Barry County Museum
Treasuring the Past - Embracing the Present - Envisioning the Future
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The complete story of the only legal hanging in Barry County history.
A grandfather explains how he got the nickname "Indian Slim" as a boy on the frontier after a dangerous encounter with trappers who were attempting to rob his family's cabin sent him fleeing into the wilderness.
A selection of our areas most shared accounts compiled from local news stories.
When the Frisco Railway decided to move its Missouri hub from Pierce City in 1887, Monett began its growth from a sleepy town into one bustling with stores, churches, and hotels, all around the depot. By the early 20th century, Monett was home to a minor-league baseball team, hosted the Monett Chautauqua, and saw presidents campaigning via the rails. A crowd of 10,000 watched local pharmacist and photographer Logan McKee fly a plane during the 1911 Fourth of July celebration. Citizens moved from horse-drawn buggies to cars, and LeRoy Jeffries, member of a prominent pioneer family, gave up his grocery store for a gas station in 1923. The city was ready for the imprint M. E. Gillioz was to place through his construction company and civic contributions. While the Gillioz Theater is gone, Monett citizens still use the old National Guard armory (now a recreation center) and a bank building, among others. By the time the Frisco left in the mid-1950s, Monett had survived regular flooding of Kelly Creek and several fires that burned important buildings and had embraced its more diverse agricultural and manufacturing economy.
Jake raised the fragile, limp body so Rusty could slide the blanket under her. As he clutched the young girl tenderly in his arms, trying to give her some measure of his strength, there came a plea for help that rocked the big deputy all the way down to the depths of his body and soul.
"Help me, please. Please, Big Daddy, help me. I don't know what's happening to me. I can't get up. Please, Big Daddy. Can't you do something for me?"
Jake could barely utter a sound. Finally he said, "My God, Julia Ann, is this you?" Suddenly he took a better look at the girl and saw that there was a vague resemblance to his Granddaughter.
She sobbed again to Jake, "Yes Big Daddy. It's me, Julie Ann. Please help me. I've been trying to get home, but my legs won't hold me up and I hurt so bad, all over.
When their parents give three children seeds so they can grow their own pumpkins for Halloween, the youngest, known as Pokey because she does things so slowly, manages to lose her seeds before they even get planted.
Reminisin' is a book of poetry in the old traditional style of verses in rhyme. These verses & ballads are drawn from both real & fanciful experiences with an unusual grasp for the crux of the tale. Here you will find poems of nostalgia, faith & inspiration, of comedy & pathos, from the beauty of nature to the mystics of faith to the depths of human emotion, that invites both laughter & tears.
As the Early settler arrived in what we now know as Barry county in the 1820's and the 1830's, they settled near a spring or water corse in almost every instance.
Roaring river spring and the river itself attracted the early arrivals from Tennessee and Kentucky.
The story of Roaring River, in some measure, is a relfection of life as it has been lived in these hills for more than a century and a half.
The settlement of Roaring River antedates the founding of the town of Cassville in 1845. When Samuel J. Washburn built a log house for his family on what we now know as "Washburn Prairie" in 1828, could it have been the proximity of the Roaring River spring that prompted his decision insofar as location was concerned?
During this same decade the Delawares, Shawnees, Peorias, Piankeshaws, Weas, Osage, and Kickapoo Indians freely roamed the countryside in hunting parties. The Roaring River spring was a favorite of theirs.
The story of Roaring River and its stages of transition is an interesting one. Mrs. Horner has done an excellent job in telling it.
With sixty-three original photographs strikingly reproduced as duotones, this book pays tribute to thousands of small businesses and the people who fueled, sheltered and entertained millions of travelers.
We are pleased to introduce Habitat for Humanity's third cookbook in the "Partners in the Kitchen series" -- Simple, Decent Cooking. This cookbook is a collection of recipes, from our affiliates and friends, that are quick and simple to prepare to accommodate today's busy lifestyles.
