Local History Articles
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