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Iron County Historical Society NewsletterFall 2013

Mailing AddressP.O. Box 183Ironton, MO 63650

E-Mail: ironcohissoc@hotmail.com

Iron County Historical Society

Founded 1974

Museum AddressWhistle Junction Train DepotHighway 21, Arcadia, MO

Website:www.rootsweb.com/~moichTelephone: (573) 546-3513

Octobers Meeting Canceled

See Presidents Message Below

John AbneyAs our meeting scheduled for October 20

th, conflicts with

the Fall Mountain Music Festival, our Board of Directors

decided to cancel our meeting. Should this scheduling

conflict occur again next year, we will move our meeting

to a different day farther in advance of the scheduled

date.

The Historical Society will have booths at this years

Freedom Fest in Annapolis on October12 thand at the

Fall Mountain Music Festival in Ironton on October 19th

.Besides selling some of our publications at Freedom

Fest, we will also sell baked goods there as a way to

raise additional funds. If you can contribute any baked

goods to this event, please drop them off at the Visitors

Center / Museum on Friday, October 11thbefore 4 p.m.

that day.

The SocietysFacebook page is hosting two on-line

exhibitions of selected items from our historic postcard

collection and rock and mineral collection. A special

tribute to our National Cemeteries will be added in early

November to celebrate Veterans Day. See page 4 forthe website address.

Finally, it is with great sadness that I report the death of

one of our members, Mary Light. You may remember

Mary from her 25 plus years working as a librarian at the

library in Ironton. Our sympathies go out to all of Marys

family and friends.

Presidents Message Museum Directors ReportWilma Cofer

New Accessions:

Lifetime Living magazine dated May 1953 donated by

Ella Huff; Book entitled Childhood Recollections of an

Ozark Family, by children of Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Keathley.

Donations / Memorials Received:

We have received donations in the amount of $170.00 in

memory of Cal Dothage.

Visitors:

We had 368 visitors in June from 21 states and twocountries (United Kingdom & Germany). In Julywe had 586 visitors from 19 states and Canada. InAugust we had 339 visitors from 14 states and no

foreign countries.

Membership ChairmansReport

Wilma Cofer

We gained 2 members and lost one to death. Wecurrently have 92 members and six exchange members.

New member(s):

Allen R. Keathley, 7524 N. 38 thSt., Terre Haute, IN47805, E-mail: keathleyallenr@gmail.com

Carol Chambers Fisher, 201 Westgate, Kennett, MO63857. E-mail: vcarolfisher@yahoo.com

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by

John Abney

Next year (2014) marks the 150th

anniversary of Prices

Raid into Missouri and the Battle of Pilot Knob. To honor

and remember those who participated, our newsletter iscontinuing to tell some of their stories. If you have a story

from someone who was there, please consider sharing it.

Please email your story to jabney@hughes.net or mail it

to John Abney at the Societys mailing address shown on

Page 1.

Daniel Luther Glaves

Daniel L. Glaves was the youngest of nine children born

to Frederick and Elizabeth (Goodner) Glaves.1 He was

born on 25 October 1841 at Carthage, in Smith County,

Tennessee.2 Daniel L. was an infant when his fatherdied and was but seven years old when he lost his

mother. He was taken in by an uncle, John Goodner,

with whom he lived at Cleveland, Tenn., until he had

attained young manhood and in the year 1859 he came to

Madison County, Missouri.3

A little more than two months shy of his 21 stbirthday,

Daniel enlisted in Company C of the 4thMissouri Light

Artillery (C.S.A.) on 10 August 1862 at Doniphan, in

Ripley County, Missouri.4 Besides his involvement in

the Battle of Pilot Knob, Daniel was involved in battles

at Bloomfield, Mo., Helena, Little Rock, Mansfiled,

Jenkins Ferry, Gasconade Bridge, Glasgow

California Union, Bloomville, Blue Mills and

numerous other battles.5

Glavescompany, also known as HarrisField Battery,

Light Artillery, was assigned to Major General

1Geraldine Sanders Smith, compiler, Clarice Burton

Andrews Collection of Madison County, Missouri Bible andFamily Records, Volume 1, (Fredericktown, Missouri: TheFoundation for Historic Preservation, 2001) 29.2Ibid., The Last Roll entry for D. L. Glaves, ConfederateVeteran Magazine, 1918 , on-line archives(http://archive.org/index.php: accessed 15 April 2013), 450.3Last Roll, 450.4Ibid. Note that the carded service records also show serviceas a private in Company C of the 8thMissouri Cavalry.5Daniel L. Glaves entry in Biographical Appendix,GoodspeedsHistory of Southeast Missouri, (1888. Reprint,Cape Girardeau, Missouri: Ramfire Press, 1955), 871.

Marmadukes Brigade during Prices invasion of

Missouri in the fall of 1864.6

The morning of September 27, 1864 broke in glory

over the beautiful Arcadia Valley. From the Ozark

Hills, which sweep around the valley like a vast

amphitheater, the clouds of mist hurried before the

coming of day. But another cloud of different origin

was destined to form in the valley that day.

The usual peaceful scene had given place to war

Instead of the coming and going of the quiet country

folk the valley glistened with bayonets and the air

was aquiver with the presence of a mighty army

Major General Price had reached the valley on his

Missouri expedition.

As the day advanced General Fagan, who

commanded a division of Prices army, drove the

6Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers WhoServed in Organizations from the State of Missouri, NARAM322, roll 50, carded records of D. L. Glaves, Pvt., Co. C.,Harris Field Battery, Missouri Light Artillery. Digital image,

(www.fold3.com: accessed 15 April 2013), Dale E. Davis,Mastersthesis, Guerrilla Operations in the Civil War:Assessing Compound Warfare During Prices Raid, (FortLeavenworth, Kansas: U. S. Army Command and GeneralStaff College, 2004), 104.

They WereThere

Extract from carded service record of D. L. Glaves

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federals from a strong position in Arcadia through

Ironton.7

With the Union forces taking refuge behind the walls of

Fort Davidson,

Major General Marmaduke was ordered to take

possession of Shepherd Mountain. He arrived from

the south side, passed over the top of the mountain,

and descended the north side. Six mules in front of

eight horses took the guns over the ledges of rock

four feet high. The ascent was satisfactorily

accomplished, four guns were placed in position

about fifteen hundred yards from Fort Davidson, and

the division was formed. Skirmishing took place all

day and heavy firing of Artillery from Fort Davidson

[sic]. At two oclock in the afternoon a charge was

ordered. D. L. Glaves, now a prominent citizen of

Fredericktown, Mo., then a lad of seventeen years[note that this contradicts Glaves age as given at his

enlistment] and in charge of gun No. 1, fired the first

shot from Shepherd Mountain.8

Glaves survived the battle and the war, surrendering to

Union forces in June 1865 where his service was

characterized as follows:

This is to certify that D. L. Glaves, a private in the 4th

Missouri Light Artillery, has faithfully performed his

duty as a soldier of the Confederate States and

remained true to his colors until honorably discharged

under the terms of a surrender of Confederate forces

to the military authorities of the United States

effected at Grand Ecore, La., this 5 th day of June,

1865.9

He returned to Twelve Mile Township, in Madison

County, Missouri where he married Elizabeth Sitzes, the

daughter of Rufus Sitzes in 1866.10 Elizabeth, born in

1848, was a native of Bollinger County, Missouri andshe and Daniel would have five children together.11

7Birdie Haile, Cole, The Battle of Pilot Knob, ConfederateVeteran Magazine, 1914, on-line archives(http://archive.org/index.php: accessed 15 April 2013), 417.8Ibid.9The Last Roll10Ibid. D. L. Glaves Found Dead in BedTuesday Morning,The Democrat News, 29 August 1914, 1.11Ibid.

The couples holdings included over 400 acres of land

where he was known as,

one of the solid, substantial farmers of Madison

County, Mo., and made his all by hard work and

economy. He has made thousands of rails, being an

expert at the business, paying for his first horse in

that way. He is conservative in his political views

voting for principle, not for party. He has been a

member of the school board for two years and is a

good businessman. He is a Mason and his wife is a

member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as are al

the girls.12

Glaves was one of the Confederate survivors that

attended the 40thanniversary reunion held in Pilot Knob

in September 1904.13 He died suddenly at his home on

26 August 1918.14 He was laid to rest three days later a

the Masonic Cemetery in Fredericktown, Missouri with

his services under the direction of his brothers in the

Masonic fraternity.15

12Daniel L. Glaves entry in Biographical Appendix.13Walter E. Busch, Fort Davidson and the Battle of PilotKnob: Missouris Alamo, (Charleston, South Carolina: TheHistory Press, 2010), 89.14The Last Roll.15Daniel Luther Glaves entry,Find a Grave website,(http://www.findagrave.com/: accessed on 15 April 2013.

Daniel L. Glavesin later life.Picture fromConfederateVeteran Magazine(Vol. XXII, 1914)

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By John Abney

Historic Picture Postcards Featuring Iron County

A new on-line exhibit at the Societys Facebook page

[www.facebook.com/IronCountyHistoricalSocietyMO]

features many of the picture postcards in the Societys

collection with scenes from in and around Iron County.

Additionally, all of these postcards will be contained in

the next update to the Societys virtual museum. The

virtual museum is located at the Societys website

[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moichs/]. A brief

history of American postcards is presented below and

pictures of four of the postcards in the Societyscollection appear at the top of page 10.

Note: The following history of American postcardsis directly quoted from the entry for Postcards inWikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcard].

The first American postcard was developed in 1873by the Morgan Envelope Factory of Springfield,Massachusetts. Later in 1873, Post Master JohnCreswell introduced the first pre-stamped "penny

postcards". These first postcards depicted theInterstate Industrial Exposition that took place inChicago. Postcards were made because people werelooking for an easier way to send quick notes. Thefirst postcard to be printed as a souvenir in theUnited States was created in 1893 to advertise theWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

The Post Office was the only establishment allowedto print postcards, and it held its monopoly untilMay 19, 1898, when Congress passed the Private

Mailing Card Act, which allowed private publishersand printers to produce postcards. Initially, theUnited States government prohibited privatecompanies from calling their cards "postcards", sothey were known as "souvenir cards". These cardshad to be labeled "Private Mailing Cards". Thisprohibition was rescinded on December 24, 1901,when private companies could use the word"postcard". Postcards were not allowed to have adivided back and correspondents could only write

on the front of the postcard. This was known as the"undivided back" era of postcards. On March 1,1907 the Post Office allowed private citizens towrite on the address side of a postcard. It was onthis date that postcards were allowed to have a"divided back".

On these cards the back is divided into two sectionsthe left section being used for the message and the

right for the address. Thus began the Golden Age ofAmerican postcards, which lasted until 1915, whenWorld War I blocked the import of the fineGerman-printed cards.

Postcards, in the form of government postal cardsand privately printed souvenir cards, became verypopular as a result of the Columbian Expositionheld in Chicago in 1893, after postcards featuringbuildings were distributed at the fair. In 1908, morethan 677 million postcards were mailed.

The "white border" era, named for obvious reasonslasted from about 1916 to 1930. The last and

current postcard era, which began about 1939, is the"chrome" era, however these types of cards did notbegin to dominate until about 1950. The images onthese cards are generally based on coloredphotographs, and are readily identified by the glossyappearance given by the paper's coating.

From theCollection

Undivided backof 1905 card

Picture Source:

Wikipedia

Divided back of1908 card

Picture Source:Wikipedia

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The devastation mounted in southern Illinois, as the entire town of Gorham was demolished around 2:30 p.m. There, 34

people lost their lives. During the next 40 minutes, 541 people were killed and 1,423 were seriously injured as the tornado

tore a path of destruction nearly one mile wide through the towns of Murphysboro, De Soto, Hurst-Bush, and West

Frankfort. In eastern Franklin County, 22 people died as the town of Parrish was virtually wiped off the map. The tornado

proceeded unabated across rural farmland of Hamilton and White Counties, where the death toll reached 65.

After taking the lives of more than 600 Illinoisans, the storm surged across the Wabash River, demolishing the entire

community of Griffin, Indiana. Next in line were the rural areas just northwest of Owensville, where about 85 farms were

devastated. As the storm ripped across Princeton, about half the town was destroyed, with damage here estimated at $1.8

million. Fortunately, the twister dissipated about ten miles northeast of Princeton, sparing the community of Petersburg in

Pike County. In the aftermath, the death toll mounted to 695 peopleat least 71 of those were in Southwest Indiana

Property damage totaled $16.5 millionnearly 2/3 of that was in Murphysboro alone.

Even in todays record books, the resultant toll of 695 fatalities from the Tri -State Tornado remains the largest number of

casualties from such a disaster. When searching for an explanation as to why, the answer is clear. From technology to

communications and the science of meteorology itself, many things have changed since 1925. Back then, radar and

satellite imagery were not even close to invention. In fact, it would take such historical events as World War II and the

launch of the U.S. Space Program to bring about the use of these two technological breakthroughs that todays

meteorologists could not live without. Communication was also in its primitive stage, as radio was just coming intoexistence in the larger cities during the 1920s, and television wouldnt make an appearance for another 25 years or so.

When the Tri-State Tornado struck in 1925, there was no such thing as a "Tornado Watch" or "Tornado Warning." People

relied on the local newspaper, government mail, or word of mouth to relay a message or communicate current events from

one town or family to another. So even if a watch/warning program were in place, the message would have never been

disseminated in such a fashion to give people the necessary lead time to seek shelter.

Today, NOAAs National Weather Service (NWS) is a leader in the most effective and sophisticated weather warning

system in the world. Thanks to years of research and modern technology, forecasters at NOAAs Storm Prediction Center

(SPC) issue forecasts outlining the most likely locations for the development of tornadoes and other severe weather 48

hours in advance, then fine-tune the forecast as the potential for inclement weather draws near. Using GOES satellite

imagery, current surface observations, upper-air data, and computer forecast models, the meteorologists at SPC issue

Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Watches when severe weather is expected a few hours out.

From there, the local NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs), such as the office in Paducah, continuously monitor

WSR-88D Doppler Radar time-lapse imagery to determine a storms severe potential. An invaluable resource to the radar

operators final warning decision is the steady stream of reports from a network of trained and dedicated SKYWARN

spotters, emergency managers, local law enforcement, and amateur radio "ham" operators.

Thus, through technological advancements, improved communications, and dedicated scientific research, a death toll of

nearly 700 people from such a disaster is highly improbable todaybut it is not impossible, especially if the tornado wereto strike a highly populated area. Of course, the present warning system is not perfect, as evidenced by sometimes late or

missed watches and warnings. However, we have obviously come a long way since the early 1900s! Through a continued

cooperation between the NWS, FEMA, the American Red Cross, researchers, emergency managers, spotters, the media,

and all concerned entities, the current warning system will undoubtedly experience significant improvements as we

journey deeper into the 21st Century.

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Tri-State Tornado Statistics:

3 states affected (Missouri, Illinois, Indiana)

13 counties affected, including:Missouri: Reynolds, Iron, Madison, Bollinger, PerryIllinois: Jackson, Williamson, Franklin, Hamilton, WhiteIndiana: Posey, Gibson, Pike

19+ communities affected, including:Missouri: Ellington, Redford, Leadanna, Annapolis, Cornwall, Biehle, Frohna

Illinois: Gorham, Murphysboro, De Soto, Hurst-Bush, Zeigler, West Frankfort, Eighteen, Parrish,Crossville

Indiana: Griffin, Owensville, Princeton

219 mile path length with a 3/4 mile average path width (some accounts of 1 mile widea record width)

3 1/2 hours of continuous devastation

1:01 p.m.tornado touched down 3 miles NNW of Ellington, Missouri 4:30 p.m.tornado dissipated about 3 miles SW of Petersburg, Indiana

N 69 E heading maintained for 183 of the 219 miles

62 mph average speed

73 mph record speed between Gorham & Murphysboro

F5 tornado on the Fujita Scale, with winds perhaps in excess of 300 mph

28.87" lowest pressure measured on a barograph trace at the Old Ben Coal Mine in West Frankfort, Illinois

695 deathsa record for a single tornado

234 deaths in Murphysboroa record for a single community from such a disaster

33 deaths at the De Soto (Illinois) schoola record for such a storm (only bombings and gas explosions havetaken higher school tolls)

2,027 injuries

15,000 homes destroyed

Scene from Annapolis where 90% of the townwas destroyed. Picture postcard from the files

of the Iron County Historical Society.

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IRON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650(order from above address)

Title / Author Publication Details / Cost

A Celebration Wor th Rememberi ng Cookbook (Reprint of Centenni al

Cookbook with additi onal materials and photographs)

Soft cover, coil bound.192 pgs. $15.00 plus $4.00 S&H

CENTENNI AL: I ronton, Mi ssouri, May 30June 2, 1957 Reprint, soft cover, comb bound.58 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

Dorothy Reese: Ironton/Arcadia ValleysCheerl eader, H istorical, Ci vicLeader, And Teacher: A Tr ibute,by Randall Cox

Soft cover, comb bound. 19 pgs.$2.00 plus $1.50 S & H

Early H istory of A rcadia Vall ey,by C. S. Russell, edited by Robert Pollock Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.$5.00 plus $2.50 S & H

H istory of the 33rdRegiment I lli nois Veteran Volunteer I nfantr y in the Civil

War

Excerpts, 21 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.00S & H

I n the Arcadia Valley Reprint from Iron County RegisterSupp ;/1800s. 50 pgs $10.00 plus$2.50 S & H

I ron County Fami ly, Business, and Organization Stories: A Supplement to

Past and Present

Soft cover, comb bound, photos,195 pgs. $20.00 plus $3.50 S & H

I ron County, M issouri , Year By Year, by Clarence R. Keathley Soft cover, comb bound, maps,photos, Ca 1984. 16 pgs. $3.00plus $1.50 S & H

John Albert Undertaking Business, 18781921 Manuscript, indexed, comb bound.76 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

My Perf ect Lif e,by Robert Pollock Indexed. 147 pgs. $10.00 plus$3.50 S & H

Past and PresentA H istory of I ron County 18571994

Topical/biographical history of Iron County, MissouriHard Bound, indexed. 434 pgs.$49.95 plus $4.50 media rate or$10 1stclass priority S & H

Perpetual Diar y of Capt. P. Ake M issouri Volunteer Cavalry, I ronton, MO

(A Civil War Diary covering the year 1865)7 pgs. $2.00 plus $1.00 S & H

Readin, Ritin and Rithmetic, A History of Schools in Iron County, MO.,

18401981,by Clarence R. KeathleySoft cover, photos, etc. Ca. 1981.136 pgs. $8.00 each or 2/$10.00plus $3.50 S & H

Russell Cemetery Association Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.$5.00 plus $2.00 S & H

Uni ted States Post Of fi ces in I ron County, M issouri , Then and Now,

by Clarence R. KeathleySoft cover, photos, maps, Ca. 1984.17 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.50 S & H

W. J. Hi nchey Diari es, Portr ait of a communi ty during the Civil War, editedby John and Elizabeth Holloman

Soft cover, comb bound. 73 pgs.$10.00 plus $2.50 S & H

Whi te Funeral H ome Register, Caledonia, M issouri , 19071934 Manuscript, comb bound, indexed.34 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

Witnesses to H istory - Stor ies from Par k View Cemetery,by John Abney Comb bound. 101 pgs. $10.00 plus

$3.00 S & H

OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ITEMS FOR SALE

(Same address as above)

Educational Civil War Playing Cards $10.00 per deck plus S/ H if mailed

Explore Missouri Playing Cards $5.00 per deck plus S /H if mailed

150th

AnniversaryBattle of Pilot Knob Coffee Cup $6.00 per cup plus S /H if mailed

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Iron County Historical SocietyMembership pplication

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Please complete form and return with membership dues of $10.00 to: Iron County HistoricalSociety, P.O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650. For information please call (573) 546-3513

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Elephant Rocks, Graniteville Pilot Knob