Osage County Historical Society

1. From the mid-1800's through the early 1900's, these textbooks were found in every classroom.  What were they called?

2. He served in the teaching profession longer and more continuously than any other teacher in Osage County, 50 years, educating students in many of the rural schools.  Who was he?

3. He grew up in the Osage/Gasconade County area and married a local girl.  He moved to southwest Missouri, where a post office he established eventually became a well-known city. What was his name?

4. The beautiful French-style Osage County Courthouse was destroyed by fire, rebuilt and destroyed again, finally being replaced by the present structure.  In what two years did the courthouse burn down?

5. The Missouri Department of Conservation maintains an area where one can walk 1.6 miles of trails and pause to overlook the Osage River.  A pictograph on a river bluff gives this area its name.  What is it?