Oliver C. Crookham (1854-1890) owned land in Bachelor Township along the Missouri Pacific Railroad line. His shooting accident happened near both the railroad line and Bachelor Creek. In the southern part of the township, the Missouri Pacific line travels east west. From the east, it travels through the town of Tonovay before it goes throughContinue reading “Land in Bachelor Township”
Category Archives: Settler Colonizer
Cader Edwards | Shifting Lines
Cader Edwards journey along the Great Indian Warpath to his final home in the Holston Settlement was impacted by changing beliefs of who had access to the land.
Jethro New | Guard for a Spy
Jethro New, originally from Delaware, died in Indiana in the 1820s, a veteran of the Revolutionary War and father of a dozen children, several of whom became politicians and religious leaders in Southern Indiana. In their biographies and family histories, they recount the tale that Jethro New, as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, wasContinue reading “Jethro New | Guard for a Spy”
Andrew Van Slyke | Arrival in Missouri
Family Legend passed down the idea that the Van Slykes came to Missouri along the Trail of Tears.
Finding the Yellow Bricks 