Ozark County History

Filing Cabinets

Drawer 1

There are three major classifications in this drawer; they deal with establishment and character of the country, the effects of the Civil War and the post office settlements.

CIVIL WAR

Last. Mo. Union Vet Dies in Ozark County 

Source Material on Civil War

OZARK COUNTY/1841-1900

Caney Mountain Refuge

County Seats

Early County Records

Early Travelers

First Settlers

Geological Features

Laws establishing County

Mark Twain Forest

Ozarks-Place name

Public Land

Schoolcraft in County Area

White River Basin

POST OFFICE SETTLEMENTS

County Post Offices in Service 1960+

Post Office History/Ozark County

Drawer 2

There are six major classifications in Drawer 2. They are County Government: Regionalism in Ozark County; Roads, Phones, Lights; Churches; County Economy; and County Economy-Farming

CHURCHES

Baptist

Catholic

Christian          

Church of Christ

Lutheran

Methodist

Nazarene

Nondenominational

Pentecostal & Related

Skinheads-Hate Groups

COUNTY ECONOMY

County Industrial Survey, 1955

County Industries

Former Industries

Socio-Economic Profile of County, 1989

Yearly Economic Surveys for 1970-1985

COUNTY ECONOMY/FARMING

AG Businesses (some-partial list)

Farm Census, 1970’s-1980’s

Farm Youth, FFA- 4-H

Government Farm Programs

Some Early Settled Farms

Type of Farms, A to H

Type of Farms, H to X

COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Circuit Court

County Court (commission)

County Finances; Revenue Sharing

County Library/ A Volunteer Service

County Revenues/ Reassessment, ’68-‘85

County VFDs Receive Govt. Aid

Courthouses

Federal and State Agencies Serving the County

Office Holders, 1841-1991

Programs Receiving Govt. Aid, 1960’s & 1970’s.

Sheriff-Jail

Various Elections/1970’s-mid 1980’s

REA – Lights

Telephones

REGIONALISM IN OZARK COUNTY

Block Grants/Empl. Programs

HUD Projects in Ozark County

Scenic Rivers Bill

South Central Ozarks Reg. Planning Commission

ROADS, PHONES, LIGHTS

Bridges on U.S. 160

County Bridges

County Roads/State Maintained

County’s First Road Dists.

Fed. & State Highways in County

State Highway Bridges

Drawer 3

There are five major classifications in Drawer 3. They are under the general headings of economy and are placed in the sequences of Schools, Mills, Resorts, Financial Institutions and Health Services.

COUNTY ECONOMY/FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Bank of Gainesville

Various Other Financial Institutions

COUNTY ECONOMY/HEALTH SERVICES

County Ambulance Services

Dentists

Doctors-Clinics

Home Health Care

Nursing Home (Gainesville)

COUNTY ECONOMY/MILLS

Buster Mill

Dawt Mill

General on Mills

Hammond Mill

Hodgson Mill

Rockbridge Mill

Zanoni Mill

COUNTY ECONOMY/RESORTS

Bulls Shoals Lake Area

Cloud 9 Ranch

Individual Resorts-Isabella

Individual Resorts-Misc.

Individual Resorts-Ocie

Individual Resorts-Pontiac

Individual Resorts-Theodosia

Lake Norfork Area

Tourism

COUNTY ECONOMY/SCHOOLS

County School Districts

District Reorganization

Extra Curricular at GHS (some-partial listing)

Football at GHS

High School Districts

Innovations in Education

Public Education in Missouri

School Conditions, 1925-1933

School Laws

School Place names

Some Early Schools

Superintendents’ Reports

Voc. Ed.

Drawer 4

There are five major classifications in Drawer 4. They are Incorporated Towns (Gainesville, Bakersfield, Theodosia, and Sundown): Population Records, Clubs and Organizations (clippings only); Festivals and Celebrations; and Disasters and Related Happenings.

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES/CLIPPINGS ONLY

DISASTERS AND RELATED

Some Accidents, 1970’s-1980’s

Some Crimes, 1967-1985

Tornadoes in County, 1970-1995

FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

Bicentennial

Christmas

Hootin and Hollarin, 1970’s

Hootin and Hollarin, 1980’s

INCORPORATED TOWN-BAKERSFIELD

Bakersfield Bicentennial Town

Bakersfield Business Past and Present

Bakersfield Business-Vaughn’s Store

Bakersfield Gets City Water

Bakersfield Inc.-City Limits

Bakersfield Sales Tax

INCORPORATED TOWNS-GAINESVILLE

Airport

Attitude Survey

Business Community, 1990- A to J

Business Community, 1990- J to Z

Business Firms-Chronological Lists

Chamber of Commerce Active Years

City Dump

City Hall

City Park

City Ward-Zoning

Efforts to Revive Saturday Trade

Former Businesses

Gainesville-Incorporated-City Limits

Grant Empl. Programs

HUD Housing

Lick Creek Improvement at Gainesville

Sales Tax

Water-Sewer

Wildwood Subdivision

INCORPORATED TOWNS-SUNDOWN

Sundown Inc.-City Limits

INCORPORATED TOWNS-THEODOSIA

City Water

Festivals

Sales Tax

Theodosia Businesses

Theodosia Health Care

Theodosia Hills

Theodosia Inc.-City Limits

Tourism Promo

POPULATION GROWTH

1850 Census

Some Census Data, 1970, 1980, 1990

Drawer 5

There are five major classifications in Drawer 5. They are Ozark County Times.

History; Editors, Employees, Correspondents, 1959-1985; Correspondents of Interest; Feature Stories from the Ozark County Times; and memorabilia.

EDITORS, EMPLOYEES, CORRESPONEDENTS, 1959-1985

Correspondence

Employees. 1959-1985

Fred C. Robins, Editor, 1959-1967

Fred C. Robins Obit

Fred C. Robins, Some Correspondence

Retirement and More

Ruby M. Robins

LETTERS OF INTEREST TO THE O.C.T.

Gang Rape Story, The, and Bob Jackson

Letters of Praise/ and Otherwise

Newspaper Letters/Leading to Purchase of O.C.T.

MEMORABILIA

How Things Were

OZARK COUNTY TIMES

County Newspaper-History

Fire O.C.T.

Newspaper Sales

Old Press

Short Lived Shoppers- Late 1980’s, early 1990’s

SOME O.C.T. FEATURE STORIES

Aged Countians

Artists

Birds Featured

Clarkridge, AR. Merchant Retired

Collectors

Counties Rec. Awards

Crafts

Eastwind Community

First Woman County Office Holder

Flower Growers and Gardeners

Gainesville Att. Of the Moon Landing

Grabeel Platted

Hobbies and Pastimes

Hogs, Mules, Walnuts

Homes

Hunt-Fish

Inventors

Misc. Articles/Unrelated to County, A-O

Misc. Articles/Unrelated to County, O-Z

Music

Obits

Ozark County Library

Poetry

Retirement

Rock Fences

Self-Employed Features

Teachers

TV Programs, Important Locals

Sailors, Tumbleweeds

S. A. Luna Jones Features

Drawer 6

There are six classifications in Drawer 6. They are Maps; Misc.; Keepsakes (little value); White River Valley Markers; New Madrid Earthquake Notes, and Hate Groups-Publicity.

HATE GROUPS-PUBLICITY

MAPS

Bull Shoals Lake – Corps. of Engineers

County First Map. Circa 1885

County Road Maps, Past and Present

County’s Place on Geologic Maps

County’s Place on Historic Maps

Gainesville Maps

Geological Survey Maps of County

Lake Norfork-Corps. of Engineers

Land Purchase for County Lakes- Corps. of Engineers

Real Estate Sales – Mid to Late 1940’s

MISCELLANEOUS KEEPSAKES

NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKE NOTES

WHITE RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY CORRESPONDENCE