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FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO

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Anniversary of the Declaration of American
Inwependenoe, in Ironton, July 4th, 187G.

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HISTORY o IRON county;

Whereas, On the 2.5tli clay of May, 1876, U. S.-
fJrant, President of tlie United States of America,
fesued the following

PROCLAMATION:

W/icreas, A johit resolution of the Senate and
House of Rejjresentatives was duh' approved, on
tlie 13th of March last, wlucli resolution is us fol-
low;^:.

J>e it resolved by the .Senate and House of Picpre-
sentatives of the United States of America, in Con-
.ij:ress. assembled, that it be, and is hereliy recom-
mended by the Senate and Plouse of Representatives
to the people of the several States, that they assem-
ble in their counties or towns on tiie approaching
Centennial Anniversary of our national independ-
ence, and tl)ey cause to have delivered on such d.iV
an historical sketch of said county or town from its
foundation, and thatacopy tliereo'f be filed in print or
^manuscript in theclerk'sofliceof said county, and an
additional cop3'in print or manuscript be held in the
office of the Librarian of Congress, to the intent tliat
complete record may be obtained of a pn)gressof our
institutions during the first century of tlieir existence:
and, whereas, it is deemed proper that such recom-
mendation be brought to the notice and knowledge
of the people of the" United States;

Now, therefore, I, U. S. Grant, President of the
United States, do hereby declare, and make known
the same, in hope that the object of sucli in;>solution
may meet the approval of the i^eople United States^

■"-i HISTORY OF TKON COUNTV.

:aiul that proper steps may be taken to carry the
same hito effect.

Cxiven inider my hand at the City of Washington,

this 2oth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one

thousand eiglit hunch-ed and seve<it^-six, and of the

independence of the United States the one hundredth.

(Signed) U. S. GRATNT, President.

HAMii/rox Fish, Secretary of State.

And, whereas, on tlie 3d day of June. 187G, the
t'ounty Court of Iron countj', Missouri, made an or-
iler as follows:

It is ordered by the Court that Hon. J. W. Emer-
son and T. P. Ivussell bo and are hereby appointed
a eommittoe to prepare a history of Iron county since
-its organization, in compliance with the Proclama-
tion of President of tlie United States, dated 2oth of
May, 1S7(), and that tbey be served with a copy of
this order duly authenticated;

And afterwards, on the 10th day of June, 187G, at
a public naeeting of the citizens held for the purpose
ijf taking steps to duly celebrate the Centennial 4th
of July, Capt. C. 11. Peck was appointed to assist iu
the collection of historical summary;

We, the undersigned cf)n)mittee,'thus constituted,
beg- to present the followijig: historical summary:

■,^ame into existence by an act of the Legislature,
approved Feh. ITtb, 1857, and wat^ formed from ter-
ritory taken from the counties of Wayne, Rej'nolds,
Madison, Washington, Dent and St. Francois.

Major John Polk, Ilepresentativeof Madison coun-
tX/, but residing M-itbiu the limits of the projiosed
jTew county, Hon. C. C. Zeigler, of Ste. Genevieve
•ounty, member of tl.e State :Senate, and .James
Lindsay, Enrolling Clerk of the Senate, wore prin-
x'ipally instrumental in the passage of the act. Great
difficulty was found in jtroeuring the necessary ter-
ritory without reducing other counties below their
(Constitutional limits, as well as tlie ratio of represen-
tation; hence the peculiar shape of tiie county.

The act provided for the election Officers, and the
selection of a county site, which took place on the
lirst Monday in June, 1857, and resulted in the ekn^
tiun of J. V. Logan, John W. Miller and Mose«
Edmunds, justices of the county court; Joiin V. T.
Edwards, clerk of ithe eaunty and .circuit courts;
-JdynCole, sheriff.

HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY. o

H. N. Toiig- nnd David Carson, who were doiny:
a mercantile business at the eastern base of Sliepherd
Mountain, in what was then known as the Shepherd
Valley, negotiated the puvchaseof lands from Cyrus
Russell, 8r., William Kussell, and A. B. (iuild and
wife, and proceeded to survey and lay off a town,
which they named IRONTON, and entered it on the
list with Arcadia, Pilot Knob, and jNIiddlebrook, as
••ompeting points for the location of the county scat.
Neither place at this election received a majority.

The tirst meeting of the county court was lield in
Arcadia, o)\ the 4th of August, 1857, and organized
liy electing John V. Logan, president. Tlien the
county was divided into convenient Townsliips and
Road'Districts, and the court made tiie appoint-
ment;of township and other officers also, the ordei--
ing of another election for the location of the county
seat, which took place on the 7th of Sei)tember,
1857, and resulted in the selection of IRONTON.

Messrs. Tong & Carson having very generously
given to the county alternate lots in Ironton, they
were sold atpublicsaleby Hainuel A. Reyburn, com-
missioner of the seat of justice, and realized to tli.e
v.'Dunty the sum of $10,002.00.

An order was made for the erection of a courthouse.
And in April, 1858, contract was award cil to George
8. Evans and William F. Mitchell, for the suni of
$14,000, and Hon. John V. Logan appointed super-
intendent.

The corner stone for said building was laid with
appropriate ceremonies on the 4th ot July, 1858, and
in the stone were placed the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, a copy of the Ironton Farnace^ a Free
(Soil newspaper then published in Ironton l)y James
Lindsay, beside many other articles, including vari-
ous U. 8. coins. The courthouse was completed and
occupied in October, 1860.

The flrst term of the circuit court was held in
Iron county in May, 1858, Judge John H. Stone,
presiding.

Tiie United State Land Oflice was removed from
Jackson, Missouri, to Ironton in 1861, l)y order of
the Department at Washington, D. C, James Lind-
.say, Register, and C. R. Peck, Receiver, making the
removal of Records, Plats, &c. Since then they
have been succeeded by John A. Miller, Wm. H.
Winfield, John Donaldson and Wni. G. Dilts, Reg-
isters, and Robert E. Craig, Thomas HoUaday, J.

4 HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY.

Ijewis Moser and Llewellyn Davis, Receivers.

The St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad was
eornpleted to Pilot Knob in 1857. Its completion
"vvas celebrated with appropriate ceremonies, speech-
es, firing of cannon, &c. The terminus remained a?
PilotKnob until 1S71, when it was extended through
the county southward, forming connections witii,
Arkansas and Texas, opening up and giving the
southern portion of the county better market facil-
ities, new towns springing up and post offices being,
established.

In 1865 the county court qrdered the building of a
county jail. Plans and specifications furnished by
B. Sliepiierd, of Ironton. Contract awarded in lS6f>
to Johnson and Flynn, for the sum of $8,972.50.
Completed in 1866, and bonds of the county were
.successfully negotiated to raise the necessary funds^
at about par.

NEWSPAPERS.
The followhig newspapers have been published in
Iron county since its organization:

The Furnace, a Free Soil paper was established in
1858, James Tiindsay editor and proprietor, discon-
tinued in 1861, in consequence of the Rebellion.

The Baptist Journal, a religious x>aper established
in 1859 by Rev. William Polk'editor and proprietor,
ills ontinued in 1861, in consequence of the Rebel-
lion.

The Arcadia Prospect, a Democratic paper estab-
lished in August, 1859, in Arcadia, W. L. Faber,
editor, and A. Coulter, publisher. Afterward re-
juoved to Ir;)nron, and discontinued in 1861, in con-
sequence of the Rebellion.

The Ironton Forge, a Radical Republican paper,
established in Ironton in 1865, upon tiie "Furnace"
offiv-e niateiial, Eli D. Ake, editor. Office sold in.
.1866 and turned into

The iSout/ica--<t Missouri Enterprise, a Republican
paper, (i. A. and J. L. Moser, editors and proprie-
tors. Discontinued in the fall of 1873in consequence
of ill health and subsequent death of J, L. Moser,
one of the editors.

Tlie licvicw, a Democratic paper, established in
May, 1866, by R. E. Craig, editor. Office sold and
name changed to ■

The Iron. Conn/// Fcc/ister, in JuJy, 1867, continu-
inof Deniocratk- in polities, edited by Thomas Essex
iUulW.H. Winrteld.and by them sold in May„1869,

HISTORY OF IRON COUXTV, &

fco Eli D, Ake and C. K. Miller. Again changing
hands in June, 1871, Eli D. Ake becoming sole pro-
prietor, who still continues its publication as a Dem-
<x?ratic paper.

The Liberal, a paper "Liberal" in politics, estab-
lished and run as a campaign paper during thecam-
paign of 1870. Robert L. Lindsay, editor.

The Commoniuealth, established on the "Enter-
prise" office material in 1874. An independent re-
ligious-political paper; Crawford and Duncan, edi-
tors. Ran only a few months and discontinued in
consequence of a disagreement between the editors.

POST-OFFICES.

The first post-offlce within the territory now
kno .vn as Iron county was established in 1S;39. Up
to that time the nearest post-ofRce was Caledonia,
to which point the mails came once each week.
Farmington, Fredericktovvn, Greenville and Van
Buren were the nearest offices in other directions.

Just prior to the date named. Col. Cyrus Russell
had prepared and forwarded to the Post JNIaster Gen-
eral a petition praying the establishment of -a post-
office in Arcadia Valley, so named alter the Valley.
It was so established, he agreeing to carry the mail
for ^119 per annum, or less if the oftice should
not earn that sum. Theodore Russell was mail car-
rier and Henry P. Russell was postmaster. No
other offices were established until the opening of
the railroad to Pilot Knob. Since thou offices have
been established as follows:

Annapolis, Charles Hart, postmaster; Arcadia, S.
R. Harveill, postmaster; Belleview. Wm. W. Rey-
burn, postmaster; Carsonville, William P. Adam's,
postmaster; Des Are, Charles H. Collins, postmas-
ter; Graniteville, F. Rodach, postmaster; Good
Water, D. S. Love, posmaster; Ironton, C. R. Peek,
postmaster; Kaolin, Samuel Quisenberry, postmas-
ter; Middlebrook, August Boss, postmaster; McNail,
B. S. McNail, postmaster; Ozark, John W. Berry-
man, ])ostmaster; Rocky Glade, John C. Binder,
postmaster, discontinued; Pilot Knob, P. H. Jaquith,
postmaster; Marble Creek, Hon. John Polk, post-
master, discontinued; Hogan Mountain, Holloman,
postmaster, discontinued.

SCHOOLS.
The first report of the condition of the Public
School of the county was made iu 1860, of which the

a HISTORY OF IRON COUKTY.

JVJlowiiig is a comparative statement, showing tlie
difference between 1860 to 1870:

1876 Incr'se.

iiljer of School Districts |

children bi-twetn 5 and 20 vrs of age!

children attending school. .'

.school hoiisps i

teachurs

■nigf \)uy of teacher, per month ;

Lil aiiioinit iiaid teachers ]

al amount derived from State fund. . .

" Tp. fund....

" fines, &c....}

" raised for buildings & repairs,

15

351

1093

2545

341

1614

13

34

16

3(5

$27 .2.)

$40.10

1587.39

7544.14

583.12

1775.00

471.86

2.592.00

3.13

123.00

52.16

735.72

20
14.V2
1172

21

20
$12.85
5966.75
1191.88
2120 14
119.87
682.50

Tliere were Public Scliools witliin tlie territory ot
vv'hich Iron county v.'as org-anized before its organi-
:'-ation, but we liave no official data in relation to
them.

Separate schools are now provided for colored chil-
dren. There is but one now in the county, and that
is located in Ironton.

Arcadia College.

This institution of learning, situated about one
mile soutli of Ironton, in the town of Arcadia, was
fou.ided by tlie Rev. J. C. Benyman in 1847. It was
st^'led "Arcadia High School," and ran under the
tiuspices of the M. E. Church, South.

TJie scliool was a grand success, and sent out its
graduates and students annually through the sur-
rounding country, some of whom may ])e found fill-
ing positions of eminence and trust in almost every
county in Southeast Missouri. Tliere was a short
interruption daring the war. Prof A. C. Farnham
left tbe scliool, (having purchased it a short time
)»efore tlie war), an^l it reverted to Mr. Berryman
under a deed of trust.

At tbe earnest solicitation of General C. B. Fisk,
(in 1863), then Commanding the Post, Mr. Berry-
man re-opened the school and continued it until
1867, wlien Peter Dilts, Esq., became tlie purchaser
of the. institution.

In 1869 Rev. L. M. Lewis purchased the school,
and by the liberal donations of citizens, erected tlie
new brick building. But, becoming embarrassed
financially, lie sold the property to a joint stock
company composed of citizens who had furnished
most of* the means to build the new edifice. From
that time the institution, by an amended charter,
became "Arcadia College," endowed witli a liberal

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charter, conferring collegiate and manufacturing
powers.

In 1875, Prof. C. O. Jones, the present owner, be-
ca'iiae the purchaser and is now managing the insti-
tution . The property has cost over $40,000, and con-
sists, in addition to tlie beautiful college grounds,
with excellent springs of pure water and groves, of
an old and new building. The latter is a four-story
luick edifice, 60 by 120 feet, very substantial, with
mansard roof, and when completed will be one of
the largest buildings used for school purposes in
Southeast Missouri.

The following teachers have taught in the institu-
tion, viz:

Rev. J. C. Berr.yman, principal; Mrs. JNIargaret
Berryman, governess; Prof. A. (J. Farnhara, A. M.;
Rev. John T. Pierce, J). D.; Mrs. Martha H. Pierce,
Mrs. L. Maloy, Rev. W. B. Trumball, Mrs. Virginia
Trumball, Rev. Jesse P. Davis, Prof. Peter E. Bland,
A. B.; Prof. George W. Farrar, A. B.; Miss Maria
R. Russell, Miss Elizabeth FlathartVi'Miss Martha
W. Garrity, Miss Sally A. Wells, Eniily G. Berry-
man, Prof. B. S. Newland, A. B.; Mrs. Newland,
Miss- Cornelia Hayden, Prof. Thomas Essex, A. B.;
Frof. S. L. Whitlock, A. B; MissE. F. Hunt, Mrs. A.
E. Feck, Prof W, Hypes, A. B; Key A. G. Lucas. Mr.
Green, Miss Elizabeth C. Berryman, Prof J. Kotzen-
)ierg. Rev L. M. Lewis, Rev Henderson, Prof J. \V.
Joiies, Prof Arnold, Rev William Shelton, James,
."^helton, Prot D. R. M'Auallv, A. B.; Rev W. F.
Mister, A. B; Mrs. M. M, Clardy, Miss E. Stanford,
Rev C. O. Jones, A. M., Principal; Prof William R.
Edgar, B. 8.; Prof William Frese, Mrs. Ella D.
Jonei, B. S.

T OWNS
in Iron county, and the date of fiUng plats of same ar«—
IKONTON, plat tiled October 20, 18.57;

North Addition to Ironton, " " December 23, 1859;
AVest '• " •' " '' July nth, 1867;

East " " " '* «t June 13th, 1867.

]M iddlebrook. plat filed in St. Francois Co.. Aug. 24, 1856.
Pilot Knob, first plat lost, second plat filed Oct. 27, 1872.
Eit'^t Addition to Pilot Knob, plat filea October 27, 1872.
Arcadia, laid off August, 1849, plat recorded November
27, 1872; Addition to Arcadia, plat filed May 3d, 1858,
Annapolis, plat filed March 30, 1871 ; Des Arc, plat filed'
Augusts, 1871; Wilsonville, plat filed Maich 18, 1871;
Reynolds, plat filed June 20, 1873, Ghermanyille, plat
Mled. OGtober IG, 1873; South and West Additions- ta

;« HISTORY -OF IKON COU^'TT.

♦Oliermanville, plat filed February 20, 1874; Shav6rvirie,
'-{near Des Arc), plat filed March 2d, 1874; Mill Town,
plat filed April 27, 1874.

CHURCHES.

Tronton has 1 Methodist (North), 1 Presbyteriati,
1 Baptist, 1 Episcopal, (St, Paul's) 1 Africau Metho-
dist.

Arcadia has 1 Methodist (south).

Pilot Knob ha« 1 German Lutheran, 1 Roman
tCatholie, 1 Union.

Belle view has 1 Methodist (south), 1 Baptist.

Graniteville has 1 Roman Catholic.

Marble Creek has 2 Baptist.

Annapolis has 1 Union.

Union Township has 1 Baptist.

THE PROFESSIONS

Are represented b}' 12 Clergymen, 10 Lawyers, 20
LDoctors— 19 male and 1 Female— and 4 Professors.
ARTISTS.

1 Photographer— J. W. Wilkinson, Ironton.

1 Portrait and Landscape painter, W. J. Hinchey,
Arcadia.

There is no means of ascertaining the number of
voters in either 1857 or 1858. There are at present in
Iron county 1213 voters.

The Assessed value of all property in Iron county
was, in 1858 $727,577.00, including 240 slaves valued
at $99,375.00. Total value«of all assessable property
in 1876, is $2,095,925.00, showing an increased valu-
ation of $1,368,348.00.

The total debt of Iron county on the 1st March,
1876, was $7,032.00.

The School Fund of Ironicounty loaned at 10 per
cent, interest March 1, 1876, was $21,500.00.

OFFICERS
Of Iron county since its organization were:

Re-presentatives—Ma]. John Polk, Jeff.C. Russell,
David Carson, John V. Logan, P. H. Jaquith, C. R.
Peck, Charles Van Roden, John F. T. Edwards, A.
W. Holloman.

County Jutices— John V. Logan, John W. Miller,
Moses Edmonds, Samuel Tullock, Philip Pipkin,
Wm. Suits, John W. Hancock, John P. Hayden,
Franz Dinger, 3 terms; Theodoi-e P. Russell, Joshua
Mason, P. H. Jaquith, John Greason, Josejih L.
.'Stephens, A. D. Williams.

.jSIieriffs-^ John Cole, Wm. N. Gregory, Morgan

HISTORY OP IRON COUNTY. «

Mace 2 terms; James Buforcl 2 terms; D. F, Martin
2 terms.

Circuit and County Cfer/ts— John F. T. Edwards,
David Humphreys, -2 terms; Joseph Huff, 2 terms;
Jacob T. Ake, 2 terms.

County Trecifiurers — A. C. Farnham, Theodore P.
Russell, A. N. Hunt, David Carson, Henry P. Rus-
sell, 2 terms; James A. Greason, 2 terras.

Public Administrators— J . T. Ake, H. P. Rxissell,
2 terms; John A. Miller, 2 terms.

Assessors — Pate Buford, Wm. IST. Gregorv, C. H.
Collins, Joseph Huff, R. F. Trow, W.E. Peck, Giles
Russell, I. M. Raney, A. D. Wilhams. Wm.E. Bell.

Circuit Judges — John H. Stone, James W, Owens,
John W. Emerson, James H. Vail, Phihp Pipkin,
Louis F. Dinning.

Circuit and County Attorneys — D, Q. Gale, D. C.
Tuttle, James H. Vail, A. H. Smith, James H.
Chase, J. P. Dillingham.

State Senators elected from Iron county: Hon. H.
S. Stevenson, Hon. Thomas Essex.
LODGES

Established in Iron county, and date of organiza-
tion, are:

Masonic.

Star of the West Lodge ^ No, 133. — Organized at
Iron Mountain, Mo., on 11 May, 1849. There were
present A. Hudspeth, Moses Edmunds, Reuben
Thomas, Benj. Johnson, Charles L.Edmunds, Robt.
Ferguson, W. H. Thomas, and Albert Reeves.
Lodge removed to Arcadia in 1851 . Charter lost dur-
ing the war of the rebellion and new Charter pro-
cured in May, 1862, and Lodge removed to Ironton.
Present membership, 80. Lodge owns Hall now oc-
cupied by them, and valued at S2.500.

Mosaic Lodge No. 351.— Organized February 9th,
1870, in Belleview, Mo. Charter members: JoLnD.
Webb, Joseph C. Mover, E. H. Mathews, Jesse E.
Lowe, W. R. Moyer, James Logan, James Fitzpat-
rick, Jos L Stephens. Present membership 56. They
own the Hall in which they meet, valued at $800.

Midlan Royal Arch Chapter, No 71. — Organized
in Ironton, April 15, 1871. Charter members: J T
Ake, J R Higdon, A T Shepherd, D F Martin, J
Grandhomme, H M Hutchins, C K Miller, S J Plar-
Ivey, H A Turner, C A Butts, F Scoville, W R
Edgar, S Buford, W J Collett, W C R Williams, L.
M Lewis, Lawrence Ryan, M K Havens, Henry

10 HISTORY OF IRON COITOTY.

Zioamerman, Joel Yancey, J P Duley, S C Lisconib
J R McGormick, F Roan, D H Cheeney, B Shepherd,
D C Biigg, E D Ake, Daniel Miller, G B Clark, W
C Thomas, J C Williams. Present. membership, 61.
This was the only Chapter south of St. Louis in this-
state until 1875, when one was organized at Potosir
mostly formed of members from this Chapter.

BeLlevievj Chapter JVo. Ill, Order of Eastern
Star — Organized in Bellevew July 7, 1875. Charter
members: M J Ebbs, Alice Ebbs, Emma C Martin.
Mary Warren, Launah Carty, Josephine W^ebb,
Lucy Foster, Ann Logan, Hattie McKinney, Susan
Low, J R Reyburn, Sarah Neely, E S Ebbs, Peter
Warren, J E Low James Logan, Geo B Foster, J
Fitzpatriek, .1 T Fitzpatriek, W S McKinney, James
Startbrd, C W McFarland, BS McNail, S A Rev-
l>urn, J H Neel3% J L Stephens, J H Vallev, Benj.
Kidd, R J Hill, John Johns, W H Buford, R J Mc-
Kinney, W R Read, W Reyburn, John H McHenry .
Present membership, 88,

ODD-FELIjjOWS.

Iron Lodge 107. — Organized in Arcadia, June 12tli.
1857. There were present John H McHenrv, W I''
Mitchell, C R Peck, Elias Kemp, J F T Edwards, P
Ake, Henry Zimmerman, J T Garner, Benj. Johnson
Z G Harris, Wm N Gregory, August Trauernicht,
A C Farnham. Removed to their own building in
Ironton in 1858. There is at present a membershij'
of 37. In 1872 they sold the old hall and in l87l;
erected the large brick hall which they now occupv
—valued at $6000.

Pilot Knob Lodge, No 156. — Organized at Pilot
Knob on November 4th, 18G5. Charter members:
Peter Gcrstenmeyer, Henry Querforth, Henry Boss,
William Biel, David Weiss, J G Ranft, Adolpli
Kixchner, Charles Boss, F A Millert, Fred Behrens,
August Huck and Theodore Roemer. Present
membership 45. They work in the (jerman lan-
guage and own the building in which they meet,
valued at $1000.

Phfrhc Lodge, No. 330. — Organized in Belleview,
or. 12th dav of November, 1S74. Charter members
—John H "McHenry, Elias Kemp, A P Dace, W R
Read and J W Lashiey. Present membership, 44.

Ironton Lncampuient, No. 29. — Organizedin Iron-
ton, on 20th Mav, 1860. There were present B
Shepherd, C R Peck, J T AlvC, Wm Ake, D H Ken-
ncy, P Ake, David Humiihreys, Franz Dinger ami

HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY. 11

Win Suits. Present membership, 20.

GOOD TEMPLARS.

Ironton Lodge No. 6.— Organized in Ironton 7th
June, 1859. Charter members: J A Covington, B
M Beckett, Warren E Peck, Kate Hyde, KL Lindsay.
Eli D Ake. N Dilg, J E Gosseline, "V Cnsty, Kate
Boswell, Lizzie Reel, S M Beckett, Louisa Covington
and A Sheherd. Present Membership, 45. Tliey own
the Hall in which they meet valued at $500.

Pilot Knob Lodge, No. 113— Organized on the 4tli
of April, 1870. Charter members: D O'Donnell, W
CE Williams, Lizzie Davis, James Denny, James P
Duly, Amanda Nicholas, Charles W O'Donnell, Wil-
liam Hyde, A C Hancock, George Davis. Julia Denny,
Joseph H Davis, James W Dennv, Jr., Francis Denny,
Mary C O'Donnell, James C Davis, Jane Denny, Ber-
nard Barnacle, Lizzie Hancock, Mary Hancock, Ellen
Hancock, Tillie Reel, Thomas Reel, and Sallie Reel.
Present membership, 19. Thev own the Hall in which
they meet, valued at $1000.

Cascade Lodge, No. 703— Organized on the 23d of
February, 1874. Charter members: J H McHenry, J
D Webb, J A Dillon, Ida Guyton, John M Fitzpairick,
Charles B Valley, J A Grayham. C B Smith, John
Moore, Samuel Moore, Henry Guyton, Levy Kness,
William Lowe, Sarah Dillon, Rhoda Lowe, Frank Ed-
munds, JaneSizemore, Marinh Burks, E Pendergrass,
Catherine Sheridan, Jennie Edmunds, Mary Mayberry.
and J E Lowe. Present membership, 35.

There are a few manufacturing establishments in the
county, viz:

MILLS.

Ironton Manufacturing Company— Ste.am flouring
mills; Giles Russeil, F. Kaths and Frank Scoville, pro-
prietors; located in Ironton .

Revbukn & Co.— Steam tlour and saw mills, located
in Kaolin township.

Palmer, Buford & Co.— Steam flour mills, located
in Belleview.

Dr. Edwin May— Steam saw and plaining mills, in
Ironton.

Delano & Son— Flourinof mill, wool and cotton
carding; also cotton ffin. Steam an:l water-power, lo-
cated between Ironton and Aicadia.

G reason's Saw Mill— Water power, located on tlie
Greason farm, one and one-half mile west of Ironton.

John H, McHenrtj— Steam Faw mills in Belleview.

ScHMiTTNER— Steam saw mills. Kaolin township.

Ozark Steam Saw Mills— Yaukey & Co., pioprie-
torSj Liberty township .

12 HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY.

Beeryman & JRussELL— Steam saw mills, Ozark Sta-
tion .

Clarkson & Co.— Steam saw mills, Union township.

Pkter Hughes— Flour mill, water-power. Union
township.

T. B. Lowe — Corn mill, water-power. Union Town-
ship.

John I.ove— Corn mill, water power— the oldest in
the county— located in Deut township.

Carr & TowL— Steam saw mills, nearHogan Station,

Weast & Co. — Steam saw mills, Union township.

John Marsh — Flouring mill, water power, Union
township.

B. Shepherd— Sash, blind and spoke factory, located
in Ironton — steam power.

Annapolis Flouring Mills— Water-power, Clark -
son & Co . proprietors; located near Annapolis.

FURNACE— Pilot Knob, iron furnace.

FOUXDRY— Valley Foundry, located in Ironton,
Henry Zimmerman, proprietoi-.

BREWERY'— Mrs. Thomas Seitz, Middlebrook.

DISTILLERY— Reynolds & Babcock, Arcadia.

SODA FACTORY- Richter & Co., Pilot Knob.

TOBACCO FACTORIES- William A. Fletcher and
May ifc Hunt, Arcadia.

CIGAR MAKER— F. Oesterle, Ironton.

TAXNERY- William Russell, Arcadia.

SADDLE AND HARNESS MANUFACTURERS—
William Russell, Ironlon, F. Schwarner. Pilot Knob.

WAGON AND CARRIAGE MAKERS -William B.
Newman & Co. , Ironton; Samuel T. Gay & Co., Iron-
ton; E, C. Tual and L. Miller, Arcadia; G. J. Schacht,
Pilot Knob.

BROOM FACTORY- J. W. Gideon. Ironton.

TIN WARE— Moscr, Bishop & Co., Ironton; C. T.
Fontaine. Pilot Knob.

COOPER— C. C. Russell, near Ironton.

GENERAL REMARKS.
Up to the Centenial year, 1876, but little mineral
develoi>ments have been made, except in iron; and
in this jnetal, operations have been confined almost
L-entirely to Pilot Knob a cone-shaped mountain
about 590 feet high, lying on the north side and ad-
jacent to Ironton, the county-seat. The property,
about 43.000 acres, is owned by a corporation at first
called "The Madison Iron Mining (jompany," and
changed to the "Pilot Knob Iron Company.' In 1847
two smelting Furnaces, each of 16 to 20 tons capaci-
ty, were erected ut the north base of this iron cone,

HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY. 13

and also, a Forge for making blooms and other
wrought iron. The latter operated for some six or
eight years, and was then discontinued. The fur-
naces, however.have been operated since with sev-
eral important interruptions and suspensions. Up
to the completion of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain
railroad, in 1858, the the iron manufactured was
hauled by teams to Ste. Genevieve, on the Mississip-
l)i river. ' After the opening of the railroad from St.
Liouis, the shipment of ore was commenced, and dur-
ijig a part of the time, as many as 40 car-loads, of
ten tons each, of the ore were shipped per day, and
carried to the Mississippi river at Sulphur Springs,
where it was re-shipped on barges to different fur-
naces on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, for
smelting.

Owing to the great depression in the iron business
of the country, the entire business of tlie Company
has been suspended siuce 1875.

In September, 1864, during the battle of Pilot
Knob, (hereafter noted), the furnaces, together with
u large amount of charcoal, hay. &c., were burned
by the Confederate forces under Gen. Price; but one
furnace was rebuilt, and resumed operations in 1865.

At Hogan Mountain, about 5 miles south of Iron-
ton, some 200 tons of iron ore were mined and ship-
ped in 1874, and the work was suspended.

At an iron bank two or three miles west of Des
Arc, 25 miles south of Ironton, some 500 tons of hem-
atite ore were mined and shipped in 1873, and the
work suspendefl.

In 1870 about 50 tons of iron ore were mined at
Biser Mountain,«eight or ten miles south of Ironton,
and work supended. In 1808 about one hundred
tons of ore were mined at Russell's mine, on Marble
Creek, about ten miles south of Ironton, and the
Avork abandoned.

In 1874 about fifty tons of ore were mined at the
Miuden iron bank, about one mile east of Ironton,
and tlie work suspended.

In 1874 several tons of ore was mined by Judge
F. Dinger, F. Rodach, and others, about one mile
north of Pilot Knob, and work suspended.

The Pilot Knob Iron Co. has mined, considerable
ore at several places on its lands, but the work on
all has been suspended, although it is believed ex-
tensive deposits of ore exist at each locality named.

At many other points in the county it is believed

14 HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY.

excellent iron deposits exist, and it is hoped will be
worked on the 4th of July, 1970.

Lead ore was mined — say 25 tons — in 1868, at Big
Creeiv mines, near Des Arc, twenty-three miles south
of Ironton, and tlie work suspended. Lead ore has
been found in several other places in the county,
but no developments made up to this time.

Ore said to be "tin stone," has been found in sev-
eral localities, but is at present a disputed question
whether it be really tin.

Marble has been found on Marble Creek, twelve
miles south of Ironton, and in 1860 some of it was
.quarried, and sawed in blocks for market. About
the same time marble was quarried about two or
three miles west of Ironton, and used in some por-
tion of the Capitol building at Washington, D. C.
It is said to be of fine quality and in extensive quan-
tity. It exists also about four miles south of Iron-
ton. None has been quarried since 1800.

THE GRANITE QUARRIES,

about four miles northwest of Ironton, were opened
in 1868, upon lands belonging to the American Iron
Mountain ConqDany, and leased by B. Gratz Brown
and Phillip W. Schneider, who furnished a large
portion of the granite for the St. Louis bridge, and
also for public buildings in different parts of the
the country, among them the State House in Spring-
field, 111. Phillip W. Schneider operated the same
in 1874, '75 and '70, and for the United States Cus-
tom Houses in St. Louis, Missouri, and Cincinnati,
Ohio — the two last contracts amounting to nearly
one million dollars.

The works have been susjiendecl recentl.y, but
hope to resume again as soon as Congress makes an
appropriation to continue the work of construction.

Wine-— Up to this time the production of wino
has not probably exceeded 100 gallons per annum.

In considering the progress of Iron county dur-
ing the ninteen years of its existence, due allowance
should be made' for the four years of devastating
war from 1861 to 1865, during which time its des-
olating ravages were here experienced with great
severity. In the summer of 1861 a Confederate force
under General Hardee occupied the southern por-
tion of the county. The St. Louis and Iron Moun-
tain Railroad, then terminating at Pilot Knob, caus-
ed this to become the headquarters of the United
States Army for the Southeastern portion of the

HISTORY OP IRON COUNTY, 15

'Btato, and was occupied by Federal forces during the
erjfcire war, varying from'one to ten thousand men.

General U. S. Orant, now President of the United
States, was in command as Colonel of the 21st Illi-
nois Infantry volunteers, having his headquarters in
the residence of ColonelJan:es Lindsay, when he re-
ceived his commission as Brigadier-General, and
was ordered hence to Bird's Point, opposite Cairo,
Illinois.

Two important forts were built in the Valley by
the UniteVi States Army, in 1862 and 1863. One on
the hill between Ironton and Arcadia, upon which
is now located the Metliodist Episcopal Church,
South, and named Fort Hovey, (after Col. Hovey, of
the 33d Illinois Infantry, then stationed here). *The
other about one ciuarter of a mile north of the north -
trn baseof Sheplierd Mountain, and about the same
distance west of the western base of Pilot Knob, and
named Fort Davidteon, (so called after General Da-
vidson).

On the 27th day of September, 1864, the battle of
Pilot Knob was fought. General Price in command
of the Confederte Army of lo,000 to 20,000 men and
•several field batteries, attacked the United States
forces under command of General Thomas L. Ew-
ing, consisting of about 800 troops and about 150 or
.200 citizens, white and colored, who assembled at
Fort Davidson and joined in its defencd.

The Confederate Army attacked the Fort with
great energy and spirit, but were repulsed, and af-
ter fighting 'nearly all day, were compelled to retire
tVom the field, leaving from 1,200 to 1,500 dead and
wounded.

During the following night, despairing of re-in-
f n-cements, the United States forces blew up the
Fort and successfully/ retreated to Rolla.

The Provost Marshal's otflee for the 3d Congres-
sional District, enbracing 22 counties in Southeast
Missouri, was located at this place, by which many
recruits were mustered into the United States ser-
vice, beside the many forced in by the draft, which
was in operation at the time of the battle referred
to, and suspended for a time in consequence of the
T^ame.

During and following these hostilities, tlie citizens
suffered very severelyfrom pillage and the accom-
panying ravages of war. Indeed it may belaid, in
a word, that at the >eiHi of the war in 186a, the citi-

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HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY.

zens of the county were quite generally reduced to
poverty, and the farms, buildings, and other im-
provenientg, were In a wretched condition of decay
and devastation.

Finally, we extend to those who may live in Iron
county on the 4tii of Jul^^lOTG, a fraternal greeting,
wishing them Grace, peace and the enjoyment ot
liberty in unity, and free pitrsuit of happiness.
J. W. EMERSON,
T. P. RUSSELL,
C. R. PECK.

Committee..

MAR 5

1945

GENEALOGiCAL SOCIETY

OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

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