Happy Mothers Day to all of the mommies out there!

Enjoy your special day!

CRH

The site has just surpassed 2000 views, and I want to think those who have helped me put this site together!

One of the newest pictures I have received came from Kim King, and I'm thankful for the picture of A.O. Blackman's Office in Allenville during the early 1900's.

Every story, picture, advertising item, and letter make a difference in building this website.

Thanks to everyone who has helped bring the history of this small town out in the open for everyone to see.

Thanks again!    CRH

Here's wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!

 May God Bless us all, and may His loving hand guide us all.

 CRH

My uncle Harry bought an J.A. Withers match safe like the one on the Withers Distillery page.  Those things are hard to find, and getting harder with each passing day.

If anyone is willing to sell, I'm still looking for a 1/2 gallon jug, and a mail order ad for this distillery, and that would pretty much complete my collection.

CRH

I just want to wish everyone a great Thanksgiving!

May God bless you all!

 CRH

It seems that a brush/field fire caught the Allenville Railroad bridge on fire lastnight, but fire fighters from Delta were able to get it under control.

 The Bridge was built in 1918 and is no longer in use, but is still standing strong. I stood on that trussell a few years ago during a huge flood, it was a humbling experience.

There's a picture of the railroad Bridge on the Railroad section of the website. 

Thanks to the Delta Fire Fighters for their quick action.

CRH

Happy Veterans Day!  Thank you to all who have served our Country.

The next Veteran you see shake their hand, and say thank you.

May God bless you all.

CRH

Hello,

To those who read, or just visit the website.  I wanted to share with you that I have been searching microfilm for the past few weeks, and have uncovered more than fifty complete Allenville newspaper articles from the early 1870's to the early 1880's.  Within these articles is a ton of journalistic  information on early Allenville Missouri.  These articles start in 1871 only two years after the town was founded, and have numerous business owners, the first school teachers, and the names of many citizens of our fair town.

My issue is how to introduce these articles to the website, so since I have already added a few to this blog, I guess I will continue to add an article every so often to this section of the site, or I'll make a page for the articles, who knows?

Either way, We'll have some good Allenville stories in the near future.

CRH

It must have been very scary to live during, and after the civil War.  There was still a lot of bad blood for decades after the Civil War. Not counting the fact you had to deal with outlaws, cut-throats, and bands like the Ku Klux Klan.

Here an article from the Office of the Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown. 

We know from records that Allenville and it's African American community over came the Klan in Allenville by building an African American Church, and School.  But, by the fact there were different Schools and Churches for whites, and Blacks let's us know that there was still a long way to go for equality among mankind.

It was just a violent time in our country following the Civil War, and most of the time the Judge and Jury was the man willing to pull a trigger.  Here's a small list of Allenville shootings, but I have no doubt that this list would be much, much longer if I had all the records.

A. J. Causey shot and killed by his son Reding Causey 1884.

George Vaughn shot and killed by Christian Ulrich (ruled an accident) 1884.

Gabriel Mouser shot and killed at the Allenville Railroad platform (No shooter charged) 1897.

R. W. Renfroe  Struck and killed by a club in the hands of Clary Kinder 1889.

William McGee shot and killed by Will Rucker 1902.

It seems that the Civil War went on for several years after it's so called end, and in many ways it's still going on today.

May God help us all, to love each other as He has loved us.

CRH

This story was titled "Reminiscence"

Editor, The Missourian:

In the long ago the people used to give a little "something to boot" in trade. When I was a little boy living over the hills southwest of the lovely, cultured old town of Allenville, Mo, H. H. Hinton had a store that sold everything.

Robbie Amos, a clerk, had to be able to "jump counters"  and sell different articles.  His selling came naturally and he was very well liked.

Mr. Hinton, however, was something special.  With a twinkle in his eyes he greeted customers with a friendly hand shake, swapped yarns with them and always before a customer left gave them "something to boot".  Candy, Apples, nuts placed in a poke sack.  He never boasted, but these things were found by customers on the way home.  Sometimes he would give a sack of flour, keg of sugar or an article of clothing to some harried father with a passel of youngins.  The old time drummers would also give "something to boot" when calling on stores.  Samples of dresses, coveralls, ect.  These Mr. Hinton would give to some harried widow with a passel of youngins.  These drummers were good at entertainment and once a Negro porter carrying a casket from the freight house was scared from his "livin lights" by a ventriloquist drummer.  Groans, cries, and whimpers came from the casket.  He was one of the Sides family, I believe.  He was last seen that day crossing the tracks on a run towards his home.

Mr. Golliger the "Rawleigh" man would give "something to boot" in the way of a bottle of extract or anti-pain killer.

Neighbors would help when butchering time came and always went home with fresh meat as "something to boot".

American custom long since dead, but it was a wonderful custom. It answered two purposes, a friendly gesture from one to another and also a "balm" to one's conscience if there was any doubt in ones mind that the trade was fair.

                                                     Ralph Galeener

                                                    Springfield, Missouri

What a nice story,  CRH