[side 1] On the hills above lovely Current River, Doniphan was founded, 1847, and became the seat of Ripley County in 1860. George Lee gave 50 acres for the town and named it for Mexican War Col. Alexander W. Doniphan. The . . . — — Map (db m179903) HM
Van Buren, settled as the seat of Ripley County, organized, 1833, became the seat of Carter County when it was organized from parts of Ripley and Shannon counties, 1859. Nearby Big Spring State Park, 4582 acres of Ozark grandeur, founded 1924, . . . — — Map (db m275254) HM
An early pioneer, farmer, and businessman, was born during his family's trek from Virginia to Missouri in 1825. He grew up in Ripley County and became a Justice of the Peace and a Baptist minister. He owned several prosperous farms and built the . . . — — Map (db m274559) HM
Shortly after three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, October 29, 1864, six Confederate prisoners of war were taken from their cell in the Gratiot Street Prison in St Louis and executed by a military firing squad. This was by order of Federal Major . . . — — Map (db m131219) HM
This is a typical homestead of the late 1800's re-erected on this site by the Doniphan Neighborhood Assistance Program (DNAP). Generous donations of time, land, money, buildings, furnishings and equipment by many people made this project a reality. . . . — — Map (db m208771) HM
[side 1] Here in the extreme southern Missouri Ozarks, Oregon County was organized in 1845, and named for the Oregon Territory of the Far West. One of 11 counties along the Arkansas border, Oregon is in a region long roamed . . . — — Map (db m179894) HM
This pioneer log cabin, originally located on a 160 acre plot in southwest Ripley County that was owned by George and Sally Ferrill Patterson was probably constructed between 1865 and 1867. The cabin remained in the family for many years and was . . . — — Map (db m274557) HM
One of the most important people in all of our pioneer communities was the blacksmith. Most early settlers came to this area by horse and oxen-drawn wagons and their need for the services of a blacksmith was universal. Shoeing horses and oxen was . . . — — Map (db m274558) HM
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