1049 pages including 306 family biographies plus 8 different maps, all on one CD
An informative and historical overview of Carroll County, Missouri on CD including two separate books on CD which include 8 historical maps (1851, 1862, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929) showing the locations of 34 settlements; plus the full two volume 1911 B. F. Bowen & Company "History of Carroll County, Missouri" book including 306 family 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 Carroll County, Missouri
Included here are the Western Central region of Missouri sections of 8 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Carroll County, Missouri just eighteen years after Carroll County was formed. Locations shown: Bogand's * Carrollton * DeWitt * Mound
B. A map of 1862 (during the Civil War) Carroll County, Missouri showing the the locations of 5 settlements: Carrollton * DeWitt * Hills Landing * Manlius * Stokes Mound *
C. A map of 1899 Carroll County, Missouri showing the locations of 21 different settlements including all of the following: Asper * Bogard * Bosworth * Carrollton * Coloma * DeWitt * Hale * Latoh * Little Compton * Mandeville * Miles Point * Norborne * Plymouth * Quote * Palemon * Roads * Standish (or Newcomb Station) * Stet * Sugartree * Tina * Wakenda *
D. A map of 1902 Carroll County, Missouri showing the locations of 20 different settlements including all of the following: Asper * Bogard * Bosworth * Carrollton * Coloma * DeWitt * Hale * Latoh * Little Compton * Mandeville * Miami Station * Miles Point * Norborne * Palemon * Plymouth * Roads * Standish * Stet * Tina * Wakenda *
E. A map of 1904 Carroll County, Missouri showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following: Asper * Bingham * Bogard * Bosworth * Bowdry * Calvin * Carrollton * Coloma * DeWitt * Fisher * Grace * Hale * Judd * Latoh * Leta * Little Compton * Mandeville * Miami Station * Milespoint (Miles Point) * Norborne * Plymouth * Quote * Roads * Standish * Stet * Sugartree (Sugar Tree) * Tina * Wakenda *
F. A map of 1913 Carroll County, Missouri showing the locations of 22 different settlements including all of the following: Bogard * Bosworth * Carrollton * Coloma * DeWitt * Grace * Hale * Leta * Mandeville * Miami Station * Norborne * Palemon * Plymouth * Quote * Roads * South Carrollton * Standish * Stet * Sugar Tree * Tina * Wakenda * White Rock
G. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.
H. 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 two volume 1911 "History of Carroll County, Missouri" by B. F. Bowen & Company.
This detailed (1049 pages in all) two volume set of books has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about Carroll County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1911. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Carroll County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 306 different Carroll County, Missouri family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
History of Carroll County
Natural Features
Boundaries of Carroll County
Rivers and Streams
Climate
Geology - Coal Mines in Carroll County
Indian Occupancy
Excavation of Mounds
Successive Owners of the Land
The Pioneers and Early Conditions
The Early Whites
First Settlement of Carroll County
Carroll County Early Roads
First Carroll County Seat Controversy
Where The Pioneers Came From
Early Incidents
Milling Methods
First Recorded Land Entries in Carroll County
The First Wedding in Carroll County
First Carroll County Officers
Carroll County Townships & Township Organization
The Carroll County Court Houses
The Carroll County Jails
The Carroll County Poor Farm
Military History of Carroll County
The Hetherly War
The Mormon War
The Mexican War
The Troubles in Kansas
The Civil War and Carroll County (very detailed - 98 pages in this section)
Union Soldiers Record (detailed listed of Civil War soldiers)
Confederate Soldiers Record (detailed listed of Civil War soldiers)
The Spanish American War
Carroll County Officials
Political History
Biography of James Shields - Civil War general and senator from three states
The Carroll County Bench and Bar
Newspapers in Carroll County
The Schools of Carroll County
Miscellaneous Events & Statistics
The Taylor Gang
Population Statistics
Incidents and Accidents
Carroll County Cities, Towns and Villages: Alderton * Asper * Bailville * Battsville * Baum's Mill * Bloomfield * Bogard * Bosworth * Bridge Creek * Carroll City * Carrollton * Clione * Coloma * DeWitt * Fisher * Grace * Hale * Latoh * Leta * Little Compton * Mandeville * Miami Station * Miles Point * Moscow * New Winchester * Nimrod * Norborne * North Bosworth * Ohio * Palemon * Plymouth * Quote * Reedsburg * Riverside * San Francisco * South Carrollton * Standish * Sugar Tree * Tina * Wakenda * White Rock
Carroll County Biographical Sketches(484 pages are included in the biography section)
Included is a total of 306 Carroll County, Missouri family biographies including each of the following surnames:
(well over 2000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Archibald * Audsley * Austin * Avery * Bacon * Baird * Ballard * Bargold * Bates * Batts * Beals * Beans * Belcher * Belt * Bennett * Benson * Betlzer * Billow * Blakely * Block * Brockmier * Brotherton * Brown * Browning * Brunner * Bryant * Burner * Burruss * Busby * Calvert * Canaday * Casebolt * Caskey * Cason * Cassingham * Clark * Clute * Cook * Cox * Cramer * Crane * Craton * Crawford * Crawford * Creel * Crispin * Crouch * Crutchley * Damron * Darby * Dawson * Dean * Deigel * Denning * Dickerson * Dickinson * Dickson * Diringer * Doane * Dorsey * Earp * Eisenhower * Eiserer * Emmett * Enyart * Farnham * Finlayson * Fisher * Foltz * Forrest * Forsythe * Franken * Freeman * Gardner * Garner * Gaston * Geary * Gerling * Glover * Goedeke * Goodrich * Goodson * Gorman * Gowing * Grace * Graham * Graves * Grider * Grossman * Groves * Gwin * Halbauer * Hale * Hales * Hamilton * Hanavan * Harding * Hartung * Haskins * Hatcher * Haughton * Heidaman * Heidel * Heins * Henry * Herman * Herren * Higginbotham * Hill * Hilton * Hogan * Hollister * Houston * Hudson * Huffman * Hughes * Jarboe * Kelly * Kendrick * Keynon * Kimble * King * Kinnaman * Kneisley * Knott * Koontz * Lang * Lauck * Lee * Leffler * Lemmons * Lewellen * Limbird * Logan * Loos * Lothman * Lovell * Lowrance * Lozier * Lueders * Lungren * Lutz * Lynch * Lynn * Lyth * Manning * Martin * McAllister * McClellan * McKinney * McWilliams * Medlin * Metcalf * Miller * Minnis * Mitchell * Montgomery * Morris * Munson * North * Nuss * O'Dell * Orr * Painter * Palmer * Parkins * Parsley * Pattison * Peltier * Penniston * Perreten * Perry * Pettit * Pinney * Plummer * Porter * Quick * Quisenberry * Rahn * Ray * Rea * Riley * Robinson * Rogers * Rood * Rose * Rosenbury * Roy * Ruckel * Runyan * Sawin * Schaefer * Schifferdecker * Schmidt * Schnare * Scovern * Sebree * Senger * Shaffer * Shanklin * Shartzer * Shawhan * Sherwood * Shields * Shirley * Sims * Slater * Smith * Snow * Spotts * Stafford * Standley * Stanley * Stewart * Stilwell * Stone * Strathman * Tassaro * Thomas * Todd * Tuley * Turner * Tweedie * Tyer * Ulrey * Vallbracht * Viles * Vogelmaier * Vogelsmeier * Wait * Walsh * Ward * Weber * Welborn * Welchons * Wellman * West * White * Whiteman * Wiese * Wilcoxson * Williams * Williamson * Willis * Wilmot * Winfrey * Wright
Carroll County, Missouri is located in the West Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Ray County, Missouri * Caldwell County, Missouri * Livingston County, Missouri * Charition County, Missouri * Lafayette County, Missouri * and Saline County, Missouri
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 Carroll County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1911.