Description of Contents

Description of Contents

"A Reminiscent History of
Douglas County, Missouri
1857 - 1957"

Written for the County's Centennial in 1957 by J.E. "Elmer" Curry
Then Editor of the Douglas County Herald
Publisher -- Douglas County Herald

This book is out-of-print

Early Settlers of the Ozarks Region -- p.1
Douglas County Organized, October 29, 1857 -- p.5
Census of County -- p.9
Representative in Legislature -- p.10
Early History of Ava -- p.12
Public Schools -- p. 16
Coming of Kansas City, Ozarks Southern Ry. -- p. 29
Civil War Veteran Relates Experiences in Andersonville (Florida Prison) -- p. 40
National Forests Established -- p. 45
Township Organization Form of Government -- p. 47
Stock Law is Voted -- p. 48
County-Wide Road District Organized -- p. 49
Douglas County's Only Legal Execution -- p. 51
Brown's Cave -- p. 71
Jackson's Mill Burns -- p. 73
Peoples Bank Robbery -- p. 75
Ozark Holiness College -- p. 76
Liquidate County Farm -- p. 79
First Republican Assessor -- p. 80
Hitch Racks Around Public Square Disappear -- p. 82
The "Angel of Ava" -- p. 84
County Landmark Passes -- p. 87
Douglas County's "Carrie Nation" -- p. 89
Mining Activities in County -- p. 91
Ava Plagued by Destructive Fires -- p.96
World War I -- p. 101
World War II -- p. 102
Korean War -- p. 103
Ava Incorporated as Fourth Class City -- p. 104
Legion Memorial Building -- p. 106
City Water System -- p. 107
Old Landmark Junked (Ava Mill) -- p. 111
State Highways -- p. 113
Streets Around Square "Lifted Out of Mud" -- p. 116
City Park -- p. 120
Protest Location of Industrial School for Negro Girls in County -- p. 122
Tornadoes -- p. 123
Douglas County Extension Service -- p. 130
City of Ava Buys Electric System -- p. 133
1957 Business Establishments in City -- p. 137
Rural Merchants -- p. 157
Douglas County Chamber of Commerce -- p. 141
Lion's Club -- p. 141
Kiwanis Club -- p. 142
Business and Professional Women's Club -- p. 142
Ava Garden Club -- p. 143
Rural Electrification Service -- p. 144
Mt. Tabor Church -- p. 145
Tomato Production -- p. 147
Monastery Established in 1950 -- p. 149
Fraternal Organizations -- p. 150
Industrial Development Corporation -- p. 151
Last Frame Business Building -- p. 152
Early Settlements in East End of County (Civil War Skirmishes) -- p. 153
Churches -- pp. 166
Douglas County Herald -- pp. 169
Squires, One of Early Settlements -- pp. 172
Miscellaneous -- pp. 175
Centennial Celebration Planned -- pp. 186

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