Effects Of The Civil War On The Early Settlers In The Area Of Present Day Joplin
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JOPLIN
Author | : Priscilla Purcell Brown |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781531668464 |
When lead was first discovered in southwestern Missouri around 1830, it had little value, and zinc, called "black jack," was discarded as waste. After the Civil War, mining camps sprang up along the Joplin Creek Valley, which was named for Methodist circuit rider Rev. Harris G. Joplin. As the mining camps merged into neighborhoods and zinc increased in value, Joplin was quickly coined "the city that jack built." Known for being a rowdy boomtown, it was said that Joplin had a bar on every corner and a church across the street. Many early settlers came to Joplin seeking their fortunes in the mines, while others came to make their fortunes off of the miners.
The Civil War on the Lower Kansas-Missouri Border
Author | : Larry E. Wood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The history of the Civil War on the southern portion of the Kansas-Missouri border.
Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri
Author | : Howard Louis Conard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 794 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
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Wicked Joplin
Author | : Larry Wood |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 121 |
Release | : 2011-01-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625841043 |
A strange sort of pride tends to embellish infamy, like the notion that Frank and Jesse James robbed every bank in Missouri. But the citizens of Joplin need not exaggerate their community's unsavory past. Founded in the 1870s as a booming lead-mining camp, Joplin was a wide-open town from the start, and its wild reputation persisted into the mid-twentieth century. A neighboring town's newspaper aptly described Joplin as a "naughty place."? Join author Larry Wood on a colorful tour of the city's raucous past.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1048 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author | : Hugh Chrisholm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2054 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN | : |
The Encyclopædia Britannica
Author | : Hugh Chisholm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2066 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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