Buchanan County, Missouri: Biographies, History, and Historical Maps

1073 pages including 900 family biographies plus 7 different maps, all on one CD

An informative and historical overview of Buchanan County, Missouri on CD including three separate books on CD which include 7 historical maps (1851, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929) showing the locations of 38 settlements; plus the full 1881 St. Joseph Publishing Company "History of Buchanan County, Missouri" book including 900 biographies.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in two separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One on CD: Maps of Buchanan County, Missouri
Included here are the Western Central region of Missouri sections of 7 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Buchanan County just thirteen years after the county was formed. Locations shown: DeKalb * Rockhouse Prairie * Sparta * St. Joseph *

B. A map of 1899 Buchanan County showing the locations of 30 different settlements including all of the following: Adams * Agency (Agency Ford) * Bee Creek * Beverly Station * Clair * DeKalb * East Atchison * Easton * Faucett * Frazer * Garrettsburg * Halleck * Halls * Kenmoor * Lake Station * Matney * Platte River * Platte River Station * Rushville * St. Joseph * South St. Joseph * Saxton * Stanley * Stockbridge * Stock Yards * Voris * Wallace * Water Works * Willow Brook * Winthrop Station *

C. A map of 1902 Buchanan County showing the locations of 21 different settlements including all of the following: Agency (Agency Ford) * Annie (Lake Station) * Bee Creek * Clair * Dekalb * East Atchison (Winthrop Station) * Easton * Faucett * Frazer * Garretsburg * Halleck * Halls * Kenmoor * Platte River * Rushville * St. Joseph * South St. Joseph * Saxton * Stockbridge * Voris * Wallace *

D. A map of 1904 Buchanan County showing the locations of 21 different settlements including all of the following: Agency * Dekalb * East Atchison * Easton * Faucett * Frazer * Garrettsburg * Halleck * Halls * Hurlingen * Inza * Kenmoor * Platte River * Rushville * St. Joseph * South Saint Joseph * San Antonio * Saxton * Stockbridge * Wallace * Willowbrook *

E. A map of 1913 Buchanan County showing the locations of 23 different settlements including all of the following: Agency * Armour * Bee Creek Junction * Clair * Dekalb * Easton * Faucett * Frazier * Garrettsburg * Halls * Hurlengen * Kenmoor * Lake Station * Matney Mill * Rushville * St. Joseph * San Antonio * Saxton Station * Stockbridge * Taos * Wallace * Willowbrook * Winthrop * This map also shows the location of the following townships: Agency Township * Bloomington Township * Center Township * Crawford Township * Jackson Township * Lake Township * Marion Township * Platte Township * Rush Township * Tremont Township * Washington Township * Wayne Township *

F. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.

G. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. You will be amazed at how many of the major routes were only dirt or gravel!

Book Two on CD: The complete 1881 "History of Buchanan County, Missouri" by the St. Joseph Publishing Company.
This detailed (1073 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of information about Buchanan County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1881. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Buchanan County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 900 different Buchanan County biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Partial Contents:
• The History of Missouri
• History of Buchanan County
• Physical Features
• Geology
• The Platte Purchase
• Early Settlements in Buchanan County
• The First Settlers in Buchanan County
• Pioneer Life
• Pioneer House and Home Comforts
• Buchanan County Mills and Trading Points
• Hunting and Trapping
• Organization of Buchanan County
• Buchanan County Early Records
• The First Buchanan County Court House
• The Second Buchanan County Court House
• The Mexican War and Buchanan County
• The Oregon Expedition
• The California Gold Excitement and Buchanan County
• Buchanan County Poor House and Farm
• State Lunatic Asylum at St. Joseph, Missouri
• Financial & Political Records
• Buchanan County Bench & Bar
• Crimes, Incidents and Accidents in Buchanan County
• Agriculture
• Reunion of Old Settlers of Buchanan County
• Civil War Veterans in Buchanan County
• Railroads Buchanan County
• The Union Depot and Iron Bridge
• The Civil War and Buchanan County
• Churches in Rural Districts
• Schools in Buchanan County
• Buchanan County Officials
• Buchanan County Cities, Towns and Villages: Agency * Arnoldsville * DeKalb * Easton * Eveline * Frazer * Halleck * Lake Station * Rushville * Saxton * St. Joseph * Wallace * Winthrop
• St. Joseph City Officials
• St. Joseph Newspapers
• St. Joseph Churches
• St. Joseph Lodges and Societies
• St. Joseph Schools
• St. Joseph Businesses
• St. Joseph Fire Department
• Buchanan County Lodges and Societies
• Early Expeditions & Settlements
• Old Settlers and What They Did
• Buchanan County Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 900 biographies including each of the following surnames:
(more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Abercrombie * Adams * Albin * Alden * Alderman * Allen * Allison * Ambrose * Anderson * Andriano * Angel * Angsten * Armstrong * Arnhold * Arnold * Arthemian * Ashford * Ashton * Atwill * Axhelm * Aylesbury * Bacon * Baden * Badger * Bailey * Baker * Bandel * Banes * Banker * Barbee * Barnard * Barnes * Bassett * Batcheller * Bauman * Beck * Behr * Bell * Bennett * Berghoff * Bernard * Birt * Bishop * Bittinger * Black * Blackford * Blake * Blakemore * Blass * Bledsoe * Blevins * Boaz * Boder * Bogle * Bohannon * Boller * Bombeck * Boone * Bortle * Boteler * Bottger * Bowen * Boyd * Boyer * Boyle * Bradshaw * Brady * Branyan * Braun * Bretz * Brewster * Bright * Brill * Brinton * Brisbois * Brittain * Broder * Brooker * Brooks * Brosi * Brown * Brumley * Brunsing * Bryan * Bryant * Buddy * Buell * Bulling * Burgess * Burnes * Burns * Burnside * Burvenich * Butcher * Butler * Buzard * Byrne * Calhoun * Callaway * Campbell * Capp * Carey * Carpenter * Carrington * Carter * Carver * Cash * Caughlan * Chambers * Chapman * Chase * Chesmore * Chesnut * Chestnut * Chew * Churchill * Claggett * Clark * Clay * Clayton * Cliff * Clifford * Cline * Clinkenbeard * Clouser * Cobb * Cogdill * Collins * Colt * Conklin * Connelly * Connett * Conrad * Conway * Cooley * Copeland * Corbitt * Corby * Cornell * Cowan * Cowles * Cox * Craig * Crandall * Crews * Crook * Crowther * Crumpacker * Crumply * Culligan * Culver * Cundiff * Cutler * Danckmeyer * Davidson * Davis * Dawson * Deakins * Deatherage * DeClue * Defonds * Delventhal * Deppin * Derge * Dicken * Dienger * Dishon * Disque * Dittemore * Dix * Dolman * Donaldson * Donelan * Doniphan * Donnelly * Donovan * Dougherty * Dowell * Doyle * Dray * Dreis * Duffy * Dulin * Dunford * Dunlap * Dunn * Durand * Dutzschky * Dysart * Egly * Ehret * Emmert * Endebrock * Englehart * Ensworth * Erb * Ernst * Estes * Evans * Everett * Fahey * Fairchild * Fairleigh * Fales * Faris * Farrell * Fenton * Ferguson * Ferrell * Finch * Finn * Fisher * Fitzner * Flaisig * Fleming * Ford * Foster * Fowler * Fox * Frakes * France * Frazer * Fredericks * Fredrick * Frerking * Fristoe * Fudge * Gabbert * Gardner * Garlichs * Garth * Gartin * Garton * Geiger * Geiwitz * Gensen * Gernandt * Gerner * Gibson * Gibson * Gill * Gilmore * Given * Gladden * Gleason * Golden * Goodlive * Gordon * Gore * Gosnell * Gostine * Goulding * Grable * Grace * Grant * Green * Greenard * Greene * Greer * Grill * Griswold * Groneweg * Gross * Grosscup * Gunn * Habig * Haegelin * Hagenstein * Hail * Hainline * Hall * Halter * Hampton * Hannan * Hansen * Harkey * Harl * Harral * Harrington * Harris * Harrison * Hartman * Hartwig * Hauck * Hawley * Hayward * Heaton * Heddens * Hedenber * Hedenberg * Heenahen * Hein * Heinz * Henley * Henman * Henshaw * Herbert * Herbst * Hermann * Hersh * Herson * Herwig * Heschong * Hesse * Hickman * Higdon * Hill * Hindennach * Hoagland * Homan * Hoppel * Horn * Hosea * Howard * Howel * Hoy * Hubacher * Hubbard * Hubbell * Huggins * Hughes * Hummel * Hunt * Hunter * Hutchinson * Hutton * Hyde * Hyland * Iba * Igler * Imel * Jackson * James * Jeffers * Jenkins * Johnson * Johnston * Jones * Jordan * Juda * Judah * Judson * Judy * Karns * Kastor * Keene * Keller * Kelley * Kemper * Kenmuir * Kercheval * Kerns * Kessler * Keys * Keywood * Kieffer * Kimberly * Kincaid * King * Kingsbury * Kirkpatrick * Kirschner * Kitchen * Klos * Knapp * Kneer * Knight * Koch * Koger * Kollatz * Krumm * Kuehl * LaChapelle * Lancaster * Landis * Langthimm * Lawrence * Leach * Lee * Leftwich * Lemon * Leonard * Levrich * Lewis * Lincoln * Little * Loan * Locke * Lockwood * Long * Loomis * Love * Lovejoy * Lovell * Loving * Lower * Lozo * Lucas * Lykins * Lyon * MacMachen * MacSpadden * Madinger * Manly * Mann * Marechal * Marker * Markle * Marlow * Marney * Martin * Mast * Mathers * Matney * Mayer * Mayers * McAdams * McBride * McCabe * McClellan * McCord * McCoun * McCrary * McCray * McDonald * McGinty * McGuire * McInerny * McIntire * McKinnis * McMachen * McNutt * McPoland * McQueen * Means * Medley * Meek * Meers * Meierhoffer * Merlatt * Merrill * Meyer * Miles * Millan * Miller * Mitchell * Montgomery * Moore * Morehead * Morris * Morrison * Morrow * Motter * Muehleisen * Murphy * Murray * Nash * Neely * Neimann * Neimeyer * Nelson * Newell * Nichols * Niles * Noland * Nold * Norris * Nowland * Nunning * Oatman * O'Hara * Ohsten * Olsen * Owen * Ozenberger * Padberg * Pape * Parker * Parsels * Patee * Patterson * Peel * Penick * Perry * Pfefferle * Pfeiff * Pfeiffer * Pickett * Pickle * Piner * Pinger * Pitts * Podvant * Poindexter * Pooler * Porter * Posegate * Powell * Powers * Pratt * Prawitz * Prindle * Prosser * Pryor * Purcell * Pyles * Quigley * Rabadeux * Ramey * Ramsey * Raney * Rankin * Ransom * Ray * Rea * Reese * Reeve * Register * Reichard * Reid * Reuthinger * Reynolds * Riblet * Richardson * Ricketts * Ridenbaugh * Riley * Ringo * Roach * Robbins * Roberts * Robertson * Robinson * Rodman * Rohan * Rosenblatt * Roundtree * Rusco * Rusk * Russell * Rust * Sallee * Sampson * Samuel * Sanders * Sanner * Saxton * Schaeffer * Schenecker * Schindler * Schmidt * Schneider * Schramm * Schroer * Schuster * Scott * Seaman * Sebus * Seidenfaden * Seip * Selleck * Seyfried * Shale * Shannon * Shaw * Sherman * Sherwood * Shortridge * Shultz * Siler * Simmons * Slaybaugh * Sleppy * Smedley * Smiley * Smith * Snyder * Sommer * Sommers * Sorge * Southworth * Spalding * Spalsbury * Spangler * Spencer * Spratt * Stafford * Stagner * Stall * Steele * Steen * Steffen * Steinacker * Steinbrenner * Stemler * Stephens * Stewart * Stigers * Stimmel * Storm * Striblen * Strop * Stroud * Stuppy * Stussi * Sutherland * Sutton * Sympson * Talbot * Tanner * Taylor * Textor * Theip * Thomas * Thompson * Tibbetts * Timerson * Tirrell * Todd * Toole * Tootle * Townsend * Tracy * Trent * Trotter * Tuck * Tucker * Turner * Tutt * Tyler * Uhlman * Ullman * Underwood * Utz * Valentine * Vance * Vegely * Vineyard * Vondenbosch * Voss * Wagner * Walbridge * Walkinshaw * Wallingford * Warburton * Warfield * Warren * Waters * Watson * Weckerlen * Weckerlin * Weddle * Weekly * Weil * Weir * Weiss * Welch * Weller * Wells * Wenning * Wenz * West * Westheimer * Westover * White * Whittington * Wickenhoefer * Wiedmaier * Wiehl * Wildbahn * Wildberger * Wilder * Wilkins * Wilkinson * Williams * Williamson * Willis * Wilmot * Wilson * Winkler * Winn * Winning * Wise * Wogan * Womach * Woodruff * Woods * Woodson * Wyatt * Wyeth * Yager * Yates * Yeakley * Yetter * Young * Zimmerman * Ziph * Zondler * Zook * Zunkel *  



Buchanan County, Missouri is located in the West Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Andrew County, Missouri * Clinton County, Missouri * Dekalb County, Missouri * Platte County, Missouri * Atchison County, Kansas * and Doniphan County, Kansas

Each of the two books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the books on CD is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any Pentium or equivilent computer with a CD drive.

The cost for this CD containing both books on CD described above is only $9.95 plus shipping! A great deal of information for very little money! A truly fascinating view of Buchanan County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1881.