One of Miller County's early pioneers, Robert Enoch Simpson, was born December 23, 1807 in Kentucky. On September 11, 1828, he married Keziah Greenup. In 1834, Robert and Keziah moved to Missouri, …

Two of our early Miller County physicians were immigrants from Germany, Dr. Anton Nixdorf and Dr. Charles Curtman. Dr. Curtman’s full name was Charles Nicholas Cary Phillip Otto Curtman. …

“Ham was our primary food for holidays like Thanksgiving or Easter. I don’t ever remember having turkey for any occasion until I got into that business in my adult years. We had more pork …

November 1919 journal entries from C. B. Wright, the pilot and clerk of the sternwheeler, the Ruth, on the Osage River.   The Ruth was named for Ruth Wells Sone, built at Tuscumbia in 1908, and …

Jesse Marion Witt was a Miller County Civil War veteran, serving in the Union army as private of the 6th Regiment Missouri Cavalier Volunteers. Captured by the enemy, arrested for desertion, his is …

My husband never could understand my mother always cleaning up after every flood and going right back in. She would re-paint, wall paper, and re-place the floors. The planks would buckle up all over. …

In the fall of 1861, Lieutenant William R. Wright, and his men, moving up the ridge between the Barren and Brushy Fork creeks, leaving the county to rendezvous with the Southern Armies, were joined …

D. C. and Lewis Crane designed a new town in 1906. Their town had six blocks with eight lots each. The school and church were designated to sit on land in the middle of the town and each were a block …

“They lived again, these Rock Island Men Who had done their work so well, Men who thru blizzards, storms and wrecks, Ran the trains of the R. I. L. And some of them parted …

Westward through the Eugene Tunnel and both ways through Argyle the engine men fought against smoke and fumes as they ground their way slowly through the two long tunnels. Most everyone on the head …

The last Sunday in September is Gold Star Mother’s Day. This day is dedicated “to recognize and honor those who have lost a son or daughter in the service of the U.S. Armed Forces." The …

At nineteen Almon Thornsberry was a very good catch, with a river farm, a stockman, and all that went with being successful at that time.   Ollie Belle McCombs, not quite seventeen, was a town …

Windows From the Past Miller County Autogram (date not given) From Goodspeed’s “History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries and Osage Counties,” written in …

On September 20, 1917, a crowd estimated at 3,000 people gathered in Eldon. A line of march was formed on Maple Street, led by Mr. Harvey and Sam A. Wright, an officer of the new company; each …

“I know not why we should blush to confess that molasses was an essential ingredient in American independence. Many great events have proceeded from much smaller causes.” [John Adams] …

Many years ago, before the white man arrived, Miller County was inhabited by the Osage Indian tribes. They lived mainly along the basin of the Big Tavern Creek, which was rich in vast forests and was …

Memories are excerpts from "Sanning School.   Memories of a One-Room School"   Left to Right with school memories added, circa 1945 Back Row: Mary Ann …

Reading the Eldon paper this week brought with it much sadness at the possibility of a historic Miller County property being sold for back taxes. My sadness that this should not happen to anyone, …

"He was a typical old-fashioned family doctor in the days when they still made house calls. During his life he served as Vice President of the State Medical Association and was President of the …

In 1840 Miller County was organized into fourteen school districts. These districts were large; some students lived fifteen miles from school. In District #1 a schoolhouse was erected on Capt. …