Box 8, Folder 8, Battle of Pilot Knob Research Collection, 1862-1914, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis, Missouri, 7. 15 Ibid., 7, 8. 16 Adams, p. 2. 17 Ibid., 2, 3. 18 Ibid., 3.

When General Ewings forces reached Caledonia on the morning of the 28th, they found their way to the north blocked by General Shelbys Confederate forces moving south towards Pilot Knob.19 With both the north and south now blocked as avenues of escape, they turned west on the Webster road and reached Webster late that evening.20 The retreating members of Ewings force were greeted upon their arrival by a number of the local population and General Ewing made it known that they planned on staying there till the next morning.21 While its possible that David Mason and the members of the Washington County militia company were part of that crowd that greeted Ewings troops on their arrival, it has not been verified. What is known is that General Ewing had no intention of spending the entire night at Webster and that he didnt trust the loyalty of all the civilians in the area. Ewing and his troops resumed their retreat towards Leasburg at around midnight.22 Davids wife Amanda was now more than eight months pregnant with their daughter Ollie who would be born the following month on 10 October.23 On the evening of 28 September, Amanda Mason was at the home of her uncle, Solomon Gillam, located about half a mile from Webster.24 David was hesitant to leave her, but made plans, along with other members of the militia company to leave on the morning of the 29th with General Ewings forces.25 David, along with Captain Harris, Solomon Gillam, Pete Welker, and Jonas Tennyson stayed the night at Solomon Gillams home.26 At around dawn the next morning, the 29th, as the men were leaving, they were fired upon by a group of Confederate soldiers. All the members of the militia company that stayed at Gillams house were killed.27 Describing the scene, Amanda stated:

I was right there at uncle Sols house and heard the shooting and pretty soon these rebels were in the house. They left the bodies and they were brought in. I swooned when I saw the corpse of my husband. My mother, my aunt Polly Ann Gillam and [David] Crocketts own sister, Sallie, carried these bodies into the house of my uncle Sols and they lay there on the floor until the afternoon of the next day when they were buried by these women and Crocketts uncle, Jim Mason, and an old man, some other old man whose name was Duncan, I think, the other men all being gone.28 Joshua Mason recovered from his wounds. He served as the clerk of the church he helped to found for some 35 years and also served a four year term as one of the judges of the Iron County Court.29 Joshua died on 13 June 1898.30 Authors note: The Civil War impacted our country in ways both large and small. Paraphrasing the noted Civil War historian, the late Shelby Foote, before the war, it was grammatically correct to say the United States are as most people thought of our country as a group of states. After the war, that changed and we now say the United States is. Besides making us an is the war impacted almost every American family, both north and south. For those that say that the Civil War has no impact on us today, I would point them to the story of David Crockett Mason and his wife Amanda. You see, Amanda was my great-greatgrandmother. Had there not been a battle at Pilot Knob, had General Ewing not been able to escape, had Ewings retreating forces been stopped before turning on to the Webster road at Caledonia, had David. Mason and members of the local militia stayed in Webster that night, Mason would not have died on the morning of 29 September 1864. Without his death, Amanda wouldnt have gotten remarried to my great-great grandfather James Midgett and their four children, along with all their descendants including me, would have never been born.

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Cyrus A. Peterson & Joseph M. Hanson, Pilot Knob The Thermopylae of the West (1914; reprint, Independence, Missouri: Two Trails Publishing, 2000), 203. 20 Ibid., 215. 21 Ibid., 226. 22 Ibid. 23 Widows pension application. 24 Ibid. 25 Ibid. 26 Ibid. 27 Ibid.

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Widows pension application. Donald L. Mason, 298 and Dr. J. R. Adams, 4. 30 Dr. J. R. Adams, 1.

From the Collection

By John Abney The Hinchey Paintings and Related Items Among the many treasures displayed in the Societys collection at the Whistle Junction Visitors Center and Museum are a number of original paintings, copies of paintings, and items related to the life of the artist William James Hinchey. A full overview of the life of W. J. Hinchey, submitted by Katherine Hinchey Cochran, appears on pages 247 248 of Past and Present: A History of Iron County Missouri 1857 - 1994, Volume I ($49.95 + S&H) and is abstracted here. Hinchey was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1829 and came to the United States in 1854. He arrived in the Arcadia Valley in 1857 after making the acquaintance of the Reverend Jerome Berryman who met Hinchey in St. Louis. Hincheys St. Louis studio was near the Planters Hotel and he was then engaged in doing portraits for Manuel de Franco and George Caleb Bingham when they had too many commissions to perform all their work themselves. Berryman hired Hinchey as an art instructor and French teacher for his Arcadia High School. It was there that he met his future wife, Lucinda Jane Holloman, the daughter of Allen W. Holloman. They were married in August, 1857. While the couple originally made their home in Alton, Illinois and St. Louis, they moved back to the Holloman family home prior to the start of the Civil War. Throughout the war, Hinchey travelled and recorded his activities in his diary. The war year portions of his diary (April, 1861 April, 1864) have been transcribed and are available from the Historical Society for $10.00 plus S&H. Besides painting portraits during this time, he was also a correspondent for Harpers, Frank Leslies Illustrated, and the New York Illustrated News. Among the works submitted at that time was a sketch of the Battle of Pilot Knob (27 September 1864) which was drawn by Hinchey while he sat in the mouth of a cave near the battle.

One of Hincheys better known paintings was that of the dedication of the Eads Bridge in St. Louis that took place on 4 July 1874. When not on loan, it hangs in the collection of the St. Louis Art Museum. William and Lucinda had six children. Four of the boys were born in the Holloman family home at Arcadia prior to or during the Civil War. The last two, one son and one daughter were also born at the Holloman homestead, but years after the war. Hinchey died on 20 September 1893 as the result of a streetcar accident and subsequent blood poisoning that resulted after the amputation of one of his legs. Hinchey is buried in the City Cemetery in DeSoto.

William James Hinchey self portrait

Hincheys work has been displayed in museums around the world and a special exhibition of his work was held at the St. Louis Art Museum from June to September 1974. Original Hinchey paintings in the Societys collection includes a painting of the Arcadia Valley prior to 1860, a portrait of Brigadier General John Gray, and a portrait of St. Louis Businessman, Thomas Sessin. Copies of paintings originally painted by Hinchey include the large portrait of the Reverend Jerome Berryman and the portrait of Mrs. Gray (the wife of Brig. Gen. Gray.) Also in the collection are some of the artists palettes, brushes, and related manuscript materials.

Iron and Iron County: A History of Iron Mining in the Area

By John Abney (Continued from Spring 2013 newsletter) Part Two: 1850 - 1980 The economic impact of the iron mining in the area went beyond the employment of the miners and those that worked in the smelting and forging processes. The furnaces required vast quantities of charcoal and that required labor to cut the trees and make the charcoal. Workers had to be fed, so farmers came. Merchants came to support them all and towns grew. Besides the need for labor and timber, the operators of the mines at Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob needed a way to get their product to market. To satisfy this need, the Missouri legislature granted a charter in 1851 to create what would become the longest and most famous plank road in the United States. The 42-mile long Ste. Genevieve, Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob Road was completed in 1853. It had five toll gates and was used primarily to haul iron ore.1 The plank road was completed in September 1853, yet it would have a short life.2 Wagoning iron ore and blooms proved too slow and costly. But even with that method of transportation, President Harrison [American Iron Manufacturing Company] made such a showing of enterprise that capital was tempted to build a railroad to him. The Iron Mountain road was the result. Its construction was prompted and encouraged by the prospect of ore and iron carrying. It reached Pilot Knobin 1858 and that remained the terminus until after the Civil War.3
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Besides the impact of mining in the local area, much of St. Louis economic development at this time is also linked to the iron mined in southeast Missouri. Industrial statistics show that the value of manufactured goods (made in St. Louis) doubled between 1850 and 1860. Many of the major manufacturing concerns of St. Louis were active in the production of iron products. Plows, stoves, tools, furnaces, pipe, were all products of the fast-growing Mississippi metropolis. James B. Eads of St. Louis used Missouri iron in the armored gunboats he built for the Union during the Civil War.4 Production of iron during the war years was sporadic at best. The iron works at Pilot Knob were idle from the fall of 1861 through all of 1863.5 While the iron works and one of the blast furnaces did operate for 17 weeks during 1864, two blast furnaces along with a large supply of charcoal were destroyed during the Battle of Pilot Knob that September.6 With dwindling supplies of charcoal in the local area coupled with the increased demands for iron in the post-war period, several companies built blast furnaces in St. Louis where coal and coke were available from sources nearby in Illinois.7 The post-war years at Iron Mountain saw some of its greatest productivity. From 100 to 120 cars left the mountain daily. There were 1,500 men on the payrolls. Money was made faster than ever known before in iron mining in this country. For the years 1867 to 1872 the profits on the Iron Mountain output were more than $1,000,000 a year.8 Another financial panic in 1873 resulted in an economic depression that lasted for the remainder of the decade and greatly impacted the mining operations in southeast Missouri. Layoffs at Pilot Knob start in 1874 and by 1877 only 12 miners are at work on the Pilot Knob mine.9

Debbie Sheals & Becky L. Snider, Route 66 in Missouri: Survey and National Register Project, Project Number S7215MSFACG, (http://www.nps.gov/rt66/histsig/missouricontext.htm: accessed 4 March 2013). 2 Jon Berganthal, A Summary of the Pilot Knob Iron Company, Box 60 (Iron County Geology and Mining), File 60-1, Iron County Historical Society Archives, Arcadia, Missouri.. 3 Walter B Stevens., Centennial History of Missouri (The Center State) One Hundred Years in the Union 1820 1921(St. Louis, Missouri: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1921), 357.

Duane Meyer, The Heritage of Missouri A History (St. Louis, Missouri: State Publishing Company, Inc., 1963) 243, 448. 5 Berganthal. 6 Ibid. 7 Beganthal, Meyer, 449. 8 Stevens, 358. 9 Berganthal.

Rising iron prices in 1879 enables work to begin again at Pilot Knob and the decision is made to replace the old stone blast furnace with a modern version.10 The new blast furnace becomes operational in November 1880.11

ownership changed hands several times with mining operations continuing almost continuously until 1966.18 Mining at Pilot Knob would resume periodically, first in 1910 (the Puxico Iron Company) and then in 1920 (Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company).19 In 1968, The Pilot Knob Pellet Company started underground mining at Pilot Knob and operated an iron ore pelletizing facility there until 1980.20 While the most well known iron mining activity in Iron County took place at Pilot Knob, iron ore was mined in virtually every part of the county. As mentioned in part one of this article, the first iron mine in Missouri was operated on nearby Shepherd Mountain in 1815. The following is a list of known iron mining locations within Iron County. The sources of these data are the Missouri Place Names on-line database at the website of the State Historical Society of Missouri (http// shs.umsystem.edu/research/online.shtml) and the Missouri Hometown Locator at (http://missouri.hometownlocator.com/).
Name Ackhurst Iron Bank Baird Iron Mine Ben Brooks Iron Bank Big Bogy Mountain Iron Bank Bogy Ore Bed (also called Buford Ore Bed) Location 3.5 miles south of Arcadia, near State Highway E 6 miles southeast of Ironton on Marble Creek One and a half miles east of East End 3.4 miles south, southwest of Arcadia 3.6 miles south, southwest of Arcadia 7.4 miles east, southeast of Viburnum, near Iron Co. Road #72 1.4 miles north, north-west of Pilot Knob
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Lithograph of Pilot Knob from 2 August 1873 edition of Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper

The operations at Pilot Knob are sold to the St. Louis Ore and Steel Company in 1882.12 Problems plague the new blast furnace even when a new blower engine is installed there in 1883.13 Falling iron prices in 1884 again cause mining operations at Pilot Knob to cease and when mining is resumed in 1885, the new blast furnace is abandoned.14 Two years later, in 1887, the mine at Pilot Knob produces its highest yearly output, over 200,000 tons.15 By the end of the 19 century, the known iron ore deposits (once thought to be inexhaustible) at both locations have waned. Mining operations in Pilot Knob cease in 1890 and the blast furnace there is dismantled in 1893.16 Operations at Iron Mountain cease in the latter years of the 19th century and the operation reminded idle there until the company is sold in 1904.17 Thereafter,
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Burt Iron Bank Cedar Hill Iron Mine

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Berganthal. Berganthal. 12 Berganthal. 13 Berganthal. 14 Berganthal. 15 Beganthal. 16 Berganthal. 17 William R. Edgar History of Iron Mountain (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/mine_history/ir on_mountain.htm: accessed 26 February 2013).

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Eva B. Kisvarsanyi and Arthur W. Hebrank , Guidebook to the Geology and Ore Deposits of the St. Francois Mountains, Missouri (Rolla, Missouri: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Division of Geology and Land Survey, 1981), 97. 19 Berganthal. 20 Berganthal

Answers to last issues Who, What, Where: Who: Hiram Tong, co-founder of Ironton What: Carbide miners lantern Where: Exterior of the 2nd King School, located outside of Annapolis

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Time to test your Iron County trivia knowledge. If you would like to submit an answer telling us what each picture depicts, please do so and send your answers (with a postmark no later than July 31st) to: Iron County Historical Society Trivia P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650 We will randomly draw a winner from all entries that have correctly identified the pictures. Your prize will be a copy of: A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook (Reprint of Centennial Cookbook with additional materials and photographs) Here are the pictures that we have chosen this quarter Good Luck to each of you!

Who is this?

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IRON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

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Title / Author NEW! A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook (Reprint of Centennial Cookbook with additional materials and photographs) CENTENNIAL: Ironton, Missouri, May 30 June 2, 1957 Dorothy Reese: Ironton/Arcadia Valleys Cheerleader, Historical, Civic Leader, And Teacher: A Tribute, by Randall Cox Early History of Arcadia Valley, by C. S. Russell, edited by Robert Pollock History of the 33rd Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War In the Arcadia Valley Publication Details / Cost Soft cover, coil bound. 192 pgs. $15.00 plus $4.00 S&H Reprint, soft cover, comb bound. 58 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H Soft cover, comb bound. 19 pgs. $2.00 plus $1.50 S & H Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs. $5.00 plus $2.50 S & H Excerpts, 21 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.00 S&H Reprint from Iron County Register Supp; /1800s. 50 pgs $10.00 plus $2.50 S & H Reprint, soft cover, comb bound. 144 pgs. $20.00 plus $2.50 S & H Soft cover, comb bound, photos, 195 pgs. $20.00 plus $3.50 S & H Soft cover, comb bound, maps, photos, Ca 1984. 16 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.50 S & H Manuscript, indexed, comb bound. 76 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H Indexed. 147 pgs. $10.00 plus $3.50 S & H Hard Bound, indexed. 434 pgs. $49.95 plus $4.50 media rate or $10 1st class priority S & H 7 pgs. $2.00 plus $1.00 S & H Soft cover, photos, etc. Ca. 1981. 136 pgs. $8.00 each or 2/$10.00 plus $3.50 S & H Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs. $5.00 plus $2.00 S & H Soft cover, photos, maps, Ca. 1984. 17 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.50 S & H Soft cover, comb bound. 73 pgs. $10.00 plus $2.50 S & H Manuscript, comb bound, indexed. 34 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H Comb bound. 101 pgs. $10.00 plus $3.00 S & H

Iron County Brought Into Focus Iron County Family, Business, and Organization Stories: A Supplement to Past and Present Iron County, Missouri, Year By Year, by Clarence R. Keathley John Albert Undertaking Business, 1878 1921 My Perfect Life, by Robert Pollock Past and Present A History of Iron County 1857 1994 Topical/biographical history of Iron County, Missouri Perpetual Diary of Capt. P. Ake Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Ironton, MO (A Civil War Diary covering the year 1865) Readin, Ritin and Rithmetic, A History of Schools in Iron County, MO., 1840 1981, by Clarence R. Keathley Russell Cemetery Association United States Post Offices in Iron County, Missouri, Then and Now, by Clarence R. Keathley W. J. Hinchey Diaries, Portrait of a community during the Civil War, edited by John and Elizabeth Holloman White Funeral Home Register, Caledonia, Missouri, 1907 1934 Witnesses to History - Stories from Park View Cemetery, by John Abney

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Cove Iron Bank Cuthbertson's Iron Bank Dinger Iron Bank Graves Iron Mine Hogan Mountain Iron Mines Leeds Hill Iron Bank Lewis Mountain Iron Bank Lindsey Iron Bank Love Iron Bank

Location Located 4.5 miles east of Viburnum, near Iron Co. Road #1 3.6 miles south, southwest of Arcadia, near Berryman Road 1.9 miles west of Vulcan, near Adams Hollow Road 4 miles west of Des Arc. 2.4 miles north, northeast of Hogan 2.4 miles south of Arcadia, near Iron Co. Road #125 Near Arcadia 1.9 miles east of Des Arc, near Iron Co. Road #163
Township 35, Range 1W, Section 33

Name Minden Iron Bank

Location 1 mile east of Ironton 2.7 miles southeast of Goodwater, located south of Missouri Hwy 32 4 miles west of Ironton 5.1 miles southeast of Hogan, near Iron Co. Road#124 Located on Marble Creek, ten miles south of Ironton. 2 miles east of Ironton, where Ashebran Furnace was located 1.4 miles west, southwest of Vulcan near Adams Hollow Road

Rogers Iron Bank Russell Mountain Iron Mine Russell No. 2 Iron Bank Russell's Mine

Shut-In Iron Bank

Singer Iron Bank

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