Category: Freethought Town of Liberal Missouri
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Original Plat of Liberal, Missouri
The original plat of Liberal, Missouri, printed in the 1980 Centennial “Liberal News”. This image is courtesy of Nancy Benton. Right click “view image” to see full size. Liberal as it is today. View Larger Map
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Images of Spook Hall
The below images are of “Spook Hall” in Liberal, Missouri, which served the spiritualists of the community, thus its name. Nancy Benton provided the below image of Spook Hall in winter, noting, “The building still stands today. During WW II it was used as a canning center. People could go there and preserve their food…
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NATIONAL SPIRITUALIST ASSOCIATION DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES 1914-1918
Spiritualism became quite popular in the mid to late 19th century. Interestingly enough, and not surprisingly, some of those who had been interested in the utopian movements were attracted to spiritualism. For example, James Allen Noyes, after the failure of the Alphadelphia Association, eventually moved to Liberal, Missouri, a town founded for free thinkers. Spiritualism…
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THE BERLIN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY
The Alphadelphian experiment having failed in 1848, and James Allen NOYES’ father, James NOYES, having remarried to Susan WATERS, James Allen NOYES is given as having traveled to Berlin Heights, Ohio where another experiment in socialistic living was being undertaken. This experiment, initially launched by Dr. NICHOLS, was about 1856, and failed very shortly. I’m…
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Orrin Ellie Harmon, Who Loved Poetry and to Gaze Upon the Stars
One has to like a man who desired to give up the practice of law for writing poetry and studying the stars, which can be in itself a poetic pursuit of grand visions and soul refining reflections on the nature of one’s place in the grand scheme of things. Orrin Ellie Harmon, who authored The…
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The Story of Liberal, Missouri – O. E. Harmon, Biographical Sketch
THE STORY OF LIBERAL, MISSOURI BY O. E. HARMON Published by THE LIBERAL NEWS, J. P. MOORE PRINTER, LIBERAL, MO, 1925 O. E. Harmon, Biographical Sketch O. E. Harmon was born in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, December 3, 1854. His father, Asa Harmon, was a native of Vermont, and descended from John Harmon, a native of…
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The Story of Liberal, Missouri – O. E. Harmon Photo
THE STORY OF LIBERAL, MISSOURI BY O. E. HARMON Published by THE LIBERAL NEWS, J. P. MOORE PRINTER, LIBERAL, MO, 1925 Go to Table of Contents
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The Story of Liberal, Missouri – To Liberal
THE STORY OF LIBERAL, MISSOURI BY O. E. HARMON Published by THE LIBERAL NEWS, J. P. MOORE PRINTER, LIBERAL, MO, 1925 To Liberal All hail to Liberal’s pioneers! Who through the storm defied the fears; And toiled right on through good and ill, And saw the town grow with a will. With wealth of mine…
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The Story of Liberal, Missouri – The Founder of Liberal and the Surviving Pioneers
THE STORY OF LIBERAL, MISSOURI BY O. E. HARMON Published by THE LIBERAL NEWS, J. P. MOORE PRINTER, LIBERAL, MO, 1925 The Founder of Liberal and The Surviving Pioneers Mr. George H. Walser, the founder of Liberal, died May, 1, 1910. In closing this sketch, it seems proper to set out in review those traits…
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The Story of Liberal, Missouri – G. H. Walser Residence
THE STORY OF LIBERAL, MISSOURI BY O. E. HARMON Published by THE LIBERAL NEWS, J. P. MOORE PRINTER, LIBERAL, MO, 1925 Go to Table of Contents