Douglas County GenWeb

		Book -- 1957 Curry History
MO Gen Web, Pat Carmichael and Kristi Towe, Coordinators
	"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) A copy of this book can be viewed online at the Missouri Secretary State web site
	Table of Contents
	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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