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General Index to "Historical, Pictorical and Biographical Record of Chariton County"
Press-Spectator Steam Print, Salisbury, Missouri, 1896


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Transcribed by Nalora Burns - Thank You Nalora!


PART I


CITIES OF MISSOURI, with population of 4,000 and over

COUNTIES OF MISSOURI, When organized, and Origin of name
From the beginning--
De Sota discovers the Mississippi
Marquette Discovers the mouth of the Missouri
Robert De LaSalle
The Louisiana Purchase
The District of Louisiana
The Territory of Louisiana
Missouri Territory
State Organization
State Convention
The Clay Compromise
The First General Assembly
Early Settlements


EARLY MILITARY RECORD
War with Great Brittain in 1812
Black Hawk War, 1832
Mormonism in Missouri
Mexican War 1846-1848
Events preceding the Civil War
Secession
Beginning of the Hostilities
The Attitude of Missouri
Campaign of 1861
Campaign of 1862
Campaign of 1864
Centralia Massacre


ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
The Baptist Church
Christian
Congregational
Episcopal
Israelite
Lutheran
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal South
Cumberland Presbyterian
First Presbyterian
United Presbyterian
Unitarian
Roman Catholic


EDUCATIONAL

EVENTS OF LOCAL HISTORY
First Newspaper in Missouri
New Madrid Earthquake
Pioneer Steamboat of the "Big Muddy"
Hardeman's Garden
Maquis De LaFayette Visits St. Louis
Asiatic Cholera
St. Louis Fire
The first Railroad
Death of Jesse James
Death of Bill Anderson
The great St. Louis Cyclone
State Capitol Destroyed


SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS

GOVERNORS OF MISSOURI 1830-1896, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches

IMPERIAL MISSOURI

LEWIS AND CLARK'S EXPEDITION

MEN OF EARLIER DAYS
Daniel Boone
Rufus Easton
John B. Clark
Thomas H. Benton
Henry S. Geyer
John Rice Jones
James S. Rollins
James S. Green
Judge William B. Napton
Francis P. Blair
Charles D. Drake
Brig. Gen Nathanial Lyon


MISSOURI'S SENATORS
Francis Cockrell
George G. Vest


PART II


CHARITON COUNTY


CHARITON COUNTY FIRST SETTLEMENTS
"Old Chariton"
Visited by John M Peck D.D.
Outrivaled St Louis
Early Business Men
A Woman Preacher
First Steam Mill
A Thing of the Past

Early Mail Facility
Tobacco Growing
The First Courts
Early Marriages
Reminiscences of Hon. Charles J. Cabell, deceased
Water
Mineral Resources
Government
Agriculture
Stock Raising
Surplus products
Public Schools
Chariton County as a home


SALISBURY
A City of Churches
Fraternal Organizations
Some things Salisbury has
Salisbury Academy
Salisbury Public School


NORTH MISSOURI INSTITUTE

PRAIRIE HILL

KEYTESVILLE
Public Schools
Churches
Fraternal Organizations
Street Car Line
County Poor Farm
County Jail
In and about Keytesville


OLD SETTLER'S REUNION

INDIAN GROVE

WESTVILLE

CHARITON COUNTY BAR

CHARITON COUNTY TEACHERS

BIG SPRINGS DISTILLERY

DALTON

MENDON

SUMNER

MUSSELFORK

CHARITON COUNTY FAIRS

TRIPLETT

NEWSPAPERS OF CHARITON COUNTY

BRUNSWICK
Electric Light
Public School
Fraternal Societies
Churches


WEIN

PART III


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES




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