In the 1920's rainmakers were popular with farmers and filmmakers. Eldon's Electric Theatre advertised the silent film "The Rainmaker." Farmers in Alberta, Canada, hired Charles Hatfield as a …
On way back home we turned off Highway 17 onto Highway 52 just a short distance south from the Osage River bridge at Tuscumbia and turned right on the Bear School road. There we visited the old Bear …
Iberia residents organized a Fourth of July celebration at Hardy Park. For many days prior to the celebration the townsfolk would gather and begin construction of wooden stands, tables, and …
On June 14, 1910, a Deed was filed for the purchase of a site for "a church for the use and benefit of the Roman Catholics of Eldon and vicinity." The church was built at the corner of North …
"You can learn so much by watching, and sometimes I learned what not to do. After that I was all self-taught." When his older brother joined the military and his father died, Chuck Grimes became his …
"In March 1870 John and Ellen Caroline 'Ella' Reed Waite started to Missouri to join Ella's father and brother. The young couple came by boat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis. There …
On Sunday, May 26, 1918, Miller County celebrated Memorial Day with a Farewell Meeting at 11 A.M. for men boarding a Missouri Pacific train in Eldon at noon. The men were headed for training …
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." [Ralph Waldo Emerson] The Class of 1923 in Miller County is remembered here. Graduating into the …
"Four Killed and Many Hurt As Tornadoes Swept Across Miller County Sunday Night. The northwest part of county was in the path of two cyclones which swept through Miller, Cole and Callaway Counties …
Since Paul Schaeffer was twelve years old in 1945, he's worked at the boat docks at the Lake of the Ozarks. Paul's memories, and information gathered by Joe Pryor, were joined for an abbreviated …
Ila Hill detailed the terrifying time when her children contracted spinal meningitis. In those days, which were during the Depression, Ila and Bert Hill lived several miles away from Tuscumbia or …
The unique buildings in Eldon, Carthage, and Des Moines, created by Loyd and Arthur Boots, two brothers from Bagnell, are landmarks of their hometowns for the people who live there. Before it was the …
During the Easter season we would gather little baskets full of the tender blades of green wheat. The Easter Rabbit would come to all homes and fill our newly decorated nests with gaily colored eggs. …
Edward and Anna Frank purchased a farm near Etterville in 1904. His father was Karl/Charles "Charlie" Frank born November 1, 1844 in Baden, Germany. Edward's mother was Christina "Katie" …
Before Bagnell became a reality there was a church known as Old Gilgal at the point of a hill at the mouth of the Little Gravois Creek on the Osage River. Here the first annual session of the County …
"Precious Memories!" [Sue Helton Jarrett] Baptisms Around Miller County, compiled with the help of Greg Huddleston. Eldon: "Wesley and Menzo Sooter held a revival meeting in the Rock …
I was raised by my grandparents, Sam and Della Tannehill, in a two-bedroom tin-roof farmhouse built by my grandfather alongside Bear Creek. My mother worked as a waitress to support us. My father …
Time to get bundled up and walk to school. "No Snow Days back then. First came the cotton underwear that buttoned together at the waist. Then the long tan cotton socks (white for …
