Early days in Phelps County, MO, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales, factual data, and individual biographies in this NEW 120 page booklet, an excerpt reprinted from the rare 1889 book: History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri. The spiral bound booklet is 8 1/2 x 11" and is printed on 60# paper, with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet protects the front cover. Communities currently listed for this area by the National Association of Counties include: Beulah, Doolittle, Duke, Edgar Springs, Jerome, Newburg, Rolla (County Seat), Saint James. Topics covered in the history of this rural county in central Missouri include: Natural History -- Boundary, Topography and Water Courses, Geology; Early Settlers; Saltpetre and other caves; Thomas James and the Meramac Iron furnace; Early Land Entries, with many names; First Election; County Organization; The Courts, and a variety of early cases; Members of the Bar; the Civil War -- Opening Scenes, an editorial in the Rolla Express, the First Mass-Meeting, First Force Organized, a news article called "Armed Men Appear", Federal Control, Recruiting; Commercial Centers -- Meramec Spring, Rolla, St. James, Newburg, Edgar Springs, and Arlington; Societies (many names), Businesses, Newspapers; Schools, Churches; and other bits of history and trivia. In addition to the many names mentioned in the first section of the booklet, there are a number of fairly detailed individual biographies. While these are of primary interest to their decendents, they often contain items of local or general historical interest, including Civil War activities. The Biographies include: Dr. Samuel F. Arthur, John Baker, Peter Baumgartner, Edmund Ward Bishop, Charles C. Bland, Emil G. Boisselier, James R. Bowman, Mrs. Elizabeth Branson, Dr. Daniel D. Burns, Nathan L. Burwell, Joseph Campbell, John D. Carpenter, Charles Cartall, David E. Cowan, Dr. Robert B. Cowan, George W. Davis, Henry Dean, Charles M. Dean, Stephen D. Dean, Daniel Donahoe, William T. Evans, Frederick C. Flint, William Fort, James M. Freeman, Cyrus H. Frost, Dr. John S. Frost, Pleasant M. Gaddy, William R. Hale, Thomas M. Hanrahan, James B. Harrison, Edward M. Harrison, Perry D. Hawkins, Dr. Samuel Headlee, Horatio S. Herbert, Menzo House, John Gregory Hutcheson, Dr. William T. Hutcheson, Thomas M. Jones, Col. William C. Kelly, William A. Kitchen, John B. Lamb, John Lenox, D.T. Lenox, Grandason B. LeSueur, John Simpson Livesay, A.S. Long, Robert A. Love, Charles M. McCrae, Otto P. Margedant, Charles N. Martin, Robert Meriwether, Lea H. Miller, Levi Mitchell, Robert T. Parker, Luman F. Parker, James Ramsey, Alexander J. Rauch, Charles Roster, James B. Sally, Hiram M. Shaw, F.W. Shinman, Dr. John L. Short, Joseph A. Smith, James L. Smith, Ernst Soest, J.L. Stewart, William Stimson, William Ten Eyck, Lewis Henry Thompson, William Vetter, John Weber.