The Railroads of Henry County:
Sources Used

General Historical Sources:

The State of Missouri, An Autobiography.

Edited by Walter Williams. Missouri Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. Cited as: State of Missouri (1904) Link to copy at Google Books

Encylopedia of the History of Missouri.

Edited by Howard L. Conrad. Southern History Company, of New York, Louisville, and St. Louis, 1901. Link to copy at Google Books: Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6

History of Henry County and St. Clair Counties.

National Historical Publishing Co., St. Joseph, Missouri, 1883. Reprinted by The Henry County Historical Society, Clinton, Missouri, 1968. Link to copy on MoGenWeb.

History of Henry County.

By Uel Lamkim, Historical Publishing Company 1919. Peprinted by The Printery, Clinton, Missouri 1978. Link to Missouri: Its History, Geolgoy, Culture was has a copy of Lamkin online.

Annals of Henry County, Vols. 1 and 2.

Kathleen White Miles, The Printery, Clinton, Missouri

Henry County Scrapbook, Vols. 1 and 2.

Kathleen White Miles, The Printery, Clinton, Missouri

Henry County People in World War II.

Kathleen White Miles, The Printery, Clinton, Missouri 1972.

The Valley is Still Golden.

Hope Seider, Henry County Historical Society, Clinton, Missouri. 1986.

Diamond Jubilee: A Partial History of Deepwater, Missouri assembled to Commemroate the 75th Anniversary of the Deepwater Labor and Harvest Picnic.

By Mildred Church and Inez McGinness. The Printery, Clinton, Missouri 1977

Centennial History Deepwater, Missouri 1885-1985.

Kes-Print, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 1985.

Various issues of newspapers published at Clinton, Missouri.

Maps, Plats and Photographs:

Plat Book of Henry County, 1895.

Plat Book of Henry County, 1914.

Plat Book of Henry County, 1930.

LInk to copy at Missouri Digital Heritage: Plat Books of Missouri

Plat Book of Henry County, 1930.

LInk to copy at Missouri Digital Heritage: Plat Books of Missouri

U.S. Geologic Survey 1:24000 series maps, including Clinton North, Clinton South, Creighton, Gerster, Hartwell, Humansville, Lowry City, Osceola, and Vista quadrangles.

Link to Missouri topographic maps at Libre Maps

Link to Missouri topographic maps at the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service.

U.S. Geologic Survey 1:100,000 series map, Clinton (1884).

Link to copy at Maps of Missouri. Link to Mike Good's Index of Old USGS Maps at Maps of Missouri

U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Soil Surveys of: Cass County, Henry County, and St. Clair County.

Aerial Photographs of Henry County, taken in May, 1952 for the U.S. Geologic Survey and/or the USDA Soil Conservation Service.

Railway related books:

Leaky Roof: The Story of a Railroad.

Mahlon Neill Miles, The Printery, Clinton, Missouri, 1970 and reprints.

Steam Locomotives of the Frisco Line.

Lloyd Stagner. Pruett Publishing, Boulder, Colorado, 1976.

Katy Railroad and the Last Frontier.

V. V. Masterson. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1952.

Katy Power.

Joe Collias and Raymond George, Jr. M M Books, Crestwood, Missouri. 1986.

Iron Road to Empire.

William Hayes, New York, Simmond-Boardman, 1953.

Kansas City and The Railroads.

Charles Glaab, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1972.

Local Aid to Railroads in Missouri.

Edwin Lopata. New York, Parnassus Press, 1937. Reprinted New York, Arno Press, 1981.

State Aid to Railways in Missouri.

John Million. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1896.

Link to copy at Google Books.

Railway Related Reference Works:

Poor's Manual of Railroad.

Poors Publishing Co., various dates.

The Official Guide of the Railways

New York, National Railway Publishing Company, various dates.

The Official Railway Equipment Register

New York, The Railway Equipment & Publication Company, various dates

Annual Reports of the Missouri State Railroad and Warehouse Commission

Jefferson City, Various dates.

Links to various issues available at Google Books: 1912, 1909, 1906, 1903, 1901, 1900, 1899, 1898, 1897 1896, 1895, 1894, 1892 and 1891.

Annual Reports of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad.

Various dates.

Annual Reports of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad.

Various dates.

Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission

Washington, D.C., Various dates.

Valuation Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission

Washington, D.C., Various dates.

Collection of Michael Good:

Missouri Kansas Texas RR Track Map, Clinton South, December 31, 1916

Missouri Kansas Texas RR Track Map, Clinton, 197?.

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