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Boone County

Located in the Ozark Mountain highlands, Boone County has endured struggles from its creation. Political, racial, and union conflicts have drawn national attention, often overshadowing the contributions of the county’s residents and businesses.

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Group photograph of band members "Harrison Band" with onlookers on ornate porch of wood frame "Park Hotel"

Harrison

Boone

 some men in working clothing outside wooden building "General Store"

Zinc

Boone

 "Drive Negroes from Harrison" newspaper clipping

Harrison Race Riots of 1905 and 1909

Criminal Activities, Early Twentieth Century

 Two young white women in white dresses standing against building with wooden siding

Ella Barham

Criminal Activities, Folktales and Songs

 Hand holding up a plastic bucket with spice shaker on top of it in bar

Cavender’s All-Purpose Greek Seasoning

Businesses, Foodways

 Stock certificate for the Harrison Municipal Airport Association from October 1944

Boone County Regional Airport

Air

 White man in red jacket handing a framed photograph of naval ship to white man in suit and bow tie with a tent and people behind them

John Paul Hammerschmidt

Legislative Branch -- Representatives

 Man's face on bronze plaque

Jack Williams

Individuals

 White man in tie dye shirt in wheelchair with dog in kennel and desk behind him

Ronald Dale Tabor

Painting

 Red brick building with false front

Everton

Boone
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Bridge over creek covered in flood debris

1961 Flood

 Street scene with dirt road rising over wooded hill running alongside stores labeled "Drugs" and "Bakery" opposite hitched horses.

Harrison Town Square

 white stone monument with pointed top labeled "The Mountain Meadows Massacre" in front of multistory brick building

Mountain Meadows Massacre Monument

 some men in working clothing outside wooden building "General Store"

Zinc General Store

 Three story brick architecture with "Hotel" sign, archway tunnel, spiral columns, barrel tiles, cars, fuel pump in foreground

Hotel Seville

 Wood slat sign painted red with yellow lettering on grass

Baker Prairie Natural Area

 Brick building with men at gallows visible above wooden fence with crowd watching from the street

Odus Davidson at Gallows

 Hillside village along river with dam suspension bridge wood frame buildings gravel roads and trees

Dogpatch USA
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