|
Our goal is to help you track your
ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and
placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks
who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping
this project be as successful as we can make it. If you are interested in
joining our group by hosting either this county website or one of the available
county websites
This county website is in need of a permanent host.
Until this site has a host there is no one to answer your research questions.
If you are interested joining our group as webmaster for this website, or any of
our websites,
view our
Volunteer Information page
and
Email Kim.
A desire to transcribe data and
know-how to make a basic
webpage is required.
We'll be adding data
to this site as we can.
You can help us to get this site growing by
sending in
your family's data.
|
|
Established: Oct. 29, 1857
Parent County: Ozark
County Seat: Ava
:Named After:
Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois senator and later presidential
candidate
|
Biographies |
Birth |
Death |
|
Cemeteries |
Census |
Church History & Records
|
|
Family Pages |
History |
Land |
|
Marriages |
Military |
Newspaper Articles |
|
Obituaries |
Towns |
|
DALLAS COUNTY
Is situated in the south-west central part of the State. Both the surface and
soil of the county are diversified. A portion on the county is quite level, or
undulating, and some parts broken and rough. The prairies have generally a
sub-soil of red clay, which upon experiment has been pronounced well adapted to
farming purposes, but we question whether it can be relied upon for grain. The
timber land is rocky, but the soil is black and fertile, especially in the
valleys. The ridges, which by many have been considered as barren and worthless,
we find generally covered with wide spreading arbors of native grape vines,
yielding largely of several varieties of wild grapes, which is conclusive
evidence of their adaptation to grape and fruit culture. Bryces' Spring, in T.
34, R. 18 "rises in a secluded valley and flows away-a river." It discharges
more than 126 cubic feet of water per second, or 10,927,872 cubic feet per day.
Lead ore has been found in several localities. The Southwest Branch Pacific
railroad will pass near the southern boundary of the county.
[The Source is: P.M. Pinckard, The Missouri handbook, St.
Louis, 1865, 162 pgs. - Transcribed by Donna Walton]
|
|
You are welcome, encouraged even, to browse the information on these pages
and at the many links provided to garner the data needed to continue your
research into your family history. However, Please remember that this
information, in many cases, represents years of painstaking research on the part
of myself, or the many generous volunteers who have donated their information to
this site.
You can show your respect for these efforts by not taking things to
use on other websites and/or to claim as your own.
We thank you in advance for your consideration Candi Horton © Feb. 2007
Genealogy Trails -
|
