J. P. Moore’s This Strange Town – Liberal Missouri, A History of the Early Years, 1880 to 1910 has no index. Thinking at least a name index might be helpful, I have prepared one.
George H. Walser is mentioned on virtually every page of the book so I’ve not counted him in the index.
Rather than having an “end of book” index, I’ve indexed names by chapter, so some will be repeated several times.
THE BEGINNING
Betz, Jake – 14
Betz, John – 14
Davis, William C. – 9
Jewart, E. A. – 14
Parker, William H. – 9
Roberts, J. H. – 14
Stewart, C. W. – 14
Thayer, C. S. – 14
Thee, John H. – 10
Yale, F. L. – 14
Youmans, S. F. – 14
WAGGONER’S ADDITION AND THE BARBED WIRE FENCE
Clark, Braden – 17
Waggoner, William H. H. – 15
DENNISON OR PEDRO
Bowen Salie J. – 25
DeLissa, August – 22
Gifford, Charlie – 25
Goss, R. C. – 22
Todd, J. G. – 22
Todd, John H. – 23
STRONG PREJUDICES
THE CRUSADERS AND THE COLUMNISTS
Braden, Clark – 30
Stewart, C C. – 30
AN EARLY PAMPHLET
CLARK BRADEN’S PAMPHLET
Allens – 40
Belk – 40, 42
Bouton – 40, 42
Braden, Clark (throughout this chapter)
Burgess – 40, 42
Harmon, O. E. – 38
Holland, R. F. – 42
Lyon – 40
Morse – 43
Replogie – 40
Sparks & Ivy – 40
Stewart – 38
Stewart, Mr. – 43
Thayer, C. S. – 40
Todds – 40
Waggoner – 39
Yale – 42
Yeoman – 40
MR. WALSER’S RESIDENCE IN LIBERAL
Allen, Hannah M. – 45
Andrews, Gail – 46
Andrews, Hubert – 46
Baker, Fannie – 46
Baker, Frank – 46
Brand, Charles – 46
Brand, Ethel – 46
Condict, F. W. – 46
Lipscomb, Edwin – 45
Pinkerton, J. O. – 46
Pinkerton, Minnie – 46
Snodgrass, Clarence – 46
Sweatt, Ab – 46
Sweatt, Minnie – 46
Todd, J. G. – 46
Walser, Lena E. – 46
THE INCORPORATION OF LIBERAL
Allen – 49
Allen, A. J. – 49
Allen, Hannah M. – 49
Belk, J. K. – 49
Betz – 49
Bouton, Dr. J. B. – 49
Carpenter, G. W. – 49
Clark, Dr. J. W. – 49
DeLissa, August I. – 49
Demby, J. H. – 40
Dietrich, J. B. – 49
Gish, Dr. J. S. – 49
Glover, J. W. – 49
Goodlander, C. W. – 49
Guffy, Capt. W. S. – 49
Hesford – 49
Irye, H. B. – 49
James, N. T. – 49
Jewart – 48
Kriminger, L. – 49
Lyon, A. N. – 49
Mayer – 49
Merrill, Dr. – 49
Miner, D. P. -49
Redlinger, J. P. – 49
Ritchie, C. C. – 49
Roberts, J. H. – 49
Rockwell – 49
Small, Silas – 49
Thayer, S. C. – 49
Todd – 49
Thompson – 49
Van Camp, W. S. – 49
Waggoner – 48
Weems – 49
Wheeler, E. H. – 49
Williams, J. W. – 49
Wills, M. N. – 48
Yale – 49
Yale, F. L. – 49
Yoemans, S. F. – 49
LIBERAL CITY CEMETERY
Todd, Lena – 50
Walser, Mark – 50, 54
THE OLD GOLD WELL
Betz, Jake – 57
Fuller, George – 56, 59
Goss, R. C. – 57
Iles, Senator – 57
Mellor, Fred – 59
Mellor, George X. – 57
Mellor, Samuel – 57, 59
Morris, R. J. – 57
Morris, Robert – 58
Morris – 60
THE SALOONS CAME
Argo, B. F. – 61, 62
Argo, Rolla – 61, 64
Brumlet – 61, 63
Clark, Fred – 63
Clark, Dr. J. W. – 63
Dean, Arthur – 64
Gowdy, Marshall W. Earl – 64
Harvey, Zanetta – 62
Holland, O. L. – 64
Horn, Sam – 61, 62, 63
Irey, Hiram E. – 62
King, Charley – 63
Langley, Jack – 63
Lipscomb, Edwin – 61
McKay, Judge Bent – 64
McKay, Tom – 63, 64
Oxford – 62
Pancher, August – 64
Richardson, Powers – 61
Rockwell, M. L. – 61, 62
Slack, Bob – 64, 65
Worthington, Z. J. – 58
THE CHURCHES CAME
Adcock, J. P. – 70
Ashley, Rev. George T. – 69
Burris, Rev. Adam – 69
Crank, S. McCoy – 70
Ford, R. A. – 68
Getty, Rev. Frederick – 70
Martin, Minnie – 67
Matthews, Rev. W. E. – 70
Mooney, Alta V. – 67
Pierce, Rev. Perry E. – 69
Todd, John H. – 68
Spiker, Rev. W. D. – 70
Walser, Hannah M. – 66
Welker, E. R. – 68
Whitsett, L. C. – 68
Wilson, J. M. – 68
THE SPIRITUALIST MOVEMENT
Hatten, John S. – 73
Greeley, Auntie – 73
Greeley, D. P. – 73
Thompson, Glasgow – 73
Thompson, Ulrich – 73
Walser, Alice M. – 72
SPIRITUALIST HOAX EXPOSED
Bouton, Dr. J. B. – 75, 76
Guffy, Arthur S. – 77
Roberts, J. H. – 75
Van Camp, W. S. – 75, 77
CATALPA PARK
Jewart, E. W. – 79
THE CITY PARK AND THE OLD FIRE BELL
Belk – 81
Betz, John – 81
Guffy, Arthur S. – 83
Todd, J. G. – 81
Todd, John H. – 81
EARLY PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Brown – 83
Belk, Charity – 83
Grayson, W. E. – 83
Greeley – 83
Mayer, Rene – 83
Mooney, Alta V. – 83
Yeomans – 83
Yeomans, Mannie – 83
THE SPIRITUAL, SCIENCE ASSOCIATION AND THE OLD SPOOK HALL
Adams, J. W. – 86
Andrews, A. L. – 86
Andrews, Silas – 86
Ashman, Emily – 86
Ashman, J. H. – 86
Becker, John Mrs. – 88
Belk, Charity – 86, 87
Belk, J. K. – 84, 86
Belk – 88
Branson, J. H. – 86
Branson, S. E. – 86
Cowley, Birdie – 86
Cowley, Frances E. – 86
Cowley, James – 86
Cowley, M. A. – 86
Gray, Fred J. – 88
Greeley, Lottie H. – 86
Jones, W. S. – 88
McRae, John – 86
McRae, Mary – 86
Miller, J. B. – 86
Miner, Fannie – 86
Noble, Jennie – 86
Owram, Jennie – 86
Owram, Joseph – 86
Owram, Minnie A. – 86
Roberts, J. H. – 88
Rockwell, N. L. – 86
Suydam, L. L. – 86
Suydam, N. A. – 86
Thompson, Glasgow – 86, 87
Van Law, W. S. – 86
LIKE SHIFTING SANDS
Bowen, S. J. – 91
EARLY BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES
Adams, T. R. B. – 93
Bouton, J. B. – 93
Curless, J. W. – 93
Greeley, D. P. – 93
Jewart, E. A. – 93
Walser, Harriet P. – 93
Yale, F. L. – 93
Yale, Rach H. – 93
RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EARLY RESIDENT
Bouton, J. B. – 94, 95, 96
Bouton, Claude – 95
Curless – 95
DeLissa, August – 95
Hesford, Dave – 95
Palmer, Bertha – 94
Roberts – 95
Suydam, Sam – 97
Van Camp – 95, 96
Walser, Mrs. – 97
Wiggins – 96
Worthington, Kate – 95
Worthington, Ollie – 95
Worthington, Zena – 95
Worthington, Z. J. – 95
MRS. WALSER’S MARITAL LIFE
Allen, Hannah M. – 99
Jaemison, Esther Mrs. – 100
Newman, Alice Martha – 99
Todd, J. G. – 99
Todd, Lena E. – 99
Walser, Harriet P. – 99
Walser, Mark – 99
A MIDNIGHT BURIAL
Helms, Allen – 103
Newman, Albert – 103
Walser, Alice M. – mentioned throughout the chapter
Snodgrass, Walter – 104
THE BIG FIRE OF 1897
Baldwin – 105
Brown, Jaxie – 105
Conrad – 105
Coy, J. A. – 105
Gish, Dr. J. S. – 105
Hedges – 105
Lipscomb – 105
Sechrist – 105
Strickland, G. W. – 105
Umbrite, P. J. – 105
CIVIC LIBERAL AT TURN OF CENTURY
Brown, Jaxie – 107
Musgrove – 107
Thompson – 107
Todd – 107
INDUSTRIALLY – EARLY
Creamer, Frank – 110
Curless – 109, 111
Gwynn, James – 109
Lipscomb, Caleb – 111, 112
Mellor, S. C. – 109, 111
Morgan, I. G. – 109
THE CRANKS CAME
Black, Ruth – 114
Crank, J. R. – 113
Crank, Mrs. S. McCoy (Sarah) – 114
THE TOWN PUMP AND THE OLD WATERING TROUGH
Brown, Joseph – 116
MRS. BURGESS-OSTER AND THE BURGESS TOMB
Boulware, Samuel – 118
Burgess, Alfred – 118
Burgess, Clarence A. – 120
Burgess-Oster, Mary A. – 118
Olmstead – 118
Oster, Louis A. – 118
Peck, Sarah E. – 119
Schmidt, Robert – 119
Oster, Louis A. – 118
BITTER CREEK
SOME EARLY DAY ECCENTRICS AND THEIR FOIBLES
Baldwin, G. W. – 125
Dunn, Bobby – 126
Jones, Miles M. – 130
Kennedy, Warren (Major) – 128
Van Camp, Wylie S. – 124
BRIEFS OF OTHER PERSONS, FACTS AND EVENTS
Baldwin, G. W. – 133
Belk, J. K. – 135
Belk-Branson-Sibley, Lillian Mytrle – 135
Bennett, Hinton – 137
Bennett, Reuben – 137
Bouton, G. W. Wallie – 136
Bouton, J. B. – 134, 136
Curl, J. Frank – 136
Curless, Bertha – 138
Curless, Frank – 135
Curless, Joe – 138
Curless, William H. – 133
DeLissa, August I. – 135
Dorman, Henry – 134
Gilkey, Wallace – 138
Guffy, Arthur S. – 135
Guffy, Earnest – 138
Guffy, Lucy – 138
Guffy, Susie – 138
Guffy, W. S. – 135, 138
Hatten, John S. – 134
Hoawrd, Dr. Russell- 136
Keffer, W. O. – 135
Lipscomb, Caleb – 133
Mayer, Capt. John G. – 137
Musgrove, W. P. – 135
Petgen, John G. – 136
Roberts, James H. – 134
Sechrist, Frank – 136
Simpson, William S. – 137
Thompson, Will – 136
Wilson, E. A. – 136
Yale, Frank – 135
LIBERAL’S EARLY SCHOOLS
Becker, Hithia – 139
Jackson, Edna – 139
Mayer, Alta V. – 139
Mooney, Alta V. – 140
Mellor, Charles – 139
Swank, Prof. J. A. – 139
Thompson, Elizabeth – 139
LIBERAL’s NEWSPAPERS
Adams, A. H. – 141
Comfort, K. G. – 141
Cogill, W. T. – 142
Cowley, Byron – 141
DeLissa, C. L. – 142, 143
Green, Frank – 141
Hesford, Carl B. – 142
Lipscomb, Luther – 142
Martin, W. A. – 141, 142
McDowell, Hall – 143
Moore, J. P. – 142, 143
Savage, Edward – 143
Scott – 143
Searles, Jim – 143
MR. WALSER, THE MAN
Dixon – 153
Harmon, O. E. – 154, 155
Hironimous – 153
Norris, Bill – 153
Todd, John H. – 154, 155
WORDS OF A GRANDSON
Stark, Tom – 156
Todd, J. Russell – 156
Yoke, Ed (Sr.) – 156
FREELOVE AND COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE
Belk, J. K. (King) – 159, 160, 161
Branson-Sibley, Lillian Myrtle – 161
Burgee, Mary A. – 160
O. E. HARMON’S STORY OF LIBERAL
Baldwin, G. W. – 163, 164
Harmon, O. E. (throughout)
Moore, Alta – 164
Noyes, James A. – 165
IN CONCLUSION
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