An informative and historical overview of Osage County, Missouri including three separate sections on one CD which include 6 historical maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929), plus the full Osage County section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Osage County, Missouri originally published in 1889.  An important resource for the study and research of Osage County, Missouri history and genealogy.

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This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in three separate sections, ALL on one CD:

Section One of three, all on one CD: Maps of Osage County, Missouri
Included here are the North Central Ozarks region of Missouri sections of 6 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Osage County just 10 years after Osage County was formed.

B. A map of 1902 Osage County showing the locations of 17 different settlements including all of the following: * Babbtown * Baileys Creek * Bonnots Mill * Byron * Chamois * Cooper Hill * Feuersville * Isbell Sta. * Jersey * Koeltztown * Leboeuf * Linn * Loosecreek * Minthill * Rich Fountain * Welcome * Westphalia *

C. A map of 1904 Osage County showing the locations of 31 different settlements including all of the following: * Adolph * Aud * Babbtown * Baileys Creek * Bonnot's Mill * Byron * Chamois * Cooper Hill * Crook * Deer * Feuersville * Frankenstein * Freeburg * Freedom * Hope * Isbell Station * Koeltztown * Koenig * Lane * Leboeuf * Linn * Loosecreek * Luystown * meta * Minthill * Owen Mills * Rich Fountain * Saint Aubert * Vosholl * Welcome * Westphalia * The 1904 map of Osage County can be viewed here: Osage County, Missouri 1904 Map

D. A map of 1913 Osage County showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following: * Argyle * Aud * Babtown * Bailies Creek * Boergerstore * Bonnots Mill * Byron * Chamois * Cooperhill * Feuersville * Flora * Fredericksburg * Freeburg * Freedom * Isbell * Jersey * Koeltztown * Koenig * Leboeuf * Linn * Loosecreek * Luystown * meta * Minthill * Rich Fountain * St. Abert * Welcome * Westphaila *

E. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.

F. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. You will be amazed at how many of the major routes were only dirt or gravel!

Section Two of three, all on one CD: Osage County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are six pages concerning Osage County from the 1913 edition of The Missouri Red Book and contains about every imaginable statistic you could want for this time period. Some of the facts contained are the number of farms and their acreages, number of cows, horses, mules, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, colonies of bees, how many farms had mortgages and how many were free of debt, the amount of butter produced, the number of bushels of apples, peaches, pears, etc. harvested, the number of quarts of blackberries harvested, the number of schools and teachers, plus hundreds of other detailed statistics. A wealth of information!

Section Three of three, all on one CD: The complete 1889 Goodspeed's History of Osage County, Missouri.
This detailed (108 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of history and genealogy information about Osage County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Osage County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information.
 

• Natural features of Osage County

• Pioneer History of Osage County, Missouri

• Establishment of Osage County, Missouri

• Early Settlers of Osage County, Missouri

• Early Land Entries in Osage County, Missouri

• Osage County Circuit Court Transactions

• Osage County Political Record

• Osage County Societies and Organizations

• Military Affairs (Civil War history) Movements of Union and Confederate forces including battles and skirmishes in  Osage County, Missouri

• Osage County Schools

• Churches and related organizations in Osage County

• History of Osage County Cities and Towns including: * Boeger's Store * Chamois * Dauphine * Linn * Loose Creek * Medora * Rich Fountain * Westphalia *

Included is a 35 page Osage County biographical section with biographies (valuable for genealogy) for each of the following surnames: To view a sample family biography, click here Albertson * Anderson * Baumhoer * Becker * Biesemeyer * Boillot * Bonnot * Brinkmann * Busch * Campbell * Childers * Cox * Craig * Dallas * Ernstmeyer * Ferguson * Heyer * Holliway * Hood * Iven * Joachim * Jones * Jordan * Krohn * Lambeth * Laughlin * Leach * Leeman * Le Fevre * Luebbert * Lueckenhoff * Mahon * Marquand * Miles * Miller * Moir * Mosby * Muenks * Niewald * Pointer * Radmacher * Rufi * Schlief * Schrader * Schwartze * Speer * Strumph * Vache * Waters * Wittenbach *

In addition to those listed above, hundreds upon hundreds of other family surnames are made mention of in the text of the book.

Osage County is located in the North Central portion of the Missouri Ozarks and is surrounded by the following counties: Cole County, Missouri * Gasconade County, Missouri * Callaway County, Missouri * Miller County, Missouri * and Maries County, Missouri (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)

Each of the three sections on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the books is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD was designed by, and is available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.

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The cost for this CD containing all three sections described above is only $9.95 plus shipping, or only $4.95 as a digital download! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Osage County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1889.

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