BlockFishing River Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Clay County, Missouri, published 1920. 52 words, covering 12 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
3 sectionsThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
12 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chick (historical) | 9 | - | 23 | - |
| Clevenger | 20 | - | 12 | - |
| Cooleys (historical) | 20 | - | 13 | - |
| Coopers | 11 | - | 22 | - |
| Crescent Lake | 14 | - | 24 | - |
| Excelsior Springs | 14 | 2 | 22 | - |
| Excelsior Springs Junction | 24 | - | 15 | - |
| Miltondale | 18 | - | 16 | - |
| Missouri City | 26 | 10 | 22 | - |
| Mosby | 33 | 28 | 29 | - |
| Prathersville | 21 | 3 | 27 | - |
| Stockdale | 50 | 7 | 40 | - |
Settlements in this township
12 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. None of the 12 is named in the chapter: they were founded later or were never more than a post office.
- Chick (historical) not in 1881
- Clevenger not in 1881
- Cooleys (historical) not in 1881
- Coopers not in 1881
- Crescent Lake not in 1881
- Excelsior Springs not in 1881
- Excelsior Springs Junction not in 1881
- Miltondale not in 1881
- Missouri City not in 1881
- Mosby not in 1881
- Prathersville not in 1881
- Stockdale not in 1881
The chapter
52 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Clay County, Missouri, published 1920. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Fishing River Township
Fishing River Township
Chapter Xii Excelsior Springs
DISCOVERY OF SPRINGS - J. V. B. FLACK - FIRST HOUSE - RAPID GROWTH - VILLAGE INCORPORATED - FIRST OFFICERS - A FAMOUS RESORT - HOTELSPARKS AND DRIVEWAY - MORE THAN TWENTY SPRINGS - MINERAL PROPERTIES OF WATER - REGENT SPRINGS - SILOAM SPRINGS - BATHING - GOLF CLUB AND COURSE - AN UP-TO-DATE TOWN - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES - AMUSEMENTS AND RECREATIONS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS__173-18S
Provenance
Text from History of Clay County, Missouri, published 1920, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.