Barry County Museum
Treasuring the Past - Embracing the Present - Envisioning the Future
 Bushwhackers, Visions, Starcrossed Lovers: By Frankie Carlin Meyer $24.95 |
 Rosamond's Story By Margaret Hancock Montgomery $15.00 |
| Read 200 true accounts of seven families and their neighbors who were early settlers in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. Join the author as she follows the journeys of the families and their descendants along the rugged hills and mountains. Share their joys and tribulations. Be inspired by their strong faith that guided them along the way. Read first-hand accounts of visions, bushwhackers, moonshiners, star-crossed lovers, and scores of other subjects | Rosamond's Story tells about Rosamond Shacklock Alkins Montgomery, who came to America from England in 1882. Five months pregnant, Rosamond made the journey in the steerage of a ship with her five young children;her sister-in-law Hattie Atkins was her only other companion. Rosamond's Story, a tribute to the grandmother of the author's husband, portrays the hard times of mining families in England and the United States and follows Rosamond and Hattie and their children as they settle in various states in the Midwest. This beautiful book, complete with family photos, credits the women's tremendous courage in an era when women typically had little independence. |
