Author: Henrietta M. Crotty
Publisher:
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Category : Webb City (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A History and Economic Survey of Webb City, Missouri
Author: Henrietta M. Crotty
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Webb City (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Webb City (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Men of No Reputation
Author: Kimberly Harper
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1682262456
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"'Men of No Reputation,' the story of a gang of con men [led by Robert P.W. Boatright and John C. Mabray] in the Missouri Ozarks who swindled millions, reveals the seedier side of turn-of-the-century rural America and offers rare insight into one of the most successful cons of all time. Like the works of Sinclair Lewis, this story exposes a rift in the wholesome midwestern stereotype and furthers our understanding of turn-of-the-century American society"
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1682262456
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"'Men of No Reputation,' the story of a gang of con men [led by Robert P.W. Boatright and John C. Mabray] in the Missouri Ozarks who swindled millions, reveals the seedier side of turn-of-the-century rural America and offers rare insight into one of the most successful cons of all time. Like the works of Sinclair Lewis, this story exposes a rift in the wholesome midwestern stereotype and furthers our understanding of turn-of-the-century American society"
Webb City
Author: Priscilla Purcell Brown
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531670863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Agriculture--not mining--brought the first pioneers to Webb City. In 1856, John C. Webb moved his family from Tennessee to southwest Missouri. On the first day of June in 1859, he purchased 240 acres at the General Land Office in Springfield, Missouri. He farmed this land until 1873, when he found lead on top of the ground while plowing his cornfield. Webb City soon became part of the greatest lead and zinc mining district in the world. In September 1875, Webb platted the township of Webb City on part of this same land. His journey from farmer to wealthy mine owner may be a unique story in the world, but it was common in southwest Missouri. Like any boomtown, Webb City grew quickly, and businesses seemingly emerged overnight to meet the needs of the community, making many early founders rich. This book covers the changes in the community as it transitioned from farming to mining, as well as the influence of Route 66.
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531670863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Agriculture--not mining--brought the first pioneers to Webb City. In 1856, John C. Webb moved his family from Tennessee to southwest Missouri. On the first day of June in 1859, he purchased 240 acres at the General Land Office in Springfield, Missouri. He farmed this land until 1873, when he found lead on top of the ground while plowing his cornfield. Webb City soon became part of the greatest lead and zinc mining district in the world. In September 1875, Webb platted the township of Webb City on part of this same land. His journey from farmer to wealthy mine owner may be a unique story in the world, but it was common in southwest Missouri. Like any boomtown, Webb City grew quickly, and businesses seemingly emerged overnight to meet the needs of the community, making many early founders rich. This book covers the changes in the community as it transitioned from farming to mining, as well as the influence of Route 66.
Inventory of the County Archives of Missouri
Author: Missouri Historical Records Survey
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Zinc City, Webb City, Missouri
Author: Jeanne Newby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636925240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This book is a partial collection of research done by Jeanne Newby in her thirty-one years of writing a weekly column in the local newspaper The Webb City Sentinel, known as "Ancestors, Legends and Time." That would include approximately 1,612 articles. Jeanne acquired a passion for local history in those thirty-one years. Not just Webb City but many of the other small towns in the local community, which made up the well-known Southwest Missouri Mining District. In researching the many forefathers of Webb City's past, much genealogy came forth which is another of Jeanne's passions. There were many opportunities for Jeanne to give tours of the city and share the history with individuals and bring that history to life. One fun project was being able to take young second graders, high school students, and other classes on tours as well. The children learned of buildings that no longer existed, what businesses existed in the buildings they see today; and the unique architecture of the beautiful buildings.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636925240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This book is a partial collection of research done by Jeanne Newby in her thirty-one years of writing a weekly column in the local newspaper The Webb City Sentinel, known as "Ancestors, Legends and Time." That would include approximately 1,612 articles. Jeanne acquired a passion for local history in those thirty-one years. Not just Webb City but many of the other small towns in the local community, which made up the well-known Southwest Missouri Mining District. In researching the many forefathers of Webb City's past, much genealogy came forth which is another of Jeanne's passions. There were many opportunities for Jeanne to give tours of the city and share the history with individuals and bring that history to life. One fun project was being able to take young second graders, high school students, and other classes on tours as well. The children learned of buildings that no longer existed, what businesses existed in the buildings they see today; and the unique architecture of the beautiful buildings.
Missouri and Missourians
Author: Floyd Calvin Shoemaker
Publisher:
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
Economic Survey of Missouri
Author: James N. Holsen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Webb City, Missouri
Author: Missouri. Division of Commerce and Industrial Development
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Webb City (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Webb City (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Families and Histories of Webb City, Carterville and Oronogo, Missouri
Author: Webb City Area Genealogical Society
Publisher:
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Category : Carterville (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Carterville (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Poor Man's Fortune
Author: Jarod Roll
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469656302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man's Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the century from the Civil War to World War II. With a close study of metal miners in the Tri-State district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, Jarod Roll reveals why successive generations of white, native-born men willingly and repeatedly opposed labor unions and government-led health and safety reforms, even during the New Deal. With painstaking research, Roll shows how the miners' choices reflected a deep-seated, durable belief that hard-working American white men could prosper under capitalism, and exposes the grim costs of this view for these men and their communities, for organized labor, and for political movements seeking a more just and secure society. Roll's story shows how American inequalities are in part the result of a white working-class conservative tradition driven by grassroots assertions of racial, gendered, and national privilege.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469656302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man's Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the century from the Civil War to World War II. With a close study of metal miners in the Tri-State district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, Jarod Roll reveals why successive generations of white, native-born men willingly and repeatedly opposed labor unions and government-led health and safety reforms, even during the New Deal. With painstaking research, Roll shows how the miners' choices reflected a deep-seated, durable belief that hard-working American white men could prosper under capitalism, and exposes the grim costs of this view for these men and their communities, for organized labor, and for political movements seeking a more just and secure society. Roll's story shows how American inequalities are in part the result of a white working-class conservative tradition driven by grassroots assertions of racial, gendered, and national privilege.