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1 The MISSOURI I . 11 HISTORICAL R E V I E W 1 1 CONTENTS The Missouri Chronicle, 1678-1924 1 ' Sarah Guitar and Floyd C. Shoemaker The Pioneer 'I Floyd C, Shoemaker The Old Tavern, at Arrow Rock Ij Mrs. W. W. Graves The Missouri Mark Twain Collection Iiaverne J. Dunbar '' i The initiative and Referendum in Missouri N. D. Houghton Dedication of Missouri's Capitol, October 6, 1924 Floyd C. Shoemaker '•• ••§'• A Missouri State Newspaper Morgue Laverne J. Dunbar 1 Personal Recollections of Distinguished Missourians— James O. Broadhead Daniel M. Grissom 1 j The True Story of "Old Dram" ' i Walter Li. Chaney The New Journalism in Missouri II Walter B. Stevens ij The Followers of Duden William G. Bek Historical Notes and Comments 1 Missouri History Not Found in Textbooks ••/ / I 1MJ1)HWB8MMSMBB8BKWW M - 1 STATE HISTORICAL 1 I1 ' 11 SOCIETY of MISSOURI J 'flnliitnhin •JANUARY, 1925 THE MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW Vol. XIX January, 1925 No. 2 CONTENTS The Missouri Chronicle, 1673-1924 . 189 SARAH GUITAB AND FLOYD C. SHOEMAKER The Pioneer . 241 FLOYD C. SHOEMAKER The Old Tavern at Arrow Rock . 256 MRS. W. W. GRAVES The Missouri Mark Twain Collection . 262 LAVERNE J. DUNBAR The Initiative and Referendum in Missouri . 268 N. D. HOUGHTON Dedication of Missouri's Capitol, October 6, 1924 . 300 FLOYD C. SHOEMAKER A Missouri State Newspaper Morgue . 304 LAVERNE J. DUNBAR Personal Recollections of Distinguished Missourians—James 0 1 Broadhead '. 308 DANIEL M. GRISSOM The True Story of "Old Drum" . 313 WALTER L. CHANEY The New Journalism in Missouri . 325 WALTER B. STEVENS The Followers of Duden . 338 WILLIAM G. BEK Historical Notes and Comments . 353 Missouri History Not Found in Textbooks . 373 ^^glgfe. FLOYD C. SHOEMAKER, Editor The Missouri Historical Review is published quarterly. The 1 subscription price is $1.00 a year. A complete set of the REVIEW is 1 still obtainable—Vols. 1-18, bound, $55.00; unbound, $25.00. Prices 1 of separate volumes given on request. All communications should be 1 addressed to Floyd C. Shoemaker, Secretary, The State Historical 1 Society of Missouri. 1 *'Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce at Columbia. 1 Missouri, under act of Congress, October 3, 1917, Sec. 442." CONTRIBUTORS SARAH GUITAR, native Missourian, is Research Assistant in The State Historical Society. FLOYD C. SHOEMAKER, author and historian, is secretary of The State Historical Society of Missouri and editor of The Missouri Historical Review. He is the author of papers, monographs, and histories on Missouri. MRS. W. W. GRAVES, native Missourian, has largely directed her public efforts to forwarding the work of state patriotic societies. Mrs. Graves was chairman of the D. A. R. committee which secured the adoption of the State flower, rfhe is State vice regent of the Missouri D. A. R., and a member of vhe State Board of Charities and Corrections. Her home is in Jefferson City. LAVERNE J. DUNBAR is a senior in the School of Journalism, University of Missouri. His home is in Hannibal. N. D. HOUGHTON, native Missourian, is a member of the department of political science in the University of Illinois. He received his Bachelor's degree from the Kirksville State Teachers College in 1921 and his A. M. from the University of Missouri in 1923. DANIEL M. GRISSOM, a native of Kentucky, came to Missouri in 1853. From that year to 1888 he engaged in journalistic work on the St. Louis City newspapers. He served on the "Evening News," was editor of the "Union," worked on the "Dispatch," and for nearly two decades held a position on the "Missouri Republican." His historical articles on Missouri have received wide circulation. His home is in Kirkwood. WALTER L. CHANEY, native Missourian, was a contributor to the Chicago Breeder's Gazette for twenty years. He received his LL. B. from the Uni­ versity of Missouri in 1902, graduating cum laude, president of his class, and winner of the Edward Thompson Law Book Company prize. He has prac­ ticed law in Johnson county since 1902, and served as prosecuting attorney from 1909 to 1912, and 1921 to 1924. He lives in Warrensburg. WALTER B. STEVENS, author and journalist, is the most popular historical writer in Missouri. Mr. Stevens has over a score of books to his credit and in 1921 published a "Centennial History of Missouri." He has held a number of important public positions, including the secretaryship of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis. He is president of The State Historical Society. His home is in St. Louis. WILLIAM G. BEK, a native Missourian, is head of the department of Germanic languages in the University of North Dakota. His contributions and translations relating to German settlements in the United States place him among the highest authorities in this line of historical research. His translation of "Duden's Report," lately published in the Review, is regarded by scholars as one of the most important contributions to western history that has appeared in recent years. THE MISSOURI CHRONICLE, 1673-1924 BY SARAH GUITAR AND FLOYD C. SHOEMAKER A daily chronicle of Missouri history is here presented. Seven hundred dates are recorded. The work is exclusive, omitting personal birth and death dates and those indefinite as to month. It shows that something important to Missourians has happened on eighty per cent of the days of the year. There is a peculiar fascination in "almanac" treatment. Consider the happenings of a day. On January the first, a county, its name of Seneca now forgotten, was defined; the famous Jackson Resolutions, occasion of Benton's defeat, were born in public; William Jewell College opened its doors; and the Mis­ souri Daughters of the Confederacy organized. Or note another "holiday,'" February the twenty-second, and these names appear in significant meaning to State and people, Masonic Grand Lodge, Ozark county, Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, Pacific railroad, "City of Kansas," Missouri Sons of the Revolu­ tion, and Missouri Postmasters Association. The Fourth of July is appropriately the banner chronicle day in Missouri in number of events, not less than ten being recorded. Of obvious value to professional classes, especially public servants, editors, and educators, The Missouri Chronicle is a product of utilitarian worth and suggestive hope. Each month, almost each week and day, record important events that now concern three and one-half million persons, A wealth of interest, accessible, practical and helpful for study or commemoration, is exploited. This chronicle will doubtless be a desk book for many. Its influence should reach adult and child. If merely read from time to time, The Missouri Chronicle will furnish enter­ tainment and broaden the historical horizon of any Missourian. (189) 190 MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW JANUARY Jan. 1, 1847 Boundaries of Seneca county defined by ac approved on this date. The county wa organized as McDonald county by act ap" proved March 3, 1849. Jan. 1, 1849 Jackson Resolutions, the occasion of Ben­ ton's defeat in 1850, introduced in the gen­ eral assembly. Jan. 1, 1850 William Jewell College opened its doors to students. Jan. 1, 1891 Missouri Daughters of the Confederacy organized. National organization formed in 1894. Jan. 2, 1822 Clay county organized by act approved on this date. Jan. 2, 1833 Counties of Carroll, Clinton, Greene and Lewis organized by act approved on this date. Jan. 2, 1835 Counties of Shelby and Stoddard organized. Jan. 2, 1917 First official act signed in the new capitol. Governor Major signed his message to the forty-ninth general assembly. Jan. 3, 1835 Benton county organized. Jan. 3, 1870 Humane Society of Missouri organized. Jan. 5, 1833 Counties of Morgan, Ripley and Warren organized. Jan. 5, 1835 Barry county organized. Jan. 6, 1812 New Madrid earthquake. Shocks were felt almost continuously from December, 1811, until May, 1812, but those occurring in January, 1812, were the most violent. Jan. 6,183 1 Monroe county organized. Jan. 6, 1837 Linn, Livingston, Macon and Taney counties organized. Jan. 6, 1865 Constitutional convention met in St. Louis; Arnold Krekel, president. THE MISSOURI CHRONICLE. 191 Jan. 7, 1854 La Revue de VOuest established in St. Louis. Discontinued after 1864. Jan. 8, 1818 Speaker of United States House of Rep­ resentatives presented petitions asking statehood for Missouri Territory. Jan. 8, 1821 First county court held in Cooper county. Jan. 8, 1857 The National Democrat established at Hanni­ bal. In 1861 became a daily, The Eve­ ning News; suppressed in 1861. Jan. 8, 1862 Provost Marshal General Farrar issued order suppressing disloyal newspapers. Jan. 8, 1918 Missouri's first centennial day celebrated in Columbia. Jan. 9, 1892 Academic Hall, University of Missouri, destroyed by fire. Jan. 11, 1834 The Upper Missouri Enquirer established at Liberty. Suspended about 1840. Jan. 11, 1865 Slavery abolished in Missouri, by proclama­ tion of Governor Thomas C. Fletcher, eleven months before Congress adopted the thirteenth amendment. Jan. 11, 1896 First issue of the Kansas City World. Jan. 12, 1875 King Kalakaua, of Hawaii, made a three-day visit to St. Louis and Jefferson City. Jan. 13, 1820 Senate took up the Maine-Missouri bill. Jan. 15, 1821 First circuit court held in Cole county. Jan. 15, 1821 First county court held in Lincoln county. Jan. 15, 1821 First county court held in Gasconade county. Jan. 15, 1821 Beginning of the debate in Congress on question of admission of Missouri into the Union. The debate continued from this date until February 26. Jan. 15, 1847 Boundaries of Donaldson county defined and established. It was never organized into a separate county. Act of January 15, 1847, defining its boundaries was re­ pealed by the general assembly March 8, 1849.
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