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