Miscellaneous
Here are all of the things that don't fit neatly into any of the three other sections of our web site. It is an eclectic collections of links, references, photos and pages. If you have any questions, let us know.
- Howell County Funeral Homes
- Howell County American History & Genealogy Project
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Depots in Howell County
- Indian Tribes
- Ozarks Genealogical Society
- Fire Museum of Missouri (Willow Springs)
- The Turnbo Manuscripts (A study of Ozarks history & culture)
- Civil War Docs (not Missouri specific)
- Online Newspapers in Missouri
- Western Historical Manuscript Collections in:
- Kansas City
- St. Louis
- Columbia
- Rolla (this site covers Howell County)
- The Lewis & Clark Trail
- Bureau of Land Management
- GenWeb Sites
- Missouri GenWeb
- MOGenWeb Archives
- MOGenWeb Census Project - Original
- MOGenWeb Census Project - Newest
- US GenWeb
- World GenWeb
- Genealogy Research Sites *
- West Plains Public Library
There have been a number of books written about the Ozarks and some of them have a direct reference to Howell County. Others will give you a good reference for the life and times of your ancestors. Here are a few titles. If you know of others, please let us know and we'll add them here.
- Biographies & History of Pomona, Howell County Missouri 1894-1981 by Mary Louise (Snyder) Groman
- Ozark Pioneers, Their Trials and Triumphs by Bob Hinds
- Way Back in the Hills, the story of a boy's colorful childhood in the Ozarks, by James C. Hefley
- Home Grown Stories & Home Fried Lies by Mitch Jayne
- Ridge-Runner, From the Big Piney to the Battle of the Bulge by Norten Dablemont as told to Larry Dablemont
- Willow Springs and Surrounding Communities 1869-1969 Centennial by Ella Horak
- A Living History of the Ozarks, by Phyllis Rossiter
- Bald Knobbers: Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier, by Mary Hartman and Elmo Ingenthron
- Bright Glowed My Hills, by Douglas Mahnkey
There is a Howell County Discussion List. Its purpose is to facilitate the discussion of genealogy, history or other subjects pertaining to Howell County, Missouri. You can subscribe to the email version (you will get an individual email each time anyone posts to the list or the digest version (you will occasionally receive a list of new posts). To post a message to the list (no attachments, please) send to: mohowell-l@roolsweb.com
* We have listed only those sites that do not require a membership or the payment of a fee to access information. If you are asked to subscribe to a service or pay a fee by any of these sites, please let us know and we will remove the listing.
