Effects of the Civil War on the Early Settlers in the Area of Present Day Joplin
Author: Steve Cottrell
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 28
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Author: Steve Cottrell
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Priscilla Purcell Brown
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Published: 2013-11-11
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781531668464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen lead was first discovered in southwestern Missouri around 1830, it had little value, and zinc, called "black jack," was discarded as waste. After the Civil War, mining camps sprang up along the Joplin Creek Valley, which was named for Methodist circuit rider Rev. Harris G. Joplin. As the mining camps merged into neighborhoods and zinc increased in value, Joplin was quickly coined "the city that jack built." Known for being a rowdy boomtown, it was said that Joplin had a bar on every corner and a church across the street. Many early settlers came to Joplin seeking their fortunes in the mines, while others came to make their fortunes off of the miners.
Author: Larry E. Wood
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the Civil War on the southern portion of the Kansas-Missouri border.
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 182
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Howard Louis Conard
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 794
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Larry Wood
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011-01-03
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 1625841043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA strange sort of pride tends to embellish infamy, like the notion that Frank and Jesse James robbed every bank in Missouri. But the citizens of Joplin need not exaggerate their community's unsavory past. Founded in the 1870s as a booming lead-mining camp, Joplin was a wide-open town from the start, and its wild reputation persisted into the mid-twentieth century. A neighboring town's newspaper aptly described Joplin as a "naughty place."? Join author Larry Wood on a colorful tour of the city's raucous past.
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 1048
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 2066
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 2054
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