An informative and historical overview of Dent County, Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 5 historical maps (1851, 1902, 1913, 1920's and 1929), plus the full Dent County section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Dent County, Missouri originally published in 1889.  An important resource for the study and research of Dent 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 Dent County, Missouri
Included here are the central Ozarks of Missouri sections of 5 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of what would become Dent County before Dent County was formed.

B. A map of 1902 Dent County showing the locations of 19 different settlements including all of the following: Anutt * Condray * Darien * Eden * Gila * Gladden * Hedrick * Howes * Howes Mill * Jadwin * Joy * Lake Spring * Lecoma * Lenox * Montauk * Mounce * Salem * Sligo * Stonehill *

A 1904 map of Dent County can be viewed here: Dent County, Missouri 1904 Map

C. A map of 1913 Dent County showing the locations of 24 different settlements including all of the following: Bangart * Condray * Darien * Doss * East Bunker * Gano * Gila * Gladden * Hobson * Howe Mill * Jack * Jadwin * Joy * Lake Spring * Lecoma * Lenox * Montauk * Salem * Short Bend * Sliso * Stonehill * Turtle * Victor * West Bunker *

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

E. 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: Dent County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages concerning Dent County, Missouri 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 Dent County, Missouri.
This detailed (126 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical  information about Dent County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Dent County, Missouri including all of the historical and family biographical information.
 
Here is just some of the information included:

• A description of the natural features Dent County

• Pioneer History of Dent County, Missouri

• Establishment of Dent County

• Early Settlers of Dent County, Missouri

• Early Land Entries in Dent County, Missouri

• Dent County Circuit Court Transactions

• Political Record

• Dent County Societies and Organizations

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

• Dent County Schools

• Churches and related organizations of Dent County

• History of Dent County Cities and Towns including: Lake Spring * Salem * Sligo.

Included is a 63 page biographical section with family biographies (valuable for genealogy) for each of the following family surnames: To view a sample family biography, click here Arnot * Arthur * Asbridge * Ashlock * Askin * Bain * Barksdale * Bass * Benton * Blackwell * Bowman * Browne * Callahan * Comstock * Condray * Cox * Cross * Cummins * Daugherty * Dilworth * Dye * Elayer * Floyd * Fox * Godbey * Guthoerl * Head * Headrick * Hedrick * Hickman * Hobson * Hodges * Holman * Hyer * Jadwin * Johns * Jones * Kenamore * Kessler * Larkin * Lenox * Leonard * Lewis * Love * McGee * MacGlashan * McMurtrey * McSpadden * Martin * Miner * Morrison * Moser * Orchard * Organ * Pemberton * Pettigrew * Powell * Ray * Reddick * Robertson * Sankey * Shults * Skeeters * Smith * Sparks * Stepp * Sturgeon * Swiney * Thurber * Watson * Welch * Williams * Wingo *

In addition to those listed above, more than 1000 other family surnames are made mention of in the text of the book.

Dent County is located in the central portion of the Missouri Ozarks and is surrounded by the following counties: Phelps County, Missouri * Crawford County, Missouri * Iron County, Missouri * Reynolds County, Missouri * Shannon County, Missouri * Texas 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 Dent County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1889.

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FREE sample family biography

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