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Special Edition – Fall 2014















Over the fireplace mantel at the Iron County Historical Society Museum and the
Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Center in Arcadia, Missouri, hangs the frame that is pictured
above. As you can see, the frame protectively embraces and preserves two tattered fragments of
a flag. Information displayed below that frame states that the flag fragments were found on the
battlefield at Fort Davidson by Mrs. Herman Davis of Ironton the morning after the Civil War
Battle of Pilot Knob that occurred September 27, 1864.

Oftentimes, I have stood in front of that flag and looked at how fragile and tattered those
two pieces are, and I compared them to the condition of our Valley, Iron County, and even our
Nation in 1864 when the Battle of Pilot Knob was fought.

I see two pieces of what once was a massive-sized flag of durable material which was
blown to “smithereens” and reduced to a fraction of its size. This happened in the wee hours of
September 28
th
when this flag, which flew over Fort Davidson, was blown up when the Union
troops blew up the fort’s powder magazine after the majority of the troops had silently slipped
out of the Valley. I then think of how the issue of slavery had brought about so much division
that war between the North and South resulted. And just like those divided, thin and threadbare
flag pieces, the “ties” that once bound the human bond of our Nation together, were “Divided,”
“Fragile,” and Fragmented” leaving our Nation in a state of shambles during the War Between
the States.

My thoughts move to the name, “Mrs. Herman Davis.” Many questions come to mind as
to who this woman was and the preservation of the flag pieces. So, for the next few pages, I
would like to recount what I have discovered about Mrs. Herman Davis and the two flag pieces
since she picked them up off of the battlefield “The Morning After.”

Carolyn J. Sheehy, Newsletter Editor

The Morning After…
By Carolyn J. Sheehy

As darkness gave way to dawning skies over the battlefield of Fort Davidson on September 28, 1864, one can only
imagine the horrific scenes, sounds and smells that were revealed as the result of the recently fought Battle of Pilot Knob.
The strong, pungent odor of black gunpowder still lingered from Fort Davidson being blown up by the Union troops in the
wee hours of the morning. This smell mingled with campfire smoke and the smell of death as soldiers writhing in pain,
close to death, cried out their anguish alongside others who had already succumbed to death.

It was this scene that greeted a group of people as they walked out onto the battlefield, after all was quiet, looking for
loved ones. Among this group was a young woman whose name was Hattie O. Davis, who was a bride of only three
months and not yet 17 years of age. It is not known what news she received regarding the condition or whereabouts of her
husband, Herman Davis, who fought in the Battle of Pilot Knob with the Union Troops. However, in her search, she
found “her country’s tattered, scarred flag laying on the ground. Concealing it, she took it home and kept it for the rest of
her life.”
1


In the years to follow, the remnants of the flag would be displayed at various times to mark the anniversary of the battle:
“An interesting item in the celebration was the exhibition of some fragments of the old flag that floated over the fort at the
time of the explosion of the magazine. These relics were picked up in the fort by Mrs. Herman Davis the day after the
battle and sacredly kept. The old relics were vigorously cheered when the Chairman waved them to the breeze after
eighteen years of repose.”
2


Almost 100 years after the battle on September 24, 1964, in Colton, California, Mrs. Mike (Hattie I.) Madigan, who was a
daughter of Herman and Hattie O. Davis, penned the following letter to Mrs. Matilda “Tillie” Reese as she prepared a
package for mailing to Mrs. Reese:

Dear Tillie

This is what can be called a last ditch effort. I knew somewhere in my possession I had a box containing part of
the old Flag. I have just found it, and I am saying to myself this old fragment should be on display, by all means, in
Ironton on Sept. 27, 1964, so I am counting the hours and hope it reaches you, so it can be on display.

When Mabel was in Ironton, summer of 1950 she packed it with some things she was sending to Colton, after she
passed, it was brought to me. It plainly shows The scar of battle. My Mother walked out on the field after all was
quiet, picked up the remaining part and it has, as you now know, been in our family 100 years.

I wish I could be in Ironton this week end. My Father, Eli Ake and Franz Dinger were there that I
remember) who were fighting, in that Forte, oh how primitive when we think of 500 men within the Forte, against Prices
Army of 3000, yet they, our side, won the battle. It may be your Father took part.

I’m sending the Flag Air Mail as well as Spec. Delivery, so hope you and Dorothy can put it on display,
under glass. Is there a library in Ironton? If so I suggest it be on display there, later.

I must get this in our Post Office now, our next Air Mail goes out one hour from now.


1
Walter E. Busch, Fort Davidson and the Battle of Pilot Knob (Charleston: History Press, 2010), 38.
2
“Pilot Knob Memorial Association”, Iron County Register, 5 October 1882, p 5. cols 3 & 4.
I know it will be a fine celebration. Am asking—is there a list of names of the men who were in the Forte? I cant
think of any one who would have the names, less some one comes up with them as I have with the old Flag or part.


You and Dorothy are now elected to put it on display.

My best wishes
Hattie

You will see on back of box Mabel wrote
Fragment of the Flag
Picked up on the
Battle field Sept. 1864
By
Mrs. Herman Davis
3


The Battle of Pilot Knob Centennial was to be observed at Fort Davidson on September 26, 1964, which prompted getting
the flag fragments to Mrs. Reese by that date. An update regarding the arrival of the flag to Matilda “Tillie” Reese, as
referred to in the above letter, was printed in the I ron County Register on October 29, 1964. A copy of that newspaper
clipping was found in a three-ring binder prepared by Robert L. and Isabelle Edgar preserving many records and accounts
of the preparation for and actual Commemoration of the Centennial. It reads as follows:

Mrs. Mike Madigan of Colton, California, and a former resident here, sent a piece of a flag for the Pilot Knob
Centennial. Although it arrived too late for display, the flag has an interesting history. Mrs. Madigan’s
mother was a bride of three months, being here in Arcadia Valley at the time of the battle. After the battle, in
which her husband, Herman Davis, fought, Mrs. Davis picked up the fragment of flag from the battle field. It
has been in the family ever since and was sent in the hope it could be displayed at the centennial. It was given
by Miss Reese to Mrs. Laura Barger for safe keeping for the future. The fragment looks hand made and
perhaps even hastily made, for the tiny stitches on the three stars and the seams of the stripes were definitely
the work of deft fingers.
4


The article states that the flag fragments were given to Mrs. Laura Barger, who was a charter member of the Iron County
Historical Society when it was organized in 1974. She remained active until her death in May, 1985. Sometime after her
death, her brother, Edwin J. Codding, who was also a charter and active member of the Society, gave the flag fragments to
the Iron County Historical Society.

On May 28, 1986, an “Object Release Form” from The Saint Louis Art Museum was signed on behalf of the Iron County
Historical Society by Mrs. Robert L. Edgar, Archives Chairman. It indicated that individual conservators and preparators
were on their own time to treat the following described flag fragments. The document also released The Saint Louis Art
Museum from any loss or damages which might arise from this work:

Fragments of flag from Civil War-2 sections:
One blue stripe with 3 stars, one white stripe with small section of red stars made of cotton and are
moderately degraded (yellowed). Stripes of flag are made of wool and slightly degraded and soiled.”


3
Hattie Madigan (Colton, California) to “Dear Tillie” [Matilda “Tillie” Reese], letter, 24 September 1964; held by Iron County
Historical Society, Arcadia, Missouri, 2014.
4
Robert L. and Isabelle Edgar, personal papers regarding 1964 Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Pilot Knob; held by Iron
County Historical Society, Arcadia, Missouri, 2014.
The treatment consisted of “Wet clean flag fragments” and “Mount on acid free board covered with neutralized
linen. Attach with cotton thread.”

The fees consisted of “Labor: 3 hours at $30.00 per hour = $90.00
Materials: $15.00
$105.00”
5


On September 27 and 28, 1986, a Reenactment of the Battle of Pilot Knob was held at Pilot Knob, and the frame
containing the flag fragments was displayed at the museum of the Iron County Historical Society in Ironton. Following is
the text of the letter that Isabelle B. Edgar, Collections Committee Chairman, wrote to Scott Gordon, the editor of The
Mountain Echo, expressing thanks for financing the preservation and framing of the flag fragments:

Dear Editor:
The Mountain Echo’s generous gift of financing the special Preservation treatment and framing of the Civil
War Flag fragments picked up from the battlefield the morning after the Battle of Pilot Knob by Mrs. Herman
Davis of Ironton, created tremendous interest among our visitors over the Reenactment week-end (September 27-
28).

For 100 years the Davis family cared for the flag fragments. In 1964 Mrs. Davis’ daughter, Hattie Madigan of
California sent them for display at the Centennial observance of the Battle of Pilot Knob. Thereafter custody of
them was given to Laura Codding Barger and following her death, her brother Edward J. Codding gave them to
the Iron County Historical Society.

We express our grateful thanks to Mr. Codding for placing them in the care of our Society, and to the Mountain
Echo for its important gift of preservation. Present and future generations may view the flag fragments at the
headquarters of the Iron County Historical Society located on Wayne Street, Ironton just opposite the north side of
the Courthouse.

Sincerely,
Isabelle B. Edgar
Collections Committee
6



So, now you have the rest of the story. It is with deep gratitude and appreciation to this young woman named Mrs.
Herman (Hattie O.) Davis for her patriotic gesture of rescuing these tattered flag pieces almost 150 years ago from the
battlefield of Fort Davidson “The Morning After.”

Author’s Note:
Research has revealed that Hattie O. Davis was born about August 1848 in either New York or New Jersey (variances
occur in Census records) and had married Herman Davis about three months prior to the Battle of Pilot Knob, September
1864. They became the parents of six children: Oliva A.; Myra A.; Amy C. (died in 1893); May; George C.; and Hattie I.

According to 1930 Federal Census for “362 Eight Street San Bernardino City, CA” the Names of the Household Members
were:


5
Object release form, Battle of Pilot Knob collection, box 31C folder 31-9, held by Iron County Historical Society, Arcadia, Missouri,
2014.
6
Isabelle Edgar (Ironton, Missouri) to “Dear Editor” [Scott Gordon], letter, 27 September 1986, held by Iron County Historical
Society, Arcadia, Missouri, 2014.

Ida M. Blood, Age 53, Head of the Family/Widow; (presumably daughter “May”)
Winifred Blood, Age 16, Daughter/Single;
Hattie Davis, Age 82, Mother;
Ollie Davis, Age 62, Sister in Household of Ida M. Blood/Single; (presumably daughter Oliva A.)
Alberta Monteverde, Age 60, Boarder in Household/Single.

Date of death and place of interment for Hattie O. Davis is not known at this time but it is presumed that she died and
was laid to rest in the State of California.

Herman “Nee Dahllof” Davis was born on May 20, 1838 in Vanersborg Vastra Gotalands Lan, Sweden. He was a
member of the Citizens’ Defense Organization and fought with the Union Army at the Battle of Pilot Knob. His
occupation was a Machinery Mechanic in Ironton. His Certificate of Death states he died at his home in Ironton, MO on
April 22, 1910 of tetanus at the age of 71 years, 11 months and 21 days. He was buried in the Masonic Cemetery on April
24, 1910.


Remembrances of the Civil War in Iron County

John Andrew and Helen (Chitwood) Dunn
By Steve Dunn

John Andrew Dunn was born 16 Mar 1831 and died 6 Nov 1906 & Helen Chitwood was born 8 Jan 1834
and died 6 Aug 1903. They were married in 1850 in Reynolds County. Both are buried in the Emily’s
Chapel Cemetery on Lower Carver Creek.
John and Helen homesteaded 300 acres on Carver Creek in Iron County. The land was covered with virgin timber. They
built a one room log cabin with a clay floor and moved in. John began clearing the land and armed with only a chopping
axe and a maul made from wood, he began making rails to fence their property. He built another log cabin for a shop and
in here, he made plows and a wagon. His plow was made from wood with a piece of iron for a point. He had a pair of
oxen to do his plowing. He made a yolk from wood and he fastened the yolk to the two wheel wagon he had made with
chains. As time went by, John made a 4 wheeled wagon that he used to haul logs to the saw mill with his oxen. The logs
were turned to lumber that he used to begin building their house. Using hand hewn timbers, he had the frame of one 16 x
16 foot square room with an upstairs when the Civil war broke out. There were four children in the household by the end
of 1862. Jane born 1853, Kesiah born 1857, William born 1859, and Robert born 1862.

John didn’t join the North or the South and tried to keep farming his land but there were men they called the Jay Hawkers
that gave him a lot of trouble. John bought a race horse so he could get away from them if being chased. He would stay
out in the woods a lot of the time and when it was safe, Helen would hang out a flag so he could come in and eat. One day
the Jay Hawkers came and told him they were going to hang him. He told the boys to saddle his horse. He figured he
would leave them behind but Helen said “Saddle me one too, I am going!” So they got on their horses and rode to the
gate. Two of the men went off and talked for a while and when they came back, they tried to get Helen to go back to the
house but she said NO! This time they let them both go back to the house but they took John’s prized race horse with
them which he hated to lose. About a month later, some of his neighbors came by the house and told John that they were
going to have a dance on Logan’s Creek and that his horse would be there. His neighbor told him that if he wanted him to
cut the reigns that he would. John knew the horse wouldn’t lose any time getting home so he stayed up to let her in. About
2 AM, she was knickering at the gate. He was glad to have her back but about a month later, she was taken and never seen
again.

About nine months before the war ended, they took John to prison in Alton, Illinois. The prison was dug underground and
walled up with rock. It was dark and cold and all he had was a blanket to roll up in on the hard cold floor. He was
miserable with the itch and lice. All they had to eat was hard cornbread and water. At night, the men would dig on a
tunnel to escape but if they were caught, they were shot. When the war ended, they let the prisoners out. It was cold and
the snow was deep. The Mississippi River was frozen over. As they crossed over with wagons, they cut big holes in the
ice to test it for safety. John had tuberculosis and was very weak. It was late at night and he had to watch for the holes in
the ice as he walked the mile across the river. When he got across, he rolled up in his blanket and waited until morning. It
was 100 miles from home and he walked 25 miles a day for four days. It was late at night on the fourth day when he
finally arrived at his brother Eliab Dunn’s home in Chloride. When he knocked on the door and they opened it, John just
fell on the floor. After they fixed him some warm food and he rested a while, John wanted to go on home. It was two
more miles but they wouldn’t let him. They sent a man over to tell his wife that John was safe and he would be home at
the break of day. Helen and the children met him on a little bluff just North of their place the next morning. The family
was so happy to be together again.




As Told by Dorothy Reese
By Jasper Dettmer, Jr.

When I was a teenager in Ironton High School about 1946-47, this was a story told by my history teacher. Ms. Dorothy
Reese was known for her story telling about her experiences in her life. This is a happening she shared with her class.

After World War I, when she was just a little girl, she was attending one of the annual picnics held at Fort Davidson
battlefield for Civil War veterans. One of the speakers told of his experience with his attempt to be a drummer boy for
the Confederate army. Fireside scuttlebutt was that whoever could sneak into the Union camp and steal the colors (flag)
would be a hero. His desire to be a full fledge soldier prompted him to plan on sneaking into the camp and getting the
flag and bringing it back to the Confederates. He crawled up through the weeds to the southeast corner of the rifle pit.
He was just ready to slide in when a hand touched his shoulder and the man said "Son, go back." When the speaker said
that, an elderly gentleman stood up from the crowd, walked up to the podium and stuck his hand out and said, "Son, I am
that man."

I am sure there is more to this story, but that is all that was told to us.



In Their Own Words
By John Abney

Neither three pages nor thirty can begin to tell the story of the impact of the Civil War on the people of Iron County.
Whether military or civilian, for the north or for the south, it was a hard time to be in Iron County. To get a glimpse of
exactly what I mean, the following are snippets quoted directly from books, records, and accounts from those dark days.

Theodore P. Russell
7
: …One Day in the latter part of the summer of 1861, as I sat in my front door, drinking in the
beautiful world this is, and enjoying the sight of these grand old mountains, I cast my eye towards Ironton. I saw a large

7
Theodore P. Russell joined the 68
th
Regiment of the Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union) and later fought in the Battle of Pilot Knob on
the Union side.
army of soldiers on the march, all dressed in their new uniforms, with their bright guns at right shoulder shift. I thought,
what a fine sight it makes! How it adds to the scenery! But oh, how its beauties vanish.

As that army reached the road that turns into my home, all turned to my home. Can you imagine how small I felt as they
reached my gate and fence? That army took my fence as quick as if it had been a cyclone. Before I had time to collect
my thoughts my fence was covered with those soldiers, all spread out; every apple tree, every peach tree that had fruit on
it, was filled with soldiers. I felt sick. Here I had been for years working to make mine a good home, surrounded with all
the comforts of life, and in an evil hour all gone – fences for fires, my potatoes, fruits – everything gone, and not a cent for
it! I said to myself, “Sold and no pay.” No sir, no man can tell what a day or even an hour may bring forth.
8


Albert O. Marshall
9
“Old Secesh and his Pig” Although we were quite well supplied with provisions by the
Government, some of the boys would persist in having a relish for the many little nicknacks [sic] which the farms and
larders of Missouri furnished and not included in the army rations. No doubt they were in error in their belief, yet some of
the boys were actually foolish enough to affirm, and the extreme ones even to go so far as to really believe, that fat
chickens and plump pigs were good to eat even in the army. Whether or not any of them ever attempted actual proof is
another question. As a general thing our soldiers were, in those early days of the war, very generous and exact in
respecting the Union citizen's right of property, but woe to him who was known to be a secesh sympathizer. Although
military rules and orders would not allow anything to be disturbed unless properly and formally confiscated, yet the
soldiers' ingenuity enabled them in many ways to show their respect to rebel sympathizers.

One of the wealthiest men, living in the vicinity of Arcadia was of this stripe. One day this rebel sympathizer when
passing through the woods near camp saw one of his fattest shoats fall down not far from him, it having met with a severe
accident in the shape of a ball from an unseen gun. The Missourians allow their hogs to run at large in the woods, and he
was no doubt slipping slyly around to see that nothing happened to his pigs. There being no hunter in sight to claim the
game, and being unable to find from what part of the thick brush the shot was fired, the owner picked up his pig, a good
sized one, and started home.

He was soon met by a soldier without any gun. "Goodness,” the soldier said, "are you foolish enough to tire yourself out
carrying that fat pig home when all you have to do is to go to Colonel Hovey who will not only make the rascals who shot
it carry it home and dress it nicely for you, but also punish them severely in the bargain?" "Yes," he replied, "but how will
he know who shot the pig?” "Oh, that is easy enough, he keeps a list of all the boys out of camp, he can spot the lads for
you." This plan tickled old secesh hugely. The idea that he could go to camp and then come back marching proudly at the
head of the despised Yankee soldiers, who would have to do the drudgery of lugging the pig to his house and perform the
dirty work of scraping and cleaning it, with him in command to see the work well and thoroughly done, and then to send
them back to camp to remain with ball and chain in the guardhouse, while he, old importance himself, was at home
eating his fresh meat, was too great a temptation for him to withstand. He quickly assented to the plan. The friendly
soldier kindly helped him to place the pig in a nice shady place where it would safely remain until the owner's anticipated,
victorious return. The old cove then went briskly into camp to find Colonel Hovey.

The sequel can be easily imagined when we add that the pig was soon transferred and keeping company with an unloaded
gun, which the kind soldier had hid before volunteering his unselfish and valuable advice. Suffice it to say that Colonel
Hovey impatiently listened to the complaint, more than half intimated that he doubted its truth, and then sent some men to
investigate. When the owner got to the place and looked for the dead pig, to his great astonishment there was no

8
Theodore P. Russell, “A Connecticut Yankee in the Frontier Ozarks” (Columbia [Missouri]: University of Missouri Press, 1988),
169.
9
Albert O. Marshall served in Company A of the 33
rd
Illinois Infantry Regiment and was stationed in the Arcadia Valley from
September 1861 until March 1862. He returned to the area with his unit in February 1863 and remained until 16 March 1863 when his
unit left for Illinois.
pig there, and the officers returned and reported old secesh to Colonel Hovey as an old fraud.

That day at supper a fine piece of fresh pork steak was furnished the Colonel. As he finished it with much relish he said to
his cook: "How did you get this, Sam?" "Selled eggs and byed it," said Sam. As it was not dignified for a great man like
the commander of the Thirty-third to have an extended confab with his cook the Colonel finished his supper in peace. But
it is said he shortly afterward sent to the owner of the lost pig and bought two of his best—the value was not large—and
forgot to ever send for one of them; in this way paying for the confiscated pig.
10


Author’s note: Lest you get the idea that soldiers stationed in the Arcadia Valley had an easy time of it, living
off the bounty of northern and southern supporters alike, Marshall goes on to describe the number of soldiers
who died in that first winter while stationed there. By the end of the war, the number of Union dead buried in
the Arcadia Valley and surrounding areas reached nearly 250.
11


“Our Dead Comrades” Many of our noblest boy's sickened and died during our sojourn in Missouri. A quiet, pleasant, dry
piece of ground was selected for our army burial place. Ere the winter had passed, the rows of little mounds of earth
covering our dead increasing day by day, became long in length and many in number. Often were we called upon to make
our sad march to the hallowed place to add to the number sleeping there; with guns reversed, keeping step to the sad dirge
of the funeral march, we would slowly, sadly follow the remains of our dead comrade to his last resting place, stand with
uncovered head as the body was lowered into its lonely grave, tenderly cover it with mother earth, listen to the last prayer
for the departed one, fire a farewell shot over the grave, and then return to our quarters wondering whose turn would come
next.
12


David A. Wilson
13
Excerpts from “Personal Recollections of the Battle of Pilot Knob” The next morning Pilot Knob
[September 28
th
, the morning after the battle] was occupied by the enemy. A guard was stationed at each store to prevent
looting by the private soldiers and petty officers, giving those with shoulder straps the first choices. In an hour or so, a
man in a plaid woolen shirt and on a big horse, stopped in the street near the hotel hospital. It was Col. McLean, Price’s
adjutant general. Wishing to go home, my thought was to get a pass from him to Ironton. Introducing myself, I told him
my home was in Ironton and that I wished to return. In soldier fashion, he said, “Well go. We have come to set you free.”
Not wishing that kind of talk, I left him without ceremony. Meeting Judge Vail, one of my members, I said, “Judge, I am
going home.” “Very well,” said he. “I’ll go with you,” and so we started. On the way we met hundreds, if not thousands
of rebel soldiers, but not one of them said “peas.”

….Wednesday and Thursday [September 28
th
and 29
th
] forenoon were busily employed by the army in helping themselves
to the provisions and clothing in the stores of the three villages of the valley. There was a general shedding of butternut
and grey jeans for store clothes by the soldiers; and for days after they left, unprincipled men could be seen going South
with mule loads of dry goods which the soldiers had not taken. The whole valley, indeed, had been pretty well cleaned
out. Some worn out horses were left, but very few good remained. A mule killed in the road at my gate lay there for
days before I could get a team to drag it away. Coffee, tea, sugar, all groceries were scarce in the valley until
communication by rail with St. Louis was reestablished. For several days we were at the mercy of guerillas, but they did
us little harm. None the less, it was a joyful sight, when a company of Union Soldiers from Cape Girardeau came in.
14


10
Albert O. Marshall, “Army Life; From a Soldier’s Journal” (Joliet [Illinois] privately published by the author, 1883), 35 – 38.
11
John Abney, “Witnesses to History, Stories from Park View Cemetery” second edition, (Ironton [Missouri], Iron County Historical
Society, 2012), 67.
12
Albert O. Marshall, 65-66.
13
At the time of the Battle of Pilot Knob, David A. Wilson was the pastor of the Ironton Presbyterian Church. He was among the
group of local civilians that went to Fort Davidson and fought on the Union side. Wilson chose to remain behind when the fort was
evacuated.
14
David A. Wilson, “Recollections of the Battle of Pilot Knob” 6 June 1906, held by Missouri History Museum Library, St. Louis,
Missouri as part of the Cyrus Peterson Battle of Pilot Knob Research Collection, Box 8, Folder 8.

Author’s Note: After the war, a lawsuit was filed by James Lindsay and others against Sterling Price and his lieutenants
for some of the looting mentioned by David Wilson. Seeking over $16,000 in damages, the suit was eventually dismissed.
While the original case files are on file in St. Louis branch of the Missouri State Archives, a photocopy of those files are
available for review in the Whistle Junction Visitors’ Center and Museum.

IRON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650
(order from above address)

Title / Author Publication Details / Cost
A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook (Reprint of Centennial
Cookbook with additional materials and photographs)
Soft cover, coil bound.
192 pgs. $15.00 plus $4.00 S&H
CENTENNIAL: Ironton, Missouri, May 30 – June 2, 1957

Reprint, soft cover, comb bound.
58 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H
Dorothy Reese: Ironton/Arcadia Valley’s Cheerleader, Historical, Civic
Leader, And Teacher: A Tribute, by Randall Cox
Soft cover, comb bound. 19 pgs.
$2.00 plus $1.50 S & H
Early History of Arcadia Valley, by C. S. Russell, edited by Robert Pollock Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.
$5.00 plus $2.50 S & H
History of the 33
rd
Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry in the Civil
War
Excerpts, 21 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.00
S & H
In the Arcadia Valley

Reprint from Iron County Register
Supp ;/1800s. 50 pgs $10.00 plus
$2.50 S & H
Iron County Family, Business, and Organization Stories: A Supplement to
Past and Present
Soft cover, comb bound, photos,
195 pgs. $20.00 plus $3.50 S & H
Iron County, Missouri, Year By Year, by Clarence R. Keathley Soft cover, comb bound, maps,
photos, Ca 1984. 16 pgs. $3.00
plus $1.50 S & H
John Albert Undertaking Business, 1878 – 1921

Manuscript, indexed, comb bound.
76 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H
My Perfect Life, by Robert Pollock Indexed. 147 pgs. $10.00 plus
$3.50 S & H
Past and Present – A History of Iron County 1857 – 1994
Topical/biographical history of Iron County, Missouri

Hard Bound, indexed. 434 pgs.
$49.95 plus $4.50 media rate or
$10 1
st
class priority S & H
Perpetual Diary of Capt. P. Ake Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Ironton, MO (A
Civil War Diary covering the year 1865)
7 pgs. $2.00 plus $1.00 S & H
Readin’, ‘Ritin’ and ‘Rithmetic, A History of Schools in Iron County, MO.,
1840 – 1981, by Clarence R. Keathley
Soft cover, photos, etc. Ca. 1981.
136 pgs. $8.00 each or 2/$10.00
plus $3.50 S & H
Russell Cemetery Association Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.
$5.00 plus $2.00 S & H
United States Post Offices in Iron County, Missouri, Then and Now,
by Clarence R. Keathley
Soft cover, photos, maps, Ca. 1984.
17 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.50 S & H
W. J. Hinchey Diaries, Portrait of a community during the Civil War, edited
by John and Elizabeth Holloman
Soft cover, comb bound. 73 pgs.
$10.00 plus $2.50 S & H
White Funeral Home Register, Caledonia, Missouri, 1907 – 1934

Manuscript, comb bound, indexed.
34 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H
Witnesses to History - Stories from Park View Cemetery, by John Abney Comb bound. 101 pgs. $10.00 plus
$3.00 S & H

OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ITEMS FOR SALE
(Same address as above)
Educational Civil War Playing Cards $10.00 per deck plus S/ H if mailed
Explore Missouri Playing Cards $5.00 per deck plus S /H if mailed
150
th
Anniversary – Battle of Pilot Knob Coffee Cup $6.00 per cup plus S /H if mailed

The Iron County Historical Society Presents

Fundraiser at the First Baptist Church in Ironton


Friday, November 7
th
/ 7:00 PM
Doors open at 6:30 PM












$10 Entry fee per person
8 to 10 person teams
Single players will be assigned to
a team on the night of the event
All proceeds go to support the Iron County Historical Society

$100 Cash
Prize
To Winning
Team
Silent
Auction!
Free Snacks &
Refreshments
10 Categories
100 Questions Total
Questions -- call John at (573) 598-4469 or Wilma at (573) 546-2058







New Date for next Quarterly Meeting!!!!
2 p.m., Sunday, October 26th
First Presbyterian Church, Corner of Knob & Reynolds, Ironton
~ Program ~
The Origin of Our National Cemeteries presented by John Abney
~Refreshments by ~
Wilma Cofer

President’s Message
John Abney
I hope you all have had an enjoyable and safe
summer. As we leave summer and enter fall, I’m
very excited to share everything that is happening in
your historical society.

First, there’s the 150
th
anniversary of the Battle of
Pilot Knob and all the events that will be taking
place the week before and during the reenactment
weekend of September 27
th
& 28
th
. A complete
schedule of events is available at
http://www.battleofpilotknob.org and any questions
can be answered by calling (573) 546-3454. The
historical society will have a booth at the
reenactment on the 27
th
and 28
th
.

Related to the Civil War and to wartime burials in
the Arcadia Valley, I will be presenting a program
on the origin of our national cemeteries at our
quarterly meeting on October 26
th
. I hope you can
attend.

The last event I want to share with you is the
announcement of our upcoming trivia contest on
November 7
th
. The flyer for this event is on the
next page of this newsletter. We are sponsoring this
event as a fundraiser for the historical society and
we will need your help to make it a success. For
those of you in the local area, we will need help
with snacks and refreshments, obtaining items for
our silent auction, and help on the night of the
event. For those outside the local area, your
donations to help offset the event’s costs area
always appreciated.

Thanks as always for your continued support!

Museum Director’s Report
Wilma Cofer
New Accessions: None

Donations / Memorials Received:
Donations in the amount of $197.55 have been
received for the months of June and July 2014.
Thanks for your help!


Visitors:
July – 445 visitors from 23 states + MO, & 5
countries (Scotland, Australia, Canada,
Slovakia and Turkey.)

Membership Chairman’s Report
Wilma Cofer
We currently have 109 members and six exchange
members. There are still ten of our members
who have not paid their annual dues which
were due and payable in April. Please check
your envelope labels! If due, the label will be
highlighted in yellow.
New member(s): Gail Pitt, Nashville, TN; Virginia
Conrad, Annapolis, MO; Joyce Huff, Willard, MO;
Jim Inman, Ironton, MO; and Mason German, Des
Arc, MO.





































Iron County Historical Society
Membership Application

Date________________ New_____ Renewal____

Name______________________ Spouse____________________

Address________________________ County_______________

City____________________ State_____ Zip Code____________

Phone__________________ Email____________________

Signature____________________ Received by_______________


Please complete form and return with membership dues of $10.00 to: Iron County Historical
Society, P.O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650. For information please call (573) 546-3513

Mark Your Calendars!!! 150
th
Anniversary Reenactment –
Battle of Pilot Knob
September 27 & 28, 2014







For a complete schedule of events please check out
the following website:

http://www.battleofpilotknob.org/
Or call (573) 546-3454 for event details
While you are there, don’t forget to drop by
the Iron County Historical Society’s booth and
pick up your limited edition 150
th
anniversary
edition Battle of Pilot Knob coffee cup!

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