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Noyes Brewer-Atwell-Fowler-Scagel-Hedden Family Line
McKenney-Crockett-Hackney-Enlow-Sparks-Strickland Family Line
McClure-Warren-Sparhawk Family Line
Mitchell-Carhart-Dysart-Craig Family Line
Kearns Family Line
Hennesy-Simmons Family Line

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The Diaries of Ebenezer Sparhawk Jr., late 18th century, early 19th century

Anne Middleton Craig Mitchell's 1836 Travel Journal chronicling her journey from Abingdon, Virginia to Randolph Co., Missouri

The Alphadelphia Association Constitution 1844

Caroline Atwell Noyes' 1882 Diary of Trip from Anna, Illinois to Liberal, Missouri

O. E. Harmon's "The Story of Liberal, Missouri" 1925, on the history of the freethought community of Liberal

Dick and I, by Samuel Bartow McKenney, pre 1881, unpublished, freethought novella

1883 Travel Diary of Charity Alice McKenney Reynolds Barnes from Minnesota to Oregon

The Memoirs of Nona Strake concerning her childhood in late 19th century Oregon

Clark Braden's "A Dream and its Fulfillment, a muckracker's exposé on Liberal

"Two Years Among the Spirits in the Godless Town of Liberal, the Experience of the Famous Medium, Dr. J. B. Bouton," by Dr. J. B. Bouton, 1888

This Strange Town - Liberal, Missouri" by J. P. Moore