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History of Fulton, Missouri 1920 -1960, using transcribed newspaper articles, contemporary records, and vintage photographs from the collection of the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society. Includes chapters on Helen Stephens, the "Fulton Flash" who broke world records at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, chapters on Winston Churchill's visit to Fulton in 1946 and complete text of his "Iron Curtain" Sinews of Peace address, thought by historians to be the beginning of the cold war. Includes a chapter on the Metz brothers coal mine disaster in 1936 that killed four brothers, three who went down...

A rustic log cabin, high on a bluff above the Missouri River. A hidden cave. Buried guilt. Dangerous strangers on the Katy Trail. Rose Carter left her family's cabin behind, years ago, for a big house and a high-powered job in town. When her world falls apart, she's drawn back to the cabin and the land she could never bear to sell. But the cabin she thought was abandoned is being used, and watched by others. And none of them want Rose poking her nose into the secrets on Carter's Crag. As her life spirals out of control, and her husband becomes increasingly distant, Rose starts to wonder if...

This is the life story and family history of Mary Virginia Baker of Fulton, Missouri. She was born in 1920, the daughter and granddaughter of Westminster College professors. She grew up during the Depression of the 1930's and married shortly after World War II. She raised five children during the tumultuous 1960's and made sure all of them earned college degrees, while building her own career as an educator of the deaf. Her family history is traced back to the pioneers who fought for and settled America's heartland. Her mother's family includes General Thomas Smith of Saline County, who...

History of South Callaway, Missouri, originally published in the Mokane Herald-Post in 1903, detailed stories of hundreds of Callaway County pioneers includes genealogy tracing three or four generations. Family histories are brought to life by by a 73 year-old native Callawegian who grew up with the new county and knew everyone for miles around. A partial list of the families included: Allen, Bagby, Baker, Bartley, Bennett, Benson, Billingsly, Blackburn, Brite, Brooks, Brown, Bryan, Caldwell, Chappell, Cleveland, Coats, Coblenz, Coats, Collier, Conger, Daugherty, Davis, Dickinson, Dollar,...