Times in Between
This section of our site offers links to many stories, articles and remembrances of life and living in Howell County Missouri. Some are reprinted from local newspapers (with their permission). Others have been sent directly to us by their authors.
While your ancestors or family may not featured here, you can learn about what life must have been like for them by reading about their neighbors. This section of the site is always a work in progress. Check back often to see what might be new.
- Marriage Certificates
- Digital images of marriage records created in Missouri counties including recorded marriages, marriage applications, licenses, and certificates. This collection is being published as images become available.
Missouri, County Marriage Records, 1802-1969
- Newspapers
- Current Publications
Howell County News (paid subscription; rarely updated; some obits can be read)
West Plains Daily Quill (paid subscription)
Mountain View Standard
- Historic Articles
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Howell County Gazette, transcribed articles 1898-1908
George Summers (Pioneer) Biography
Howell County Poor Farm
Free Love Colony
West Plains Dance Hall Explosion (1928)
Miscellaneous News from the Willow Springs Republican
Miscellaneous items from the West Plains Weekly Journal
Skeletal Remains Found (Thayer)
Biographies of Elected Officials (1905)
- Howell County History & Communities
- Place Names in Howell County, MO
Reminiscent History of the Ozarks Resion (off site) - Some History
Todays Howell County Communities
Historic Communities: Olden, Brandsville, Pomona(1905)
West Plains (Off-site link)
Willow Springs (Off-site link)
Mountain View (Off-site link) - Surname Registry
- Look here for others researching Howell County Surnames
- Family Histories
- Galloway Family Reunion
Nease/Lutrell Family
David Smith Family
Schneider-Taylor Family Reunion
Francis Marion Horn - Howell Family (Off-site link)
R. N. Gray (Off-site link; text file)
George Washington Raffety (Off-site link; text file)
Squire L. Dearinger (Off-site link; text file)
The Life of Dr. Larkin Wesley Hunt
Judge W. N. Evans (Off-site link; text file)
John Thomas Breedlove (Cannon/Hopkins Connections)
The Turner-Barton Connections
The Turners of Howell County
Atwood Taylor (Off-site link)
Denton Family (Off-site link)
Summers Dickenson Story (Off-site link)
Combs & c. Families (Off-site link)
Howell Valley School's Memorable Meal Makers - Famous folk from Howell County
- Porter Wagoner
Jan Howard
Preacher Roe
Dick VanDyke
Don Warden
Other famous folks - Items from other sources
- Wagon Train of Immigrants
Notable West Plains homes (1905)
RLDS in Howell County
Churches of Howell County
Schools of Howell County
West Plains Telephone Co. Directory (1911) ( PDF )
Historical Manuscript Collection for Howell County (MST, Rolla)
Reminiscent History of the Ozarks Resion (off site)
- War Records
- The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War have a
civil war graves database here - Index to Provost Marshall's Papers, Howell County
The Civil War in Missouri
Community & Conflict: The impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks (note - links to Howell County information currently broken on this site.) - Miscellaneous
- Daughters of the American Revolution Ozark Spring Chapter.
Linkpedium for Howell County (Genealogy and Family History)