Local History Articles

A collection of newspaper articles about Jefferson County Missouri

All Shook Up - 1917 Earthquake
Antonia History
Antonia School
Arnold History
Battle of Blackwell
Battle of Blackwell Station
Bertha Williams Gifford
Bicentennial - Jefferson County
Bicentennial Timeline
Biltmore Club
Bonacker Murders
Buried Treasure
Byrnesville or Byrnes Mill
Cedar Hill History
Cedar Hill Hotel
Cholera Epidemic of 1849
Christmas 100 Years Ago
Christmas Dinner
City of Saltillo
Courthouse Firsts
Della Lang Dedication
Demaree History
Demaree House
De Soto Pike Road
Dinner Time
Dittmer History
Dixie Comes to DeSoto
Dry Spells
Early Catholic Churches in Jefferson County
Early Jefferson County Court
Early Kimmswick History
Eclipse - In the Shadow of the Moon
Eighteen Hundred and Froze
Farming in Jefferson County
Festus History
First Protestant Sermon West of the Mississippi
First Town in Jefferson County
Frazier Curse
Frazier Family
Fredmar Farms
Great Earthquake of 1811-12
Hematite History
Hematite Post Office
Hematite Wreck
Herky Shot Tower
High Ridge History
High Ridge Schools History
Hillsboro Poultry Farm
Hillsboro Spring
House Springs Bank Robbery
House Springs Bank Robbed Again
House Springs Fire
How Jefferson County Waterways Got Their Names
How the Meramec River Got Its Name
Hunning Murder
Imperial History
Imperial History - More
Indians in Jefferson County
Iron Mountain Railroad
Jefferson County Farms
Jefferson County Pioneers
Jefferson County Poor Farm
Jefferson County Seat

Jefferson Democrat Newspaper
Joe Peek - Local Artist
John Smith "T" & Selma
Kennett Castle
Kimmswick, Windsor Harbor and Montesano Springs
King's Trace - the earliest road
King's Trace Road
Koch's Tortoise
Legend of House Springs
Legend of Queen Beavers
Legend of Rush Tower
Mad Stone
Maddox Mill
Maple Grove German School
Marie Austin Frissell
The Marrying Judge
Mastodons in Kimmswick
Midwifery History
Moonshine
Moonshine & Murder
Morse Mill Hotel
Naturalization in Jefferson County
New Year's History
Northwest Library History
Oermann History
O'Fallon Family of Jefferson County
Old Settlers Association of Jefferson County
Old Time Cures
Paul Harvey
Pearl Harbor
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company and Crystal City
Plattin History
Play Ball!
Prehistoric Mastodons
Rock Creek Bohemians
Samuel Hildebrand's Sister
Smelly Mail
Sokol Camp - Imperial
Spanish Flu 1918
St. John's Lutheran Church
Star & Douglas Schools
Sulphur Springs Train Wreck
Tanglefoot
Teacher Appreciation
Telegraph Road
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Dinner 1874
Tom Thumb
Thomas C. Fletcher
Tierney
Tying the Knot
Tyro-Vineland
Valles Mines - Part 1
Valles Mines - Part 2
Victoria History
W.H.J Shaw

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