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    Taney County, Missouri
    Taney County, Missouri
    Taney County, Missouri
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    Taney County, Missouri

    By Vickie Layton Cobb

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    Taney County, Missouri obtained its name from Roger B. Taney, who married Anne Key, sister of the author of America's national anthem, Francis Scott Key. With roots already embedded in Americana, this once fledgling area in southwestern Missouri would become home to hearty pioneers and entrepunearal miners, who would, over the centuries, transform it into the major tourist region it is today.Captured here in almost 200 vintage photographs are the lives and spirits of those souls who founded Taney County and fostered its growth throughout the years. These images span two centuries to include the pioneers and early farming families of the 19th century, as well as the hometown heroes of the World Wars. Pictured here are the one-room school houses, early photos of life on the Buffalo and White Rivers, the miners of the Turkey Creek Mining Company, and various events and residents of Kirbyville, Oak Grove, Mildred, and Branson, also known as the Nashville of the Ozarks.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439629932
    Taney County, Missouri
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    Vickie Layton Cobb

    Vickie Layton Cobb is a noted local author, having self-published three books, including Gentle Rains, a book of Southwestern Missouri-inspired poetry. She began researching the area's local history almost 20 years ago, and takes pride in the fact that both sides of her family were amongst the first pioneers to settle in Taney County.

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      Taney County, Missouri - Vickie Layton Cobb

      anthology.

      INTRODUCTION

      The history of Taney County, Missouri, is close to the lives and heritage of its people, who are direct descendants of the county’s earliest pioneer families. Yet its history is a part of our American heritage, which makes our national and state history complete. Jackson Street in Forsyth, the county seat, was named after president Andrew Jackson. Taney County obtained its name from Roger B. Taney, who married Anne Key, the sister of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words to our national anthem.

      The White River was an important element, providing food, transportation, commerce, and the operation of numerous water-powered mills. These mills provided a steady flow of water with a vigorous current from its tributaries in pioneer times when corn was ground there.

      Taney County was noteworthy for the abundance of honeybees making honey and beeswax from the honeycomb. Other agriculture products were tomatoes, with canning factories all along the White River. Mules, cattle, hogs, chickens, eggs, turkeys, corn, wheat, fruits, vegetables, timber, and hay created a vast industrial market for southwest Missouri as a whole.

      Mining in Taney County centered on lead ore, which contains sulfur and often zinc, along with traces of silver. In 1890, members of the Turkey Creek Mining Company became a permanent organization, with J.E. Cobb as secretary. The Josie B Mine and the Silver Moon mine along Turkey Creek initiated the formation of the company.

      Taney County and Branson are noted today for being among America’s top tourist areas, with Silver Dollar City, the Shepherd of the Hills outdoor theme park based on Harold Bell Wright’s novel, The Shepherd of The Hills. Table Rock Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, and the Buffalo River provide campgrounds and fishing. Branson is also home to many national entertainers, and is known as the Nashville of the Ozarks.

      This book is a continuation of the author’s contribution to the literary and historical collection from previously self-published books entitled Fallen Leaves, Volumes One and Two.

      So embark on a journey with self-sufficient pioneers who traveled from different areas of America in the mid-1800s and homesteaded in the southwest part of Missouri, known as Taney County. Experience the love they had for each other and the new land upon which they built homes with determination to fulfill their dreams in Taney County, the land of their visions. This book is dedicated to the author’s family, those in the past who were the first to come and to those in the present and the future.

      FALLEN LEAVES

      Fallen leaves gently fall

      from all of God’s trees.

      Their beauty and splendor disappear

      but not even death can claim their memory.

      Their lives resemble the passing of a quiet,

      peaceful, flowing country stream.

      Their spirits vanish into a hidden realm

      the living know only in their dreams.

      Although their earthly life has ended

      another is born to take its place.

      And that new life too, has its own

      tears to cry and trials to face.

      The ever changing cycle of life

      is a deep spiritual mystery.

      Every leaf that falleth from the tree of life

      falls into the unknown hand of eternity.

      Vickie Layton Cobb

      One

      EARLY PIONEERS

      Randa Whorton and his wife Sarah are seen here in their later years. When the author’s paternal grandfather, Randa Layton, was six years old, his father died of pneumonia. Randa’s mother, Safronea, was the daughter of Randa and Sarah Whorton. Randa Layton’s childhood was centered on the Whorton family. Randa Layton told the author stories he heard from his grandfather and grandmother Whorton about the Civil War, Indians, panthers, and pioneer wagon train journeys. Considerable amounts of historical data collected for this book were passed down by word of mouth from the author’s great-great maternal grandparents, Randa and Sarah, through the author’s grandfather, Randa Layton, and many more of the Ozark pioneers.

      Sarah Catherine Bollinger-Whorton endured hardships unknown today. She was separated from her husband, Randa, who fought in the Civil War with no communication except an occasional letter. There was no Internet, e-mail, or www.whatever.com. There was only their faith in God. They lived one day at a time, hoping for the best until peace was finally declared. Her struggles during the Civil War included keeping the homestead and family members together safely. There were times when the enemy soldiers searched the cabin for food and other vital necessities. Once, they tied her hands together over the ceiling rafter, trying to force her to tell them where their money and food were hidden. But she did not give in to their demands. The soldiers poked their bayonets into the floorboards, searching for a clue of where things were hid. But she had hidden food, money, etc., inside barrels secured in the barn, and the soldiers never found them. When the war ended, she and Randa were reunited eye to eye, and returned home together hand in hand.

      Randa Whorton’s parents, Jepthah and Dollie Whorton, lived in Kingston, Arkansas, in Madison County during the 1840s, on the Whorton homestead by Whorton Creek. After the Civil War, former slaves once belonging to the Whorton family established the community of Whorton. The slaves were considered like family and were buried in the Whorton family cemetery. In 1881, Dollie, now blind, journeyed with Randa

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