Research Books

A REMINISCENT HISTORY OF THE OZARK REGION, Reprinted from the original Goodspeed book published in 1894. This is one of the best sources for early Ozark Region history and with 660 biographical sketches and 2700 indexed names, it is a great geneology resource. Big 784 page book contains the history of 29 Arkansas counties and 26 Missouri counties. ARKANSAS counties included are: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Crawford, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Hot Spring, Howard, Izard, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Newton, Pike, Polk, Pope, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Stone, Van Buren, Washington, and Yell. MISSOURI counties included are: Barry, Carter, Christian, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Laclede, Iron, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon, Stone, Taney, Texas, Webster, and Wright. If you research the Ozarks, you need this book. (MO-2)

Hardback $62.00




HISTORY OF ANDREW & DeKALB COUNTIES OF MISSOURI, Originally published in 1888. By: Goodspeed Publishing Company. This has the same type information that the other Goodspeed books have, early county officials, schools and biographical scketches of approximately 180 individuals, geneological data on over 9000 family members. 591 pages with new index. (MO-6)

Hardback $48.50




THE HISORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, 1912, By: William Z. Hickman. 1990 Reprint. This long out of print book is probably the most complete history ever compiled on Jackson County. It has hundreds of family sketches and biographies, many of which go back to the 1700's. This book is a gold mine for anyone with ties to this area. Indexed. (MO-14)

Hardback $55.00

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