Madison County, Missouri Scrapbooks

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2007.119

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection of articles written by Henry C. Thompson, Madison County Historian, concerning Madison County’s history.

Dates

Creation: Circa 1940-1950, Undated

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical / Historical

Madison County, Missouri, is located in southeast Missouri west of Cape Girardeau County. Its county seat is Fredericktown. The county was organized in 1818 and named for President James Madison. Mining has been a key industry in this area with Madison County recorded as having the oldest lead mine west of the Mississippi River.

Extent

2 Scrapbooks

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Newspaper clippings from The Madison County Historian, by Mrs. J.W. Andrews and Henry C. Thompson, pertaining to settlement, Native Americans, family history and other local history topics concerning Madison County [Mo] history