Burlington Junction Missouri 1976 Centennial Article

Maryville Daily Forum January 29, 1976

A nice little #History on the town of #BurlingtonJunctionMissouri located in #NodawayCountyMissouri.  This is a small farming community that used to be a hustling and bustling little town on the Burlington Railroad line in Nodaway County Missouri.  Like so many other towns, when the railroad left so did the people, the industry, and the money that came from the railroad, passengers and tourists. 

Today the town of Burlington Junction Missouri is a rural farming community with a consolidated school, a small town grocer "Goff Home Grocery", a bank, a bed and breakfast at the old #CarterHome", a gas station on the edge of town, and it is surrounded by corn fields.  The Ohio Cemetery has more people buried in it than are alive in the town these days.  Bur if you get a chance to visit this piece of American history in Northwest Missouri I'd recommend it.  You will hopefully get a chance to meet some small town hospitality and find bits of history located on the sides of the oldest buildings in town. 

History of Franklin County Kansas

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The Story of Paola Kansas, 1857-1890 by H.C. McLachlin

I had no idea this book existed until last week when I came across it in a bookstore. There was no index and no other pictures but the picture on the cover.  I no longer have this book, but wanted to get these pictures on the #Blog for all who are researching #MiamiCountyKansas #PaolaKansas to know that this book exists. Sometimes in our research we find out about resources years after our research has begun.  Hopefully knowing this book exists will help some of you find it for your own research.

Olathe Kansas Facts, Photos, Letters and Legends

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Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth Kansas

If you have never been to a National Cemetery to honor our nations Dead, then you should definitely make this one of your life missions.  There is a beautiful national military cemetery located at Leavenworth  Kansas right behind the VA Hospital, and there is also a very large cemetery located at Ft. Leavenworth Kansas right up the road.

Our national cemeteries are filled with servicemen and women from wars throughout our nations History.  My family have had members serve in every major conflict since the Revolutionary War here in the United States.

I was here visiting the grave of 1st Sgt Elisha Dixon, a husband to Lydia Nicholas and a brother in law to my great great grandfather.

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1959 Harrison County Missouri Atlas book

1959 Harrison County Missouri Atlas book. This is a great old book from Harrison County MO that is an Atlas book along with a phone directory, yellow page ads, and business information for this part of North Missouri. This book very rarely if at all appears online and if you're researching your family history in Harrison County Missouri, Bethany Missouri, Cainsville, Gilman City, New Hampton and Ridgeway. Buy now for $75.00  Email me if you would like to purchase a this book:  ancestorexplorer@yahoo.com

1976 Harrison County Missouri Platmap book

1976 Harrison County Missouri Platmap book. This is a great old book from Harrison County MO that is a platmap book along with a phone directory, yellow page ads, and business information for this part of North Missouri. This book very rarely if at all appears online and if you're researching your family history in Harrison County Missouri, Bethany Missouri, Cainsville, Gilman City, New Hampton and Ridgeway. Email me if you would like to purchase a copy of this book:  ancestorexplorer@yahoo.com

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North Carolina Newspapers online

If you researching your ancestors from North Carolina, Newspapers are a great way to find information. Our friends over at Digital North Carolina Blog have posted a link to North Carolina Newspapers that are online:

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Stop by check out there blog and find your ancestors from NC online today. 

Northwest Missouri State ONLINE Yearbooks, Newspapers

Are you looking for online resources for your relatives or ancestors in Nodaway County Missouri?  Then Follow this link to the holy grail of #NorthwestMissouriStateTeachersCollege #NorthwestMissouriStateUniversity 

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What a great collection of #Yearbooks #HistoricalStudentNewspapers and current student newspapers.  The very first student ran newspaper was published by the students at the #TeachersCollege in 1914.  That is 105 years ago and this amazing history and archive still exists for us. As a #Genealogist this is a gold mine, a treasure trove, the holy grail of student information.  

AND for those who may not know, if you have relatives, ancestors that went to school there and they are deceased you can contact the school to obtain copies of their student transcripts.  It will help immensely if you know what years your relative went to school there.  

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Missouri Slave Populations

I rarely write an entire blog entry and I doubt today will be no different. I have been working on Genealogy since 2002, when my Father passed away.  During that time I have only completed 1 African American family research project. I did this project because I wanted to see if I could trace a modern African American family from today back to their slave owners. I was successful in doing this and used a woman I had dated from my past. 

The last several months I have become interested in the Black experience in America and the lives of the slaves that had lived. The map below is the from the 1860 Census of the slaves in the state of Missouri. I find it abhorrent that people were owned, traded, sold as common as cattle or other animals. These people were treated and used as economic tools of Plantation owners, Colleges, and Governments at all levels. 

The map below is a telling tale and we as Genealogists, Historians, family members are lucky these exist, even as disgusting as they are. If you have #Slave roots in the state of #Missouri I hope this helps you in your research.  There is a link to the story of the slave population of 1860 for the state of Missouri. It references the concentration of the slave population along the Missouri river, the center of commerce and the economic engine of Missouri at that time.

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2010/12/16/1860-map-shows-missouris-slave-population