tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47503717707977759952024-03-13T00:55:23.902-05:00Rolla Preservation AllianceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-4767653097943337582016-01-07T23:16:00.000-06:002016-01-07T23:16:50.542-06:00Booker Hall Rucker III: 1939 - 2016<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]-->It is with a heavy heart that Rolla Preservation Alliance announces the
passing of our friend, Booker Hall (BH) Rucker on January 5, 2016.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A native of Rolla with deep roots in Phelps
County, BH was a respected voice for the proper stewardship of our cultural and
archival resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years, BH
had acquired an unmatched breadth and depth of knowledge regarding Missouri’s
cultural heritage and history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
jovial humor, cheerful manner and learned wit will be sadly missed by all who
knew him.<br />
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BH’s career began as a ninety day research project in 1963 that
stretched into thirty-six years of service to Missouri’s system of state parks
and historic sites. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a graduate
student in archaeology, Booker completed his three-month study of a steam
engine shed at Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While teaching classes, Booker worked on
other research projects First State Capitol State Historic Site in St. Charles
and Washington State Park in Desoto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
1965, the Director of Missouri State Parks, Lee C. Fine, offered him a
permanent job in the central office in Jefferson City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 1971, Booker was promoted to Chief of
Historic Sites and three years later became the Assistant Director of the State
Parks Division.</div>
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From 1979 until 1989, Rucker served as Director of Historic Sites and
Historic Preservation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the 1990s,
he was chief of interpretive programs until becoming director of Cultural
Resource Management in 1993.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
thirty-six years with the Missouri Division of State Park, Rucker retired in
2003.</div>
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During retirement, B.H. worked with the Foundation for Restoration of
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri in the preservation and restoration of the 1787
Memorial Cemetery and other projects in Ste. Genevieve, as part of a long term
interest in French colonial architecture. Also in retirement, he co-authored a
book on the State Parks of Missouri, which has just been released. </div>
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Before entering the world of historic preservation, Rucker’s universe
consisted of West 13<sup>th</sup> Street in the Powell Addition in Rolla. At
the time of his birth during the Fall of 1939, Rolla did not have a hospital
and Rucker was delivered at the home of Dr. Scott in St. James, Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was raised in the stone house his father,
Ray Rucker, designed at 800 West 13<sup>th</sup> Street, which was constructed
the same year he was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During
extended correspondence with BH over the course of the years, he relayed his
childhood memories of growing up in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A reoccurring story was visiting the elderly Tucker couple at 707 W. 13<sup>th</sup>
Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BH stated,</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Booker, standing, with his brother Ray in 1943 at 800 W. 13th Street. Photo courtesy of BH Rucker.</td></tr>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“One of my strongest memories is
the homemade bread Mrs. Tucker used to make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve never had warm, fresh bread so good since those days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to carry it warm in a brown paper bag,
from their house to ours and it was all I could do not to open it up and eat it
on the way home.”</i>*<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></div>
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Another story was attending West Side Elementary and the temptation to
cross “the old wooden railroad bridge.”</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“One thing does resonate strongly
though, "Line's Store." Also known as the Southside Market, but
we kids all knew it as Kenny Line's store. When I went to West Elementary
School, we were allowed to leave the school grounds to walk to Line's Store for
candy. It was supposed to be a "straight there, straight back"
trip. Unfortunately, it often wasn't, too many temptations along the
way. One thing was so totally forbidden that it couldn't even be
considered, was to go on past the corner onto the old wooden railroad
bridge. Of course, we did so at every opportunity -- on the bridge,
around the bridge, under the bridge. Sometimes we got caught and there
was hell to pay with Mrs. Martin, the principal.”</i>**</div>
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The Rucker name is deeply embedded in the history in Phelps County.
Rucker’s Great Grandfather, Major John Fleming Rucker, arrived in Rolla in 1889
with his young family and entered the tie and timber business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Rucker won a contract to provide ties to
the Missouri Pacific Railroad and rafted timber down the Big Piney and
Gasconade Rivers. His ventured proved successful and left his oldest son,
Booker Hall Rucker I, to run the operation in Rolla.</div>
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Booker Hall Rucker I was best known for his dealings with property
across Phelps County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1900, he joined
David Cowan and created the firm Cowan and Rucker, abstractors, insurance and
real estate agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Four years later, Booker
organized the Rolla Land and Investment Company. Booker was also involved with
the community in various ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He served
as the Phelps County Clerk, was elected Alderman several terms and was chairman
of the Phelps County Democratic Committee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In 1903, Booker married Margaret Southgate, the daughter of William
Southgate, a judge and a former Sergeant in the Union Army (which is humorous
since Booker was the son of a former Confederate Major). Together they had two
sons, Ray Rucker and Booker Rucker, Jr.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BH's favorite building designed by his father. The Rucker family home at 800 W. 13th Street. Photo courtesy of BH Rucker</td></tr>
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BH’s father, Ray Rucker, was a civil engineer who designed numerous
buildings in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ray’s designs
included the E.E. Fiend House (1000 West 12<sup>th</sup> Street),
Tucker Dairy Building (101 W. 10<sup>th</sup> Street), Rucker House (800 W 13<sup>th</sup>
Street), the two former USO buildings (901 N Elm Street and 207 West 9<sup>th</sup>
Street) and the Rucker family home at 800 West 13<sup>th</sup> Street
constructed the same year BH was born. BH’s mother, Jessie Stark Rucker,
will likely be remembered by patrons of the Rolla Public Library where she
worked for roughly four decades.</div>
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After graduating from Rolla High in 1957, BH attended the Missouri
School of Mines before transferring to the University of Missouri two years
later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though he never resided in
Rolla after he left in 1959, BH was still heavily involved with his hometown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He aided in research and writing with the Phelps
County Historical Society and the Missouri State Historical Society-Rolla
Research Center. Personally, he was a constant help with the Rolla Preservation
Alliance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would inundate BH with
questions and he seemed to never tire of telling us his recollections and
sharing his personal photos of the town he called home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will forever be indebted for his help and
we will miss his stories about his family and the assorted characters he
encountered while growing up in Rolla.</div>
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In addition to his wife, Elaine of 51 years, B.H. is survived by two
children, John Rucker (Linda Moore), Jefferson City; Sarah Rucker Williams,
Columbia; three grandchildren, Sam Luke Williams, Emily Elaine Williams, Marnie
Jane Rucker Williams; two brothers, Ray Rucker, Rolla; Stark (Penne) Rucker,
Australia; and numerous nieces and nephews. </div>
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A remembrance service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 9, 2016, at
Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home with visitation following till 5 p.m.</div>
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Memorials are suggested to the <a href="http://parks.missouri.org/JoinMPA.aspx" target="_blank">Missouri State Parks Association</a>, of
which he was a long term board member.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>* Email correspondence with BH Rucker - October 28, 2013 </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>** Email correspondence with BH Rucker - November 7, 2013</i></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-57663249581376652642015-08-23T21:55:00.001-05:002015-08-23T22:31:48.576-05:00Grenville Dodge: Commander of the Rolla Garrison<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Grenville Dodge is well known as the Chief Engineer of the Union
Pacific Railroad who surveyed the route for the Transcontinental Railroad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dodge wasn’t the only individual who surveyed
potential routes west of the Missouri River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, he was the first to convince future President Abraham Lincoln
of a line running along the Platte River Valley in Nebraska and over the Rocky
Mountains to meet the railroad coming east from California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Lincoln, Dodge was able to inaugurate the
greatest building project of the nineteenth century. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1</i></span></div>
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Two weeks after Lincoln assumed the Presidency, Dodge called on him to
press the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. In a letter to his wife
after the meeting, Dodge wrote, “Politically the skies are dark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lincoln has a hard task before him, but he
says he thinks he can bring the country out all right.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> 2</i></span></span> Nearly a month later, the
Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter and the Civil War began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather than linking the nation together east
and west, Dodge decided to abandon his project for the time being and hold the
country together north and south. One of Dodge’s first stops during the war was
Rolla, Missouri.</div>
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On August 24<sup>th</sup>, 1861, Colonel Grenville Dodge arrived in
Rolla with the Fourth Iowa just weeks after the regiment was mustered into
service in Council Bluffs, Iowa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His regiment was assigned to the Army of
Southwest of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the Civil War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their mission in Rolla was to protect the
railhead of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and aid in the transportation of
goods to Springfield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within two months,
Dodge was given command of the military post in Rolla. The nascent Rolla
Express comment on Dodge’s appointment on October 19, 1861 stating;</div>
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<i>“Col. G.M. Dodge, of the 4th Iowa, is at present commandant of this
post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His affability and quiet attention
to those having business to transact with him without official pomposity or any
manifestation of bad temper has commended this accomplished officer to
everyone.”</i></div>
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When Dodge assumed command of the post, Southern sympathizers were
still operating in small bands throughout the Ozark hills surrounding
Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To quell the occasional attacks on Union
pickets, the disruptions to wagon trains and the sabotage of railroad track and
telegraph lines, Dodge took harsh action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scouting party led by Col. Nicholas Greusel of the 36<sup>th</sup>
Illinois was sent to Texas County to flush out the secessionist and all who
gave aid to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dodge instructed
Greusel, “If the men who are away from home in the rebel army, or if their
families cannot give a good account of their whereabouts, take their property,
or that portion of it worth taking; also their slaves… take all they have got.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Col. Greusel returned with nine prisoners,
five hundred cattle, forty horses and mules. Subsequent scouting parties
returned with similar spoils.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 1<sup>st</sup>
Missouri Cavalry returned from Crawford County with ten prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Captain Wood’s Kansas Rangers captured
seventeen prisoners and a large amount of rebel property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>3</i></span></div>
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The second scourge effecting Dodge’s troops in Rolla was liquor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Booze ran freely in Rolla and the soldiers
readily partook in the drink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Col. Dodge
issued several orders prohibiting the establishment of saloons to prevent the
sale of liquor in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, stills
began to emerge in the forest and hollows surrounding the village and pop-up
saloons appeared outside of the city limits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On December 16, 1861, the Rolla Express published an article entitled “A
Leak Somewhere” questioning if Col Dodge’s orders were actually having an
effect on the sale of intoxicating beverages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The article stated;</div>
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<i>“A boozy Captain tumbled from his horse yesterday in front of our
office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The horse was standing stock
still, Captain leaned backward on the animal’s rump, pulled on the rein, and
pitched down head foremost, as easy as falling off a log.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A sore head was the consequence, and the
Captain was shoved into a neighbors house opposite, sans ceremonie, to get
sober.”</i></div>
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During his time in Rolla, Dodge likely didn’t <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>witness any military action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His only fray was with a pistol he had
forgotten was in his pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the
evening of December 29, 1861, Col. Dodge was returning from General Franz Sigel’s
camp when the following occurred. </div>
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<i>“a small pocket pistol, one of Smith and Wesson’s patent, accidently
discharged in his pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bullet
passed through the fleshy part of his leg, inflicting a severe though not
dangerous wound, which may disable him from duty a few days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Surgeon being fortunately present, the
ball was extracted and the wound dressed just in time for the Colonel to
receive the compliments of Gen. Curtis, who had just arrived from St. Louis to
be his guest.”</i></div>
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It’s has been reported in several publications that Dodge received the
wound to his leg during a skirmish near Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Due to the dutiful reporting of the Rolla Express, we know that wasn’t the case.</div>
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Col. Dodge and the 4<sup>th</sup> Iowa remained in Rolla where they
built log buildings including a camp hospital and participated in incessant
drilling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A large scale movement wasn’t
taken against the enemy until January 22, 1861, when the regiment started upon
a winter campaign to overtake General Sterling Price, former Governor of
Missouri and commander of the Confederate Missouri State Guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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After Rolla, Dodge participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge where he was
twice wounded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the battle he was
appointed Brigadier General.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dodge also participated
in the Battle of Atlanta, the second battle of Corinth, Mississippi and became
General U.S. Grant’s Chief of Intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In 1863, he was summoned by President Lincoln and was asked to divine a
location along the Missouri River where the Transcontinental Railroad should
start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, Dodge thought it
should start at his home in Council Bluffs, Iowa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Subsequently, an executive order was issued
the following year making Council Bluffs the starting point of the railroad.</div>
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After the war, Dodge completed the Transcontinental Railroad and
retired to his home in Council Bluffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served in the House of Representatives for Iowa’s 5<sup>th</sup>
Congressional District from 1867 to 1869.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dodge was seldom in Washington since he spent much of his time building
the railroad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he was there, he
spent most of his time lobbying for the Union Pacific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dodge died in 1916 at his home in Council Bluffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>1. Stephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like it in
the World: The Men Who Built the Trancontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (New
York: Touchstone, 2000), 32</i></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>3. Bryce D. Benedict, Jayhawkers: The Civil War Brigade of James Henry Lane (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009), 249. </i></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-28892986287040221262015-04-06T12:50:00.000-05:002015-04-06T12:50:38.488-05:00Twenty Questions for City Council Candidates: Wards Four, Five and Six.Tomorrow the voters of Rolla will elect individuals for city council. Over the past few weeks we contacted all candidates running for city council and asked them to answers twenty questions pertaining to their ward and issues across Rolla. This week will be be looking at Wards Four, Five and Six. Below are the unedited questions and answers for the candidates running in Ward Four, Five and Six.<br />
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Remember, the individuals we select to represent us on City Council are our
closest connection to government. Their decisions have greater
impact on our lives than most national decisions. Your vote is very important. That is why Rolla Preservation Alliance
decided to contact the candidates, so voters can be informed and to take
time to cast a ballot and act on their best judgement.<br />
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<b>Ward Four </b><br />
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John K. Meusch who is running unopposed.<br />
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No response <br />
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<b>Ward Five</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ward Five shown in orange.</td></tr>
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Brian Woolley (Incumbent)<br />
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Carrolyn Bolin<br />
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Q&A with Mr. Wooley<br />
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<b>Name?</b> </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brian Woolley</div>
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<b>Where are you from?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> </b> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was born in Jefferson
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<b>How long have you been a resident of Rolla?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve lived in Rolla for 10
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<b>What is the single most important issue in your ward?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jobs and Economic
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<b>What is the worst thing to happen in your ward in the last five years?</b></div>
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<b>What is the best thing to happen in your ward in the last five years?</b></div>
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<b>What does Rolla do well?</b>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rolla is a great place to live
and raise a family.</div>
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<b>What could Rolla do better?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on bringing
new jobs into the Rolla area.</div>
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<b>How can you/the city support small business development and expansion?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By creating a business
friendly environment for current and future small businesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>What should we do to encourage others to relocate here?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Provide a business friendly
environment and actively recruit businesses to relocate to Rolla.</div>
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<b>What should we do to encourage graduates from Missouri S&T to stay
in Rolla?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By growing the local economy
we will be able to provide more economic opportunities to encourage graduates
to stay in Rolla.</div>
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<b>Do you support the Rolla West Master Plan and the Westside
Transportation Plan?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why or why not?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are key to Rolla’s continued economic
growth.</div>
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<b>Do you support the Forum Plaza Community Improvement District? Why or
why not?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was needed to reinvigorate a declining
Forum Plaza.</div>
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<b>What is the proper use of tax increment financing (TIF)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there a proper use?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In today’s economy, TIF is a
necessary tool to attract new businesses and to encourage existing businesses
to expand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, every TIF project
should be looked at very closely to insure that it is a proper use of the
program.</div>
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<b>Is eminent domain ever warranted?</b></div>
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Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>Due to the growth of the student population at the Missouri University
of Science and Technology, more student housing is needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the recent proliferation of student
housing construction by private investors, do you think stronger regulations
and building codes are needed from Planning and Zoning Department?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are why not.</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The current building codes
are sufficient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are doing exactly
what they were intended to do, provide safe housing for residents of
Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last thing we need to do is
burden private industry with more unnecessary government rules and regulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>Do you support the overall campus master plan of the Missouri
University of Science and Technology?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What do you like? What changes would you like to see?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The continued growth and expansion of
Missouri S&T is vital to the Rolla economy.</div>
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<b>Do you support the Rolla Preservation Commission and their efforts to
retain and reuse the historic built environment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why or why not?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the Rolla Preservation Commission
does a great job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is important that
we try to save and reuse Rolla’s historic buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>What are your thoughts regarding Rolla’s historic heritage and historic
assets?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rolla has a rich history
that dates all the way back to the Civil War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is very important that we preserve as much of that history as
possible for future generations.</div>
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<b>What do you think is the best way to stabilize the core residential
neighborhoods of Rolla?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proper zoning to protect our neighborhoods
and job creation.</div>
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Q&A with Ms. Bolin</div>
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<b>Ward Six </b></div>
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There are no candidates running in Ward Six.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-39909161061981345162015-03-22T23:37:00.000-05:002015-03-23T18:32:35.746-05:00Twenty Questions for City Council Candidates: Ward 3On April 7th, voter will select new City Council members. The individuals we select to represent us on City Council are our
closest connection to government. Their decisions have greater
impact on our lives than most national decisions. Your vote is very important. That is why Rolla Preservation Alliance
decided to contact the candidates, so voters can be informed and to take
time to cast a ballot and act on their best judgement.<br />
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This week, Rolla Preservation Alliance continues its series of
questions for the City Council candidate running in Ward 3. To recap, RPA contacted the
eight individuals running for City Council in Rolla. Over the next few
weeks we will post our questions with their unedited
answers in order to educate the voting public of the opinions and
beliefs of the candidates.<br />
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Incumbent, Susan Eudaly is running unopposed in Ward 3.<br />
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Q & A with Susan Eudaly<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Name?</b>
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Susan Eudaly</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Where are you from?</b> </div>
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I grew up in St. Louis, MO. Then moved to Arnold, MO in the second grade. I graduated from Fox Senior High School. I attend college at Southeast Missouri State University.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How long have you been a
resident of Rolla?</b> </div>
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I have been a resident of Rolla since 1983. I am a retired teacher of 32 years. I taught for Rolla Public Schools. Three years were spent in Van Buren, MO as a teacher.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the single most
important issue in your ward? </b></div>
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I don't think you can pick one thing for each ward. We have a park issue coming up for a vote. This will impact Ward three if it is not passed. Services for Coventry Park will be cut back. This park is used quite a bit in Ward 3.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the worst thing to
happen in your ward in the last five years?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I can't name the worst thing. We did have a house that burned and it took a long time to get it resolved but it has been taken care of, fixed up and sold.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the best thing to happen
in your ward in the last five years?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Ward 3 takes pride in the upkeep of property. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What does Rolla do well? </b><br />
We have a great fire and police system. Our utilities are among the best. We have very good response to power outages. Our city employees are among the best in the business.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What could Rolla do better?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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We can always improve ourselves in all area.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How can you/the city support
small business development and expansion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">We can help small business by making it easier to acquire the necessary permits to do business. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What should we do to encourage
others to relocate here?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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We have a good quality of life in Rolla and we continue to grow.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What should we do to encourage
graduates from Missouri S&T to stay in Rolla? </b></div>
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In order to entice graduates to stay, we need to have more jobs that will attract them. I know that's easy to say-we have to continue to work to keep them here. We have Brewer Science, MO-Sci and a growing medical hospital.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Rolla West
Master Plan and the Westside Transportation Plan?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why or why not?</b><br />
Yes, I do support the Rolla West development and the transportation plan. We have to find a way to move traffic better around town.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Forum Plaza
Community Improvement District? Why or why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b></div>
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Yes I support the Forum Plaza Development. This is much needed to improve shopping on that side of town.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the proper use of tax
increment financing (TIF)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there a
proper use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">When trying to attract business to our town, we need to be able to use TIF if needed.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is eminent domain ever
warranted? </b></div>
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I am not a fan of Eminent Domain and would hope not to ever have to use it.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Due to the growth of the student
population at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, more student
housing is needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the recent
proliferation of student housing construction by private investors, do you
think stronger regulations and building codes are needed from Planning and
Zoning Department?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are why not.</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Planning and zoning codes are working. If they need to be changed then this can be brought to the council. It really helps us if people in the area where these buildings are going up come and talk to us. We can just assume that if no one comes forward in opposition to these developments, then they are not opposed to them. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the overall
campus master plan of the Missouri University of Science and Technology?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you like? What changes would you like
to see?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
Yes I support the overall master plan of Missouri University of Science and Technology. I really like the pedestrian bridges being suggested across 63. This is a very dangerous highway to cross.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Rolla
Preservation Commission and their efforts to retain and reuse the historic
built environment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why or why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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Yes, I support the Rolla Preservation Commission. I don't like tearing down buildings that have a history and can be saved.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What are your thoughts regarding
Rolla’s historic heritage and historic assets?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><br />
I am all for saving our historical buildings but it does take money and support to keep them.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do you think is the best
way to stabilize the core residential neighborhoods of Rolla?</b></div>
It is not my place or the council's to tell a person in a neighborhood that they can't sell their house. So your question about the best way to stabilize a core residential area is really not my job. We have planning an zoning commission that looks over request for development and then they come to us. If people in the neighborhood are opposed to it, then we can decide from that response. But I am not going to tell a person they can't sell their house to the hospital or the university. I would not take that right away from a homeowner. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-8362186790160387912015-03-15T23:00:00.000-05:002015-03-15T23:00:07.496-05:00Twenty Questions for City Council Candidates: Ward 2This week, Rolla Preservation Alliance continues its series of questions for City Council candidates. To recap, RPA contacted the eight individuals running for City Council in Rolla. Over the next few weeks we will post our questions with their unedited
answers in order to educate the voting public of the opinions and
beliefs of the candidates.<br />
<br />
The individuals we select to represent us on City Council are our
closest connection to government. Their decisions have greater
impact on our lives than most national decisions. Your vote is very important. That is why Rolla Preservation Alliance
decided to contact the candidates, so voters can be informed and to take
time to cast a ballot and act on their best judgement.<br />
<br />
This week we will focus of the candidates running for City Council in
Ward 2. Running for City Council are Gregory Sawyer (incumbent) and Matthew Crowell.<br />
<br />
Q&A with candidate Gregory Sawyer (incumbent)<br />
<br />
RPA did not receive a response from Mr. Sawyer.<br />
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Q&A with candidate Matthew Crowell<br />
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<![endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Name?</b>
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Matthew Crowell</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Where are you from?</b> </div>
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I was born in Logan, Utah, but grew up in Harrisonville, MO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I attended college at Truman State University
and law school at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, before moving to St.
Robert to be with my wife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a short
stint in St. Robert, my wife and I moved to Rolla; my wife to teach art at the
Junior High and me to work at the local Public Defender’s Office.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How long have you been a
resident of Rolla?</b> </div>
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I have had the privilege to call Rolla my home for the past six years.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the single most
important issue in your ward? </b></div>
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The single most important issue in Ward 2 is to ensure that our ward
remains a strong magnet for business while maintaining its residential
neighborhoods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The recent rezoning
threat of McCutchen Acres from single-family residential to the heaviest
possible commercial use to allow Wal-Mart to put in a grocery store, gas
station and liquor store was not only a direct attack on the character of Ward
2’s neighborhoods but also a direct attack on the businesses that have called
our Ward home for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I decided to run for City Council.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
felt betrayed when our current councilmember, Greg Sawyer, voted in favor of
allowing the rezoning of this residential track to commercial use for Wal-Mart
at the expense of all the residents and businesses of Ward 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the worst thing to
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The worst thing to happen in our ward the last 5 years was the threat
of the rezoning of McCutchen Acres to allow for another Wal-Mart store at the
expense of the neighborhoods and current businesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When our current councilmember, Greg Sawyer,
voted in favor of this rezoning, I decided it was time for Ward 2 to have a
voice in City Council that would look out for the residents and established
businesses of our ward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I am
running for City Council.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the best thing to happen
in your ward in the last five years?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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The best thing to happen in our ward the last 5 years is the resurgence
of investment by businesses including the new Sinks Pharmacy, Liquor Cabinet,
Dollar General, Furniture Express and of course, the future redevelopment of
the Forum Plaza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As councilmember of
Ward 2, I would continue to make Ward 2 an excellent place for business while
ensuring that it maintains its residential appeal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What does Rolla do well? </b></div>
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Rolla does a great job of attracting a diverse group of people and
businesses despite its small size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, Rolla maintains an excellent park system and indoor/outdoor
activities for the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
elected, I would strive to continue to make Rolla a welcoming environment for
people of all cultures and backgrounds as well as build on the existing park
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What could Rolla do better?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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Rolla needs to do a better job of being transparent to the
taxpayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone can agree that
parks, schools and other government functions are important and worthy of our
support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we should know where
our money is spent and ensure that we do not make promises we cannot keep or
afford.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How can you/the city support
small business development and expansion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b></div>
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As a member of the Rolla City Council, I would continue to support
small business by fostering an environment that encourages working with and
assisting business development and expansion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An excellent example of this
cooperation is the Forum Plaza Community Improvement District.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Furthermore, the City can continue to
highlight its central location with great highway and rail access, diverse
workforce, and low cost to business and industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The City should continue to foster strong
ties with MS&T and the Small Business Administration, Rolla Regional
Economic Commission, Meramec Regional Planning Commission, and other
organizations to help assist small businesses to grow and develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What should we do to encourage
others to relocate here?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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To encourage individuals to move and stay in Rolla, we must continue to
work on changing Rolla’s image of a small Midwestern town to that of a thriving
hub for technology and innovation in one of the most attractive outdoor
settings in Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rolla needs to
continue to develop and support a diversity of dining, shopping and
entertainment options and we <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must</i>
fully support our parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What should we do to encourage
graduates from Missouri S&T to stay in Rolla? </b></div>
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JOBS! If we want to keep the talent that Missouri S&T attracts and
fosters, we must encourage business and industry that can support college
graduates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do that by keeping the
cost to do business in Rolla at a minimum and competitive tax rates while at
the same time maintaining a quality of life that exceeds that of the big cities
through our lower crime rates, our better schools, and our better parks and
recreational activities.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Rolla West
Master Plan and the Westside Transportation Plan?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why or why not?</b></div>
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I support the Rolla West Master Plan and the Westside Transportation
Plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rolla needs to encourage continued
smart growth and be open to new business and industrial development while
working to preserve the character of Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rolla West does just that; it incorporates new development, enhances the
aesthetics and pedestrian friendly appeal of Rolla while utilizing and
preserving the character of Rolla by developing in a commercial/industrial area
of Rolla utilizing existing infrastructure.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Forum Plaza
Community Improvement District? Why or why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b></div>
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Absolutely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My decision to run
for Ward 2 councilman was based in part on current ward 2 councilman, Greg
Sawyer’s, decision <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not </i>to support the
Forum Plaza Improvement District and instead supporting the reclassification of
single-home residential property to allow for a Wal-mart/gas station/liquor
store in the center of our neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ward 2 is a great place to live, but also a great place to shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ward 2 is a great place for businesses to
operate and it makes sense for us to support those businesses that have a long
history with our ward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the proper use of tax
increment financing (TIF)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there a
proper use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Tax increment financing
should be used only in extremely limited circumstances to encourage development
of blighted areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even then, we should
be wary of the fiscal impact that such financing will have on our schools, law
enforcement, roads and other services we rely on the city to provide. </div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is eminent domain ever
warranted? </b></div>
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In those extremely limited circumstances outlined in Article 1, section
26 of the Missouri Constitution, eminent domain may be warranted for the
general welfare of the people e.g. for highways, safety, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, this does not mean that anyone
should ever have to give up his or her home for a shopping center or office
park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we do ask someone to
sacrifice their property, we must make all efforts to ensure that they are
given <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">just</i> </b>compensation for their property being mindful of the value
that the owner places on the property.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Due to the growth of the student
population at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, more student
housing is needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the recent
proliferation of student housing construction by private investors, do you
think stronger regulations and building codes are needed from Planning and
Zoning Department?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are why not.</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not think that Rolla needs
stronger regulation and building codes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rolla already follows the International Building Code and has strong
regulations in place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, as
councilman of Ward 2, I would make sure that the current regulations and codes
are followed so that the most vulnerable in our community, including the
elderly and young adults live in safe, well-constructed homes.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the overall
campus master plan of the Missouri University of Science and Technology?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you like? What changes would you like
to see?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I support the master
plan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am very excited with the concept
of the campus front door providing an attractive and obvious “front” entrance
to the university, which would both improve the campus’s look and make it more
inviting, but also serve to beautify Bishop Avenue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also very excited about MS&T’s
desire to revitalize Pine Street and the idea of repurposing the old power
plant into an occupiable building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both
of these ideas focus attention on preserving the historic center of Rolla and
an iconic landmark of our city, the university power plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, the preservation of the campus creek
and the concept of the living lab are exciting features that would be great to
see implemented in other design projects in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Rolla
Preservation Commission and their efforts to retain and reuse the historic
built environment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why or why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Yes, it is important that while we constantly strive to improve our
community, that we not let go of our past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is extremely sad to see Rolla’s architectural gems, like the Hafeli
House, be destroyed to make way for improvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously, Rolla needs to make sure that
everything is done to preserve its historic buildings and character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I support the efforts of the
Rolla Preservation Commission.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What are your thoughts regarding
Rolla’s historic heritage and historic assets?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b>In 2011, I had the privilege to participate in the Rolla’s
Sesquicentennial Celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As part of
this celebration, I acted in the reenactment of the debate on whether or not
Rolla should secede from the Union.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
part of the celebration, I was able to tour the old courthouse and the Dillon
Log Cabin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love that Rolla was able to
preserve these historic buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it is also impressive how Rolla’s historic buildings, such as Benton
Square, the Public House Brewery and even City Hall and RMU building, can still
serve as viable commercial buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
need to continue to reuse and repurpose our historical assets as we continue to
grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a member of City Council, I
will do everything I can to make sure that we do all we can to preserve our
historical buildings.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do you think is the best
way to stabilize the core residential neighborhoods of Rolla?</b></div>
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In order to stabilize the core residential neighborhoods in Rolla, we
need to honor our commitment to those homeowners to provide adequate city
services, to honor zoning commitments and fully support the parks located in
those neighborhoods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I am
running for City Council, because current Ward 2 councilman, Greg Sawyer,
failed to recognize these basic ideas when he voted to support the heaviest
possible commercial use, including a Wal-Mart, gas station and liquor store,
right in the middle of a residential neighborhood of Ward 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reoccurring zoning requests in Ward 2 for
McCutchen Acres to Commercial to the detriment of all those that live in this
Ward must stop! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-42040836588763285112015-03-09T21:39:00.001-05:002015-03-09T21:54:33.619-05:00Twenty Questions for City Council Candidates: Ward 1Last month, Rolla Preservation Alliance contacted the individuals running for City Council asking them to answer twenty questions regarding the city. Currently we have heard back from five of the eight candidates. Over the next few weeks we will post our questions with their unedited answers in order to educate the voting public of the opinions and beliefs of the candidates.<br />
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The individuals we select to represent us on City Council are our closest connection to city government. Their decisions have greater impact on our lives than most national decisions. Yet, during the 2014 municipal election only 16.70% of registered voters in Phelps County turned out to vote. The year before that roughly 8% of registered voters turned up at the polls. These local elections are decided by a handful of votes. In 2013, the election for City Council in Ward 6 was decided by 6 votes. In Ward 5 it was decided by 7 votes. Your vote is very important. That is why Rolla Preservation Alliance decided to contact the candidates so voters can be informed and to take time to cast a ballot and act on their best judgement.<br />
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This week we will focus of the candidates running for City Council in Ward 1. Running for City Council are Jonathan C. Hines (incumbent) and Ryan Yoakum.<br />
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Q&A with candidate Jonathan C. Hines (incumbent)<br />
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<b>Name? </b><br />
Jonathan C. Hines<br />
<br />
<b>Where are you from?</b><br />
Grew up in Collinsville, Illinois, not far from St. Louis. Graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO, and was commissioned into the Air Force. I served 22 years in the Air Force, and when it was time to prepare for life after the Air Force my family and I chose to come to Rolla. Throughout our lives we often came to this area for vacation and we intend to stay here for the rest of our lives.<br />
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<![endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How long have you been a
resident of Rolla</b>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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July of 2015 will be 10 years.</div>
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Economic development and jobs</div>
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<br /></div>
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The increase in drug problems a couple of years back was really a black
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Revitalization of the downtown area with some new buildings, parking,
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Keep reasonable regulations and minimal taxes in place to enable
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People relocate for jobs and quality of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rolla has a good quality of life which
appeals to many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parks,
schools, and easy access to outdoor recreation are positive for our city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also need to maintain a business friendly
atmosphere to create more jobs.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What should we do to encourage
graduates from Missouri S&T to stay in Rolla</b>?</div>
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The university’s technology transfer building is helping students
develop their ideas into viable companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These all have the potential to decide to remain in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keeping a business friendly environment of
reasonable regulations and low taxes makes it easier for the business to decide
to stay here.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Rolla West
Master Plan and the Westside Transportation Plan?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why or why not</b>?
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The Rolla West Master Plan is an important part of the city’s future
growth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The transportation issues that
have been noted for many years are going to be studied and have recommendations
come from the study so the city can decide how best to proceed.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Forum Plaza
Community Improvement District (CID)? Why or why not?</b></div>
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I did vote for it, reluctantly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
costs of the development will be passed on to the customer, whether it is
hidden in the cost of the products purchased, or is clearly visible as a sales
tax on the receipt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The CID approach at
least allows customers to see what the increased costs are for a refurbished
shopping center, and if they don’t like it, they can choose not to shop
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In which case, none of their
money will go to support the redevelopment improvements at Forum Plaza.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the proper use of tax
increment financing (TIF)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there a
proper use</b>?</div>
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This has been a hot button issue, mostly due to some of the efforts
with it in the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we talk about
the need for jobs and economic growth, we also have to realize that we, as a
city, compete with other cities for business relocation and development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cities should not be in the pickers of
winners and losers economically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
free market does a much better job of allocating resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, there are times that using a portion
of increased tax assessments to help pay for a large development project are
needed to bring the project to Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The benefits of the project, via jobs, sales taxes, and property taxes,
to the community must far exceed the tax increment financing costs to be
considered.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is eminent domain ever warranted</b>?</div>
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Only for public infrastructure, like roads, where it is a critical
need…not to be used to take someone’s property away for economic development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Due to the growth of the student
population at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, more student
housing is needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the recent
proliferation of student housing construction by private investors, do you
think stronger regulations and building codes are needed from Planning and
Zoning Department?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are why not</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The current regulations and
codes are sufficient.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the overall
campus master plan of the Missouri University of Science and Technology</b>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What
do you like? What changes would you like to see</b>?
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The master plan for the university is an important guide for university
growth over the next decade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
university is a critical component of our city, and in my ward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plan outlines projects that will make our
city more appealing for those who visit, attract more students, and help bring
more economic growth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you support the Rolla
Preservation Commission and their efforts to retain and reuse the historic
built environment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why or why not</b>?</div>
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Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only is it important to
know who we are and see where we came from…it is good for economic development
and tourism. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a history major and
live in a house nearly 100 years old…I love history.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What are your thoughts regarding
Rolla’s historic heritage and historic assets</b>?</div>
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When I moved here I was somewhat surprised and saddened by how many
interesting buildings had been lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is important to keep the city’s heritage, which can be done while still making
improvements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When done right it
improves economic development.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do you think is the best
way to stabilize the core residential neighborhoods of Rolla</b>?</div>
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Strong neighborhood watch programs and police relationships to ensure
safety and remove any drug or criminal activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boundaries of Ward 1 in Orange.</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Q&A with candidate Ryan Yoakum </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>Name?</b><br />Ryan Yoakum</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>Where are you from?</b><br />I grew up in Dixon, Missouri.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>How long have you been a resident of Rolla?</b><br />I have lived in Rolla for two years.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What is the single most important issue in your ward?</b><br />The City of Rolla supporting the growth of businesses is the most important issue. Many businesses<br />in Ward One have been a part of Rolla for a long time and are a tremendously important. These<br />businesses provide jobs for Rolla residents and taxes to the city.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What is the worst thing to happen in your ward in the last five years?</b><br />The aging building infrastructure within my ward has been a hardship on people living within the ward<br />and upon the businesses located there. Many new businesses would much rather locate in other areas<br />within the city, such as along Highway 63.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What is the best thing to happen in your ward in the last five years?</b><br />The expansion of the University has brought more business to the ward. The University expansion has<br />also resulted in many new residential buildings being either built or renovated.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What does Rolla do well?</b><br />Rolla works well with the University as well as playing host to several different regional economic<br />collaborations.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What could Rolla do better?</b><br />I believe that Rolla could better address severe poverty through more funding of community outreach<br />programs. Volunteer programs could be created for example to further education.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>How can you/the city support small business development and expansion?</b><br />Small business development can be supported by continuing to keep graduates of MS&T within the city<br />as well as work to create a business incubator to assist with the actual creation of brand new businesses.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What should we do to encourage others to relocate here?</b><br />The City of Rolla continuing to support large employers within the region that have consistently<br />provided employment. Supporting these business will result in further growth creating more jobs<br />necessary to build the economy of the city.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What should we do to encourage graduates from Missouri S&T to stay in Rolla?</b><br />Graduates from MS&T need job opportunities within this city. So many of them leave because the<br />nearest available jobs for them are located in larger cities. More job opportunities would keep a<br />graduates within the city.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>Do you support the Rolla West Master Plan and the Westside Transportation Plan? Why or why not?</b><br />Currently the Missouri Department of Transportation is facing huge budget deficits. The Rolla West<br />master plan would be much more feasible if MoDot were able to assist with funds for such a project. As<br />it stands the Department will have a large number of roads it is unable to maintain much less be able to<br />provide for such a project as this.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>Do you support the Forum Plaza Community Improvement District? Why or why not?</b><br />I do support the improvement to the District. Renovating the area will attract more business and be<br />good for the community as a whole.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What is the proper use of tax increment financing (TIF)? Is there a proper use?</b><br />The proper use of a TIF is to use such funds for improvement of blighted tracts within a city. Such<br />projects should result in economic development that will increase city revenues.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>Is eminent domain ever warranted?</b><br />Eminent Domain is certainly warranted whenever the health and well being of citizens is put at risk.<br />Some economic and transportation projects also warrant its use.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>Due to the growth of the student population at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, more student housing is needed. With the recent proliferation of student housing construction by private investors, do you think stronger regulations and building codes are needed from Planning and Zoning Department? Why are why not.</b><br />The P&Z has upheld the codes that are in place and simple expansion of the University is not a cause<br />to warrant new codes to be put in place. The codes in place already exist to meet such needs and<br />standards.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>Do you support the overall campus master plan of the Missouri University of Science and Technology? What do you like? What changes would you like to see?</b><br />I support most of the plans held by the University, however such plans should not impede<br />transportational development such as along Highway 63.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>Do you support the Rolla Preservation Commission and their efforts to retain and reuse the historic built environment? Why or why not?</b><br />I do support the effort to preserve the architectural treasures within our city. We can grow as a city<br />without tearing down our past.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What are your thoughts regarding Rolla’s historic heritage and historic assets?</b><br />The historic heritage of our city is rather impressive. Buildings from the Civil War Era in particular should<br />be protected and treasured.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /><b>What do you think is the best way to stabilize the core residential neighborhoods of Rolla?</b><br />The best way to do this is to continue to grow the city as a whole. Business growth will provide more<br />jobs which in turn will keep the city growing at a continued pace.</span></div>
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Please stayed tuned as next week we will post the answers of candidates running for City Council in Ward 2<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-62239809398431562432015-01-28T11:18:00.000-06:002015-01-28T11:18:40.623-06:00Stand Cool: Daily Civil War Observations from Rolla<i>By Ryan Reed</i><br />
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Rolla Express
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January 28, 1861</div>
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Vol. 1, No. 28</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Missouri Legislature</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The convention Bill after a long
discussion in both branches of the Legislature of the State has passed by an
almost unanimous vote – only two in the Senate and seventeen in the house
voting against the measure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The election
of three delegates from each Senatorial District will take place on the 18<sup>th</sup>
of February – less than one month hence – and the Convention will assemble on
the 28<sup>th</sup> of the same month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This measure has been sustained by men of all parties, excepting the
Black Republicans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>
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After the passage of a bill to create a Constitutional Convention to
consider Missouri’s secession, the legislature stipulated the election of three
delegates from each senatorial district.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These three elected delegates would create the members of the
convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously, the Republicans
in the legislature voted against the Constitutional Convention to consider
secession.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Convention</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">For the Rolla Express</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“This is an important era in the
history of Missouri, and our whole Union.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Events have transpired within the past few months, that are calculated to
bring sorrow to the hearts of every patriot, and cause every lover of his
country to act with energy for his country’s good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The future of our glorious and much loved
union is a matter of interest to every citizen, and how to preserve it in all
its glory – to perpetuate it and hand it down to coming generations is a
subject for the contemplation of all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let us all think and act as becomes patriots – as men who love their
country for their country’s good.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Legislature of this State,
hoping no doubt, to do good for the whole country, have passed a bill calling a
convention to be held on the 28<sup>th</sup> of February, the delegates to
attend sadi convention are to be elected on the 18<sup>th</sup> of February.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The time intervening between the
passage of the bill and the election is short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The people, those who have to do the voting – who are really the source
of all power in our government, do not seem to be fully aware of the importance
of this convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far as I know,
but little is said about the matter in the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want the PEOPLE to begin to talk about the
matter, and to unite on the best men in the country as candidates to represent
us in the convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I am one of the
people and an interested party, I take the liberty of suggesting a ticket that
I think will faithfully and ably represent this district, promising at the same
time, to vote for any other ticket that may be agreed upon by a majority of the
people.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My ticket is</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wm G. Pomroy of Crawford</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wm. James of Phelps</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">C.H. Frost of Texas</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And I venture to say that three
more acceptable men, or better qualified, will not be found in the
district.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are well known – are men
of talent, and know the wants of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I for one would be pleased to see them announced as candidates.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">PHELPS”</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel Parsons-First Mayor of Rolla.</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Letter from Jefferson</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“We are indebted to the courtesy
of T.F. Jones, Esq Sheriff of Phelps County, for the delivery of the following
letter from Mr. Williams:</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jefferson City, Jan 24, 1861</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hall of Representatives</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Editor of the Express</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dear Sir:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have, of course, learned all the
particulars in reference to the convention Bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It provides for the election of three
delegates from each Senatorial District.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You ought to call out your BEST MEN, as candidates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rolla is now incorporated: D.R. Parsons is
appointed Mayor, and E.W. Bishop, John Webber, John Dunivin, E.G. Morse, F.
Hartj, A. Malcolm and H. Andrae are councilmen who hold their office until the
first Monday in June, when a regular election take place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have the appointment of Marshal and
Treasurer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The election of Public
Printer and U.S. Senator are the principal topics here now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is considerable excitement on this
question – what will be the result no one can predict.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Green’s chances are the best but by no means
certain.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yours &c</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sam’l G. Williams</i></div>
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Williams ran on the democratic ticket and was elected to the Missouri
House of Representatives by the people of Phelps County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is relating the news of the election for
the Constitutional Convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, he
informs the Rolla Express that the City of Rolla is now incorporated and lists
that appointment to local government until a regular election can be held in
the Spring.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John W. Noell on Secession</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“we publish the following letter
for the benefit of such of our readers as will no doubt be interested in seeing
what views their representative in Congress entertains in relation to the
present condition of our country:</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Washington City, Jan. 14, 1861</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">N.B. Buck, Esq</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dear Sir: - Your favor of the 10<sup>th</sup>
inst. in which you say it would be a source of satisfaction to my constituents
to hear my views on national affairs at this juncture, is received.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My silence up to this time has not been from
want of interest in the subject but rather because I saw no practical good I
could accomplish by writing or speaking upon it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you attribute to me, as you do in your
letter, sentiments of devotion to the union of these sates, as also to the
south and her institutions, you do me no more than justice.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It is well know that I do not concur
in this doctrine of peaceable secession, as it is called; that I do not believe
the Constitution of the United States recognized the right of individuals or
states to destroy it at pleasure, with or without cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet it is now too late to argue that
question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have now to deal with
facts, not abstructions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Secession now
is no longer a question.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Revolution with its black,
tempestuous countenance and bloody hands, stand before us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The extreme southern states have already cut
loose form their moorings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is for the
border states to determine what part they will play in this great tragedy, for
such I must call it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That determination
is not to be reached<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by the power of
passion, but by cool deliberation and sober judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The disunion movement in the south has
hitherto been of extreme excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is not the result of calm judgment conscious of intolerable wrongs for which no
redress is attainable.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Like all passionate movements,
the means of success are left to chance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No system of finance or regular military organization have been
devised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, in the fury of the
movement, they have been almost forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What must be the inevitable result?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I say DISASTER AFTER DISASTER, until we get into civil strife among ONE
ANOTHER, at the South.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The revolution ,
as now organized, is a failure in advance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A failure because its fruits turn to ashes on our lips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We seek SECUTIRY and PROTECTION, but we find
in the very morning of our revolutionary existence, CONFISCATION AND
DESTRUCTION.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If Missouri and other border
states, stimulated by like passions and excitement rush headlong and blindfold
into this revolution, they increase the magnitude of the calamity, and close
the door forever against the last hope of preserving the constitution and the
UNION.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And what is to follow the
revolution?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The North can not conquer us
if she were to attempt it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not
the danger ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you ever examine
critically the material of which these revolutions were composed? If you have
you cannot have fail to discover that they have been, with a single exception,
in the hands of the turbulent and reckless; not the prudent and wise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men of wisdom, men, of peace, men of property
are always backward in these revolutionary times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE are ever
foremost in the work of destruction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From this cause the leadership of the Southern disunion movement will
soon pass into the hands of reckless political and military adventures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will require immense sums of money for
the CAUSE and still greater sums for themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A system of exaction upon the substantial men
of the country will begin. They will lay their hands on money, negroes, lands,
everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murmers against these
exactions will be allowed by confiscation and – shall I say it – DEATH!</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aye horrid as may be the idea, I
say death!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then will begin to go up to
heaven, as in the days of the “reign of terror,” the wails of the widow and
fatherless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, when too late, shall
we be able to estimate the blessings of this government of law and order, under
whose protection influence none dare make us afraid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we have reached the climax of horrors,
torn to pieces by factions, involved in all the quarrels and strifes between
military rivals, with no country, no nationality, no peace, no safety, we will
fly from the bloody scene of an endless anarchy to a absolute despotism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus it will be that this most wonderful
government shall die in the same century that gave it birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surely, if the border states hold the power
to avert these calamities, it should be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They do hold this power, in my opinion.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What should they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My judgment is, that they should act
cautiously, deliberately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Revolution
well prepared for, is as practicable as if we rush into it without
preparation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we can get time, all our
wrongs will be redressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The desperate
politicians are working against time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are afraid of the sober second thought of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mark my prediction, the disunion politicians
of Missouri will not allow the people to decide, whether or not they are to
have a convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would never do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would give the people time to think for
themselves.. “We must do the thinking for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If we do not the country will be saved, and we shall be lost,” is the
idea now up permost in the minds of disunionists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My own judgment is , that the border States
should make wise and timely arrangements to promote <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>their financial strength; to prefect their
military organization and assume the attitude of peace makers, with arms in had
to defend their own rights, when all peaceful means have failed. </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If Missouri at last is forced to
assent to a dissolution of the Union, she must have guarantees that her rights
and interest will be secure in a Southern Confederacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gulf State are dictorial in their manner,
and aristocratic in their tendencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will insist upon basing the right to vote on property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The yeomanry of Missouri will never yield
this point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free trade is to be a ruling
element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The iron, lead, copper and
manufactures of Missouri, as well as the agricultural interests dependent on
them, would go down under the operation of such a system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A system of exorbitant direct taxation is
abhorrent to our people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could not
submit to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we cannot live in peace
under our present government, then I am not willing to risk any new
confederation without knowing how and where we are to stand in it.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For these reasons let Missouri
prepare well for contingencies, but stand cool and firm to act as her own
honor, dignity and the happiness of her people demands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Above all let us cling to the Union as long
as one ray of hope remains that it may be saved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In giving utterance to these sentiments, I
know that I am braving the epidemic that has seized the public mind in my own
State, but I am ready to meet the consequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have no political ambition that could be gratified by place and power
in a miserable little sectional confederacy, or military despotism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My political existence is of no consequence
whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can only know that the
country is in imminent peril, and I shall do all I can to save it without
regard to consequences personal to myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know no particular distinctions now but on “for or against my country.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Democrats, Whigs, Americans, Know Nothings
are names that I now blot out from my memory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I shall strives to forget them all until we get through this dark and
stormy night.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Very truly yours,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">John W. Noell”</i></div>
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John Noell was elected during the Summer of 1860 to the United States
Senate to represent District 7, which included Phelps County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During his candidacy he ran as a Southern
Democrat and supported Breckinridge for the Presidency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In his letter to N.B. Buck, co-editor of the Rolla Express, Noell states
support of the Southern states and her institutions but also a devotion to the
Union.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In short, the body of his letter
warns against disunion and strives for cooler heads to hash out a peaceful
resolution rather than secession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
believes that if the Constitutional Convention vies for secession Missouri and
joins the confederacy, she will not have equal standing with the more powerful
Gulf States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his finally paragraph,
Noell states “Democrats, Whigs, Americans, Know Nothings are names that I now
blot out from my memory.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically,
Noell is telling his constituents that he will work with anyone to come to a
peaceful resolution instead of secession, which he believes will lead to civil
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-51835388484266508242015-01-27T20:00:00.002-06:002015-01-27T20:01:19.683-06:00Hard Times Prevail: Daily Civil War Observations from Rolla<i>By Ryan Reed</i><br />
<br />
Letter<br />
Allen B. Johnson to Eliza M. Frazier<br />
Truncated<br />
<br />
<i>Rolla Jan 27th 1861</i><br />
<br />
<i><u>My Dearest Eliza</u>: - </i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>I can think of little news to relate, for all excitement continues to be of a public character, known as soon to you as me perhaps. We get news even in this distant land, only 24 hours old from Washington. Hard times prevail to an alarming extent throughout the entire south. Saint Louis is much like Sunday, all thru the week. People who live in such places as this know little of the pressure felt in cities until they go and see for themselves.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
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<i>Oh such splendid weather as we have had this winter. I wish you could be here to enjoy it, as I am sure you would. "Italian skies" are as nothing compared with it I imagine. We had a light fall of snow last week, and on Thursday all sleighs that could be mustered were brought into requisition in St. Louis, but in Rolla it did not come near being sleighing. Hope you will write me all the news you hear when you go to Montrose. How dose "Jennie" and George get along? I have heard nothing from him since the time I got your first letter.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Most Affectionately Yours</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Allen</i><br />
<br />
Special thanks to <a href="http://shs.umsystem.edu/about/rolla.shtml" target="_blank">The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Rolla</a>
for providing the Johnson letters housed at their facility. The
letters concerning Johnson's activities were transcribed with a brief
biography written by John F. Bradbury, Assistant Director at the State
Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Rolla, for the June 1987
issue of the Phelps County Historical Society Newsletter. <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-52938618762545449512015-01-21T12:09:00.000-06:002015-01-21T12:12:01.422-06:00Inevitable Consequences: Daily Civil War Observations from Rolla<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><i>By: Ryan Reed</i> <br />
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Rolla Express</div>
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January 21, 1861</div>
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Vol. 1, No. 27</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mistaken View</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“This paper has been and is
earnestly and most ably advocating the rights of the South, and we heartily
commend its ability and concur in the opinions it advances in regard to the
duty of Missouri to stand by her sister states in the maintaining of their rights,
whether in the Union or out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
whether it is wisdom, on the part of Missouri, to go out also, is a grave
question.</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Missouri Tasting Secession Soup</td></tr>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In our judgment, Missouri and the
border States may, perhaps, secure more for their Southern neighbors, by their
conciliatory counsels IN the Union, than by placing themselves in a beligerant
attitude, and there by driving from us those who otherwise might be our
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must in case all the slave
states secede make up our minds to do some fighting, because it is folly, in our
opinion, to talk about peaceable secession after seeing the tone of the
Northern press an knowing the spirit of its people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people of the North have, until recently,
been laboring under the impression that the South is principally made up of
braggots and boasters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is not the
determined attitude of the South and the vallient conduct of the sons of South
Carolina sufficient to convince them that the South means what she says?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know the South is determined to maintain
her position, and is ABLE to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
think the people of the North are beginning to think so now and that opinion is
now producing it desired effects upon the public mind.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Every day we are gaining friends
among the people of the Free States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
masses are honest and willing to do what is right, but they have been misled by
ambitious politicians and fanatical preachers – now they are beginning to see
their error and feel the practical inconvenience of carrying out their free
soil doctrines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every branch of industry
feels its pressure, and cotton is in demand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Massachusetts is talking about the repeal of their personal property
bills, and Seward don’t make the severe coercion speech that has been talked
about, and we think, rather than fight, our Republican neighbors will be willing
to meet us a great deal more than half way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But if the conservative influence of the border slave states is
withdrawn from the halls of Congress will not the Democracy of the North, now
feeble enough, become utterly powerless to avert the storm?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we know the people of the North they are
also have and determine, and if provoked to fight will be a hard nation to
conquer, because they are made of the same sort of stuff of the people of the
South, and if war should ensure our Country particularly Missouri and the
border states would be utterly ruined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If possible, in the name of all that is good and just and merciful, let
the spirit of conciliation and forbearance prevail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It is possible, Missouri and a
few sister States can effect more by conciliatory counsels in the Union than by
going out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is possible the Federal
power may be curbed and restrained, by the events already transpired, and
through the influence of the Democratic members of Congress, affect more by
warding off the severity of the blow that might otherwise fall upon the
seceeding states, than voluntarily, and perhaps unnecessarily, making our
beloved state the battlefield for one of the most bloody strifes the world ever
saw!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is possible, if no more States
secede, those already out may not be seriously molested, but if the border
states also go, we may all gird on our armor and prepare for battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither life or property will be safe!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minions of abolitionism and the lawless
banditi will hunt down our stock, sack our towns, and run off our negroes,
while every branch of lawful trade will be entirely prostrated.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If secession is the only
alternative, let us prepare our minds and set our houses in order to meet the dreadful,
but inevitable consequences!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrible,
indeed, is the disease that needs so fearful a remedy!</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let Missouri take her stand
beside Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, rather than adopt, at present,
the more severe, remedy of immediate and unconditional secession.”</i></div>
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The editor of the Rolla Express has decided to make his position known
concerning Missouri’s secession from the Union.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why now?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because days earlier a
bill was passed by the state legislature to create a Constitutional Convention
to consider Missouri’s secession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did
we need a Constitution Convention to sort out this issue?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the 1820 Missouri Constitution
provided for minor revisions to be made by amendment, but required that any
general revision be carried out by an elected special convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When secession was proposed, the Missouri
General Assembly voted that such a drastic change in the status of Missouri was
comparable to such a general revision, that the General Assembly was not
empowered to decide the issue and called a convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In his article, the editor believes Missouri should stand by her
“sister states” in maintaining the rights of the South.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, he believes secession of Missouri
from the Union would be disastrous for the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, he is stating that Missouri
should remain in the Union.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the state
does secede, he recommends we batten down the hatches and expect the worse to
happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Locally, the town Rolla was positioning itself for incorporation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the legality of Phelps County was
questioned by a representative from Crawford County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Legislative</b></div>
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“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A bill has been passed
introducing into the House, for the incorporation of the town of Rolla, it
passed that body.</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A little breeze of excitement was
created in the House by ta resolution offered by Mr. Devol, of Crawford County,
requiring the Speaker to appoint a Committee of Seven to investigate the
legality of the representation of Phelps County.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The member from Phelps County,
Mr. Williams, immediately flew to his feet and demanded an explanation of the
resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He represented a constituency
of over on thousand voters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phelps was
one the richest and most flourishing counties in the State, and was as justly
entitled to a seat on the floor of the House as any county that could be
named.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An effort was made by the member
from Crawford, he said, to oust him from his place, and he had but to call upon
the house to reject the proposition with the “contempt it deserved.”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The gentleman from Crawford
rejoined that the county of Phelps had swindled its neighbor, Crawford County,
out of a large slice of “territory” and the object of the resolution, was to
settle the dispute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the gentleman
from Phelps was entitled to his seat, the Special Committee suggested in the
resolution would so report after hearing the facts.</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The matter was finally, by vote
of 60 ayes to 5 noes, indefinitely postponed.</i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Phelps County heartily approves
of the course of her Representative, in defending the claims of this county
against the imputation of “fraud.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hon.
T.R. Freeman, one of the Judges of Phelps County Court, living in the three
mile strip of territory in controversy between Crawford and Phelps, has just
sent a petition to Mr. Williams, signed by the residents of the territory
respectfully suggesting that if they have been “stole” they don’t know it, and
requesting that they may be legally, if not already, attached to Phelps County,
as a matter of convenience to the inhabitants of the territory in question.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Census News</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“From conversation with the
sheriff of Phelps County we are informed that the total white population of
this county to be about 5,000 and some 100 slaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of this population, Rolla contains 600 souls
and there are about 200 hands employed upon the railroad.”</i></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-90653703044718419142015-01-14T12:04:00.000-06:002015-01-14T12:04:02.797-06:00Armed Neutrality: Daily Civil War Observations from Rolla <div class="yiv6438496877" id="yiv6438496877yui_3_16_0_1_1421243090308_14847" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i>By: Ryan Reed </i></div>
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</div>
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Rolla Express</div>
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January 14, 1861</div>
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Vol. 1 No. 26</div>
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</div>
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Extraction From Gov. Stewart’s Message</div>
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Missouri and Secession</div>
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Truncated</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Stewart-14th Governor of Missouri</td></tr>
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“<i class="yiv6438496877" id="yiv6438496877yui_3_16_0_1_1421243090308_14835">As matters are at present
Missouri will stand her lot, and hold to the Union as long as it is worth an
effort to preserve it. So long as there
is hope of success she will seek for justice within the Union. She cannot be frightened from her property by
the past unfriendly legislation of the North, nor be dragooned into secession
by the extreme South. If those who
should be our friends and allies undertake to render our property worthless by
a system of prohibitory laws, or by reopening the slave trade in opposition to
the moral sense of the civilized world, and at the same time reduce us to the
position of an humble sentinel to watch over and protect their interests,
receiving all the blows and none of the benefits, Missouri will hesitate long
before sanctioning such an arrangement.
She will rather take the high position of armed neutrality. She is able to take care of herself, and will
be neither forced nor flattered, driven nor coaxed, into a course of action
that must end in her own destruction.”</i></div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv6438496877" id="yiv6438496877yui_3_16_0_1_1421243090308_14848" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
The outgoing Governor of Missouri, Robert M. Stewart, sent his final
message to the Missouri legislature on January 3<sup class="yiv6438496877">rd</sup>. It was the same day his successor, Claiborne
Fox Jackson, was inaugurated. Gov.
Stewart was a typical Northern Democrat, born in New York but a long resident
of Missouri. He was a strong supporter
of Stephen Douglas for the Presidency and believed that Southern people had the
constitutional right to take their slaves into new Territories, such as Kansas
and Nebraska. He never pretended to be
in love with slavery but he believed that the Constitution and subsequent laws
granted full protection to the institution.
</div>
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In his final message he denied the right of secession and denounced
South Carolina for its actions. He
recognized that Union as the source of innumerable blessings and would preserve
it. Stewart urged Missouri to adopt armed
neutrality in the impending war and not to provide men or arms to either side. He also laid out a platform to create a
militia to enforce the stance of armed neutrality.</div>
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<div class="yiv6438496877" id="yiv6438496877yui_3_16_0_1_1421243090308_14863" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
The inaugural address of the new Governor, Claiborne Jackson, professed
a love of the Union but subsequently made a bitter appeal for secession. Jackson applauded the “gallantry” of South
Carolina and stated when push comes to shove, Missouri should side with the
South.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-3017585246014924162015-01-07T06:17:00.000-06:002015-01-07T11:50:06.612-06:00Stand by the South: Daily Civil War Observations from Rolla<i>By Ryan Reed</i><br />
<br />
Rolla Express<br />
January 6, 1861<br />
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<br />
<b>Southern Excitement</b>
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<i>“The news, within the past day or two has been of a more pacific nature
though the excitement at the South and at Washington, has not abated, by any
means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The secession convention sent
delegates to Washington on the 28<sup>th</sup> ult. for the purpose of treating
with the general government for a peaceable secession, the acknowledgement of
the independence of the republic of S. Carolina, the withdrawl of the U.S.
troops from Charleston and the surrender of government fortifications within
her limits and for carrying the mails.*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While the conference news was received that Maj. Anderson had spiked the
guns and burned the gun-carriages of Fort Moultrie, evacuated that fort and
strengthened Fort Sumpter, which is said to be a very strong position, and
where, with a mere handful of men he can defend himself against a great odds.**<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is said that troops are pouring into
Charleston from all quarters and that Fort Moulrie and castle Pinkney have been
possessed by the Carolinians.</i></div>
<i>
</i><br />
<i>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Governor Claiborne Jackson</td></tr>
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<i>A large number of S.C. post masters have resigned and the post master
general, Mr. Holt had demanded of the sub-treasurer at Charleston to remit
$75,000 on the post office account in his possession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is said Secretary Floyd, of the war
department resigned because of the refusal or delay of the president in
withdrawing the troops from Fort Sumpter.***<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Post master general Holt has been appointed Secretary of war in place of
Floyd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also rumored that a new
collector of customs has been appointed for Charleston, and one or two war
vessels commanded to take stations outside of the harbor to enforce the revenue
laws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also said that the citizens
and militia of S.C. had besieged Fort Sumpter and cut off all communication.</i></div>
<i>
</i><br />
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<i>The St. Louis Republican, of the 3d inst. published a dispatch from a
Baltimore correspondent of the 1<sup>st</sup> inst., as follows:</i></div>
<i>“Henry Winter Davis writes to friend Trumball, of Baltimore stating
that the Committee of thirty-three has cordially agreed on a basis for
settlement for all national difficulties.****<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Republicans yielded all the points demanded.”</i><br />
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<i>It is reported that this news has caused great rejoicing" </i></div>
<i>
</i><i>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></i>While South Carolina was demanding the Federal government remove itself
from their borders, Missouri was swearing in a new governor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the campaign for Governor, Claiborne
Jackson cast himself as a middle of the road Democrat on the issues of
slavery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the election, Jackson let
it be known that while he supported the preservation of the Union, he could
only do so if the North and South had equal input in determining whether
slavery would be allowed in new territories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In his inaugural address, Jackson said that he believed Missouri’s
interests were best served by supporting the South.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stated:
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<i>“Missouri will not be found to shrink from the duty, which her position
of the border imposes; her honor, interests, and her sympathies point alike in
one direction, and determine her to stand by the South.”</i></div>
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During his inaugural address he further called for a state convention
to decide if Missouri should follow South Carolina and secede from the Union. </div>
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Local items</div>
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<![endif]--><b>The New Year’s Party</b>
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<i>“Lovers of fun and frolic had a good time on New Year’s evening at the
Tiffany House, which has recently been re-opened under the auspices of its old
proprietor, E. Tiffany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is needless
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amply discussed, and until the break of day through this house each fairy
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiffany Hotel. At currently location of Brown Veterinary Clinic.</td></tr>
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<i>Indeed, "Tiff" has a reputation which always ensures him a benefit when a party is given at his house, because he spares neither pains or expense to render his entertainment agreeable." </i></div>
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<b>Hurrah for the Railroad!</b></div>
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<i>“Last Monday evening about 5 1-2 o’clock, the citizens of Rolla were
greeted by the arrival of the first passenger train of cars at the snug little
depot which has, within a short time, been erected at this place. </i><br />
<br />
<i>This is now the terminous of the South-west branch of the Pacific
Railroad, and the point where all the South and South-western trade of this
State, Northern Arkansas, Southern Kansas Territory and even some portions of
Northern Texas must necessarily centre, for some time to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our Dillon, James town, Knobview and other
friends on the road have, each in their turn, derived a benefit from having a
large share of this business which has been instrumental in establishing a
certain amount of local trade at each of these respective points and tho’ it
may seem a little dull, for a while, since these points have ceased to be the
terminous of the road, they have no good reason to complain, because on the
whole, they have all been materially benefitted by the completion of the road
and will continue to derive a benefit from an increase of business as these
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<i>Of course the citizens of Rolla are glad that their turn has come to be
benefited by the trade which will naturally </i>[tear in newspaper]<i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are thankful for favors and we trust our
neighbors and such strangers as bring this trade will see that we appreciate
their favors by providing to meet the demands made upon us. </i><br />
<br />
<i>Among the persons on the first train we noticed Thos. McKissock Esq.,
Superintendant of the road, making his review for the purpose of adjusting the
time table &c.</i><br />
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<i>We notice that already quite a number of good buildings are being
erected about the depot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Messrs.
Faulkner & Graves, Campbell & Co, and others who follow the road have
already commenced moving their goods to this point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Business houses about the depot are growing
more numerous every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It a season,
now, when business on the road is always light, but the preparations are being
made for a large increase.”</i> <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-36750753525963186892014-12-24T06:12:00.000-06:002014-12-24T18:52:23.125-06:00We Heard the Shrill Whistle: Daily Civil War Observations from Rolla<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109306" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i>By Ryan Reed</i></div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109306" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i> </i> </div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109306" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Rolla Express</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109307" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
12-24-1860</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109308" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Vol. 1, No. 23</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109309" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charleston Mercury Broadside 12-20-1860</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2334" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b>South Carolina Has Seceeded</b></div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2336" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2335">“From Friday’s Daily St. Louis
Bulletin we learn that the ordinance of secession passed the State Convention
of South Carolina on the 19th inst., unanimously, 169 members present. Here is the ordinance:</i><br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2337" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2339" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2338">We the people of South Carolina,
in convention assembled, do declare and ordain that the ordinance adopted by us in the convention of the 23rd
of May 1778, whereby the Constitution of the United States was ratified, and
all acts of parts of acts of the General Assembly of the State ratifying
amendment to the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and the union now
subsisting beteen South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United
States of America, is hereby disolved.”</i><br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2339" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2339" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br />
The official news of South Carolina’s secession from the United States
hit the Rolla Express 154 years ago today.
An article later in the issue gives insight on the thoughts of the
newspaper editors.<br />
<br />
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109461" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109405" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b> Political Prospects</b></div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109321" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109320">“Gloomy
prospects hang over our
country at this time. We do not know but
the political troubles will terminate in shedding of fraternal blood.
But we hope not. Gleams of hope now and then brighten the
eastern horizon, but, as yet, the prospects are not the most flattering.</i><br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109404" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109359" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109358">It has given rise to a good deal
of newspaper discussion, and much exaggeration, on both sides, has been
indulged in – much crimination and recrimination. In this DISCUSSION we take little interest,
but in the harmonious adjustment of all our national difficulties, we have a
deep interest. One party asserts the
North is intent upon humiliating the South and are determined to listen to no
propositions for compromise, while others assert that the leven of Conservatism
is working and is sure to accomplish all that the South demand, if let
alone. Fully we can not, of course
believe either. But from such facts as
we can gather from many part of the North, the free States are beginning to
back down. And if the South adhere to
their rights and maintain their ground they can yet obtain all they claim IN
the Union, which will be much better for them than the same guarantees OUT of
the Union.”</i><br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109359" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109359" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br />
In previous issues, the editors have clearly sided with the South. However, they are clearly stating they prefer
one harmonious Union rather than secession.
A later article hints at the burden of war in Border States like
Missouri.<br />
<br />
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109362" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b>Congress</b></div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109362" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109385" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109384">“Pacific Measures calculated to
heal the breach between the North and South are being discussed in Congress and
it is hoped some measure will be favored to protect the rights of all the
States without involving us in war.
Missouri and the border states are interested in this because in the
event or war they will have to brunt to bear”</i><br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109385" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846"><br /></i></div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109460" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Locally, the biggest news was the arrival of the first train to Rolla
on the evening of December 22, 1860.
This wasn’t a passenger train but a construction train hauling laborers
and equipment.<br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109460" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109460" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br />
<b>The Cars Have Come</b><br />
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_113932" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_113931">“We heard the shrill whistle of
the steam horse as we went to press last Saturday evening.”</i><br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_113933" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2311" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br />
With the coming of the train, Rolla wanted to showcase itself as the
place to settle and set up shop.<br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2299" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2294" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br />
<b>Rolla, Missouri</b></div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109418" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109417">“We call the attention of our
readers to this place for two reasons.
The first, because its rapid growth and business facilities entitle it
to notice. An secondly because the interest,
growth and prosperity of our town depends in a great measure upon the well
being of Rolla. Accustomed as we have
been in our travels through South-Western Missouri, to traversing gigantic
hills, and crossing deep and rapid streams, we were completely surprised, and
agreeably so, to find the road leading form this to Rolla, generally level and
smooth and but on insignificant stream to cross.</i><br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109447" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109449" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109448">Rolla is situated on a beautiful
upland surrounded for miles by a level and productive country, which only needs
(like our own fertile soil) the right kind of cultivation to develop its vast
agricultural resources. This place is
now the permanent county seat of Phelps county, and its enterprising citizens
have already gone far in the erection of suitable and substantial county
buildings. In company with a citizen of
the place, the Hon. Sam. Williams, we visited several houses of business and
were utterly astonished to see such heavy stocks of goods, fine saloons,
hotels, &c. And last, but not least,
we had the pleasure of shaking by the hand our friend and neighbour of the
Express whose frank demeanor bade us “be at home” at once. The geographical position of our neighbour
city, the best accessable point on the Railroad, the advanced condition of
business houses at that place, all conspire to make it the point for Southern
trade and travel and to interweave its interest with that of ours</i></div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yiv2130523846yui_3_16_0_1_1419342848698_109385" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846">
</i></div>
<div class="yiv2130523846" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419422653691_2402" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv2130523846">-Dent Co. Argus”</i></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-46524324315375211792014-12-17T06:34:00.000-06:002014-12-17T06:34:36.161-06:00Immense Excitement<i>By Ryan Reed</i><br />
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<i>Rolla Express</i></div>
<i>
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December 17, 1860</div>
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Vol. 1, No. 2</div>
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Local News</div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The State Convention in South
Carolina is said to have been called for the purpose of seceding-that of
Georgia for deliberating-and those of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisanna for
consulting.”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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The single sentence by the Rolla Express notes the call of the South
Carolina General Assembly for a Convention of the People of South Carolina to
consider secession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The call came on
November 10<sup>th</sup> and delegates were elected on December 6<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the above type was assembled, inked and
pressed onto paper, the convention had voted unanimously, 169-0, to secede from
the United States on December 17<sup>th</sup>.</div>
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The only information found about South Carolina’s secession is an
advertisement at the end of the Express for D.R. Parsons store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The advertisement reads:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advertisement for Parsons Store in the Rolla Express</td></tr>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SOUTH
CAROLINA’S </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SECESSION
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">FROM
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">has
caused </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">IMMENSE
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">throughout
the country, but hardly more than the </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ASTONISHING
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">at
which goods can be purchased at </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wholesale
or Retail </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">at
the </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CHEAP
CASH STORE </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">of </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">D.R.
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<br /></div>
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Obviously, the Rolla Express or D.R. Parsons decided to make light of
this serious situation that would pitch the country into a bloody four year
war.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The local news section of the paper continued with the follow items.</div>
<i>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“It is expected that the railroad
will reach Rolla in the course of a day or two.”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“There is to be a ball at the
Southern Hotel on the 2th inst.”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Henry Andrae brought up from St.
Louis among other goods, Jake Reynolds, who had escaped from Phelps Co. Jail,
some time since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been relodged at
his old quarters”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“There are now lodged in Phelps
County Jail for fighting James Kegan and Michael Wealen and there are others
that ought to go.”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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The biggest story in the paper was a trial concerning a fist fight
between Isaiah Terril, Jesse Manners and Edmund Ward Bishop, the founder of
Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Express reported;</div>
<i>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Last week a good deal of feeling
was excited by the trail of Isaiah Terril for assaulting Jesse Manners and EW
Bishop, two very worthy citizens of our town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Prior to this trail some were disposed to throw a good deal of blame on
Terril for the part he acted In this affair; but a full and impartial
examination of the whole matter, from beginning to end has disabused all that
class of people of such views, and convinced them that he acted the part of a
man of firmness, courage, and honor, vindicating his rights, as a citizen of a
free country, and in now wise stooping from the highly respectable position
which he has always held in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From the evidence in the case Mr. Bishop was the first to make the
assault, and at the beginning of the affray Terril acted on the defense only.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the contact Jesse Manners, interfered
and attempted to pull Terril off, when Terril struck him, after repeatedly
warning him to keep away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terril was
first arrested for a breach of the peace in striking Manners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This action was tried by a jury, who
acquitted him of the charge, next for feloniously assaulting Bishop with intent
to kill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This last charge was
investigated before out venerable grey haired townsman, Just. Marsh, who after
a careful hearing of all the evidence and a close examination of the law
applicable to the case, could not do otherwise than honorably acquit the
Defendant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This acquittal we think has
given general satisfaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Williams
Brown, and Clark appeared on the part of the prosecution, McGuire, and
Harrington, for the defense.”</i></div>
</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-16246189253826028282014-12-13T08:59:00.000-06:002014-12-13T09:20:15.560-06:00Daily Civil War Observations from Rolla: A Pugilistic Encounter<i>By Ryan Reed</i><br />
<br />
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Letter</div>
<div class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53962" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Allen Bolles Johnson to Eliza Frazier</div>
<div class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53981" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
12-13-1860<br />
<br />
</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53961" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Abbreviated<br />
<br />
</div>
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</div>
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<i class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53959">“I don’t know that there is
anything very new or wonderful to relate.
The whole theme of the general conversation is <u class="yiv9040794221">“cicession”</u> and
the “panic” which has grown out of the excitement. It seems quite sure, the troublesome times
are at hand, and none can tell what their extent may be. “Montgomery troubles”*
have amounted to a complete fizzle and the brave <u class="yiv9040794221">“six hundred”</u> which
march out from St. Louis to protect Mo. borders, have concluded that they might
as well have staid at home, and are now retracing their steps.</i><br />
<br />
</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53957" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53956">Our little town affords nothing
of more importance than a pugilistic encounter, occasioned usually, by the too
free use of whiskey. Oh! If it was not
for this whiskey in our midst, I think we might boast of as thriving a town as
in the whole broad west. The R.R. is
soon to be opened up to this point and the event will be an era in the history
of Rolla. Another year will bring an
addition of a better class of citizens, and consequently a better state of
society. In fact there is no <u class="yiv9040794221">society</u>
now. It’s every man for himself
&c. The town is built on a swell of
ground slopping toward the south such a situation in Penn. would be considered <u class="yiv9040794221">beautiful</u>. It lacks good water, which is no small item,
and the only way which there can any be got is by boring artesian wells.</i><br />
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<i class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53834">As you say. – I think I shall not
be likely to freeze this winter, should I stay as far south as this. The weather had been delightful for the most
of the time since I have been there it being warm enough to leave the doors
open through the day for many days</i><i class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53834">.</i><br />
<br />
</div>
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</div>
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<i class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53884">Speaking of the state of society
here, I would correct the error which many of the people of your locality have
fallen into, i.e. that the general state of society in Missouri is <u class="yiv9040794221">bad</u>. This is truly an <u class="yiv9040794221" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418482093904_3264">error</u> for in the old
settled parts of the state, as good society may be found as in any of the
Eastern states. For example --- there is
the town of Springfield in South west Missouri, of about the size of
Binghamton, N.Y. which has not a single place were liquor is sold publicly, and
as one might suppose, the effect is a highly cultivated state of society. Such a town is not to be found in the whole
range of my acquaintance, either in Penn. or New York.</i><br />
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</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allen Johnson in 1863</td></tr>
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Allen Bolles Johnson was born during 1836 in Susquehanna Co.,
Pennsylvania to Thomas Johnson and Eliza Bolles. His father was a prosperous farmer and was also
active in politics. The elder Johnson
was elected county coroner in 1839, sheriff in 1842 and unsuccessfully ran as
the Democratic nominee for the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1859. The Johnson’s agricultural pursuits did sufficiently
well to be able to send Allen to the Susquehanna Academy, an esteemed local
private school. Subsequently, Johnson attended
the Iron City College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the latter part of
1859. After completing his studies he
returned to Susquehanna County. Through
his letters, it appears Johnson had a bitter disagreement with his father and
abruptly left. He took the train to the
end of the line and settled in Rolla in or around October 23, 1860.<br />
<br />
</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53889" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Special thanks to <a href="http://shs.umsystem.edu/about/rolla.shtml" target="_blank">The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Rolla</a> for providing the Johnson letters housed at their facility. The letters concerning Johnson's activities were transcribed with a brief biography written by John F. Bradbury, Assistant Director at the State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Rolla, for the June 1987 issue of the Phelps County Historical Society Newsletter. </div>
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<div class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53889" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
*James Montgomery was an abolitionist who settled in Mound City, Kansas
in 1854. Born and raised in Ashtabula
County, Ohio, Montgomery wandered West.
He moved from Ohio to Kentucky, Missouri and finally Kansas after the
territory was organized in 1854. A
fervent abolitionist, he became the local leader of Free-State men and
organized and commanded a “Self-Protective Company” in 1857. The company ordered pro-slavery settlers out
of Kansas. By 1860, Montgomery was
leading raiding parties into western Missouri to abduct and free slaves and
used extreme measures against pro-slavery populations.</div>
<span class="yiv9040794221" id="yiv9040794221yui_3_16_0_1_1418304023576_53891" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-69104351776910886142014-12-10T06:13:00.001-06:002014-12-10T06:13:45.979-06:00Annihilation to Disgrace!<i>By Ryan Reed</i><br />
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<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357030" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Rolla Express</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357029" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
12-10-1860</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357028" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Vol. 1, No. 21</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357026" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
From the South</div>
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<i class="yiv9254221925"> </i></div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357024" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357023">“We have but little that is new
to say of Southern matters. The
secession movement still continues. Both
the disunionists and the conservatives continue to hold meetings in different
parts of the South. The expected message
of Governor Gist, of South Carolina has appeared. It is a strong secession document.”</i></div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357022" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357021" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
This article refers to William Henry Gist’s, Governor of South
Carolina, message to the state legislature on November 27<sup class="yiv9254221925">th</sup>. Gist was strongly opposed to the election of
Abraham Lincoln. Prior to the election,
Gist contacted other Southern governors and discussed what course of action to
take if Lincoln was elected. In the end,
Gist believed that because the United States was created through a compact
among sovereign states, the states could leave the Union if the federal
government failed to protect their rights.
Therefore, Gist wanted secession if Lincoln was elected.</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357169" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
His November 27, 1860 message confirms and explains his position of
secession. In his long address he
details how the state would secede and the hopes that other Southern states
will follow suit. He concluded his
message by stating;</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357020" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357019">“I cannot permit myself to
believe that in the madness of passion an attempt will be made by the present
or the next Federal Administration to coerce South Carolina after her secession
by refusing to surrender the harbor defenses or interfering with imports or
exports; but if mistaken, we must accept the issue, and meet it as becomes men
and freemen, who infinitely prefer annihilation to disgrace!”</i></div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418212773375_3696" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv9254221925"> </i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caricature of James Buchanan-Currier & Ives, 1860</td></tr>
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<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357018" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
The Rolla Express also published a synopsis on President James Buchanan’s
fourth and final State of the Union Address read before Congress on December 4<sup class="yiv9254221925">th</sup>
1860. Strife between the North and South
was at a fever pitch and South Carolina was on the verge of becoming the first
state to secede from the Union. In his
message, Buchanan understood that it was the responsibility of the President to
ensure that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed. However, he shied from this duty saying that
the existing conditions rendered the government helpless to intervene. He believed that secession was not “an
inherent constitutional right” but saw no constitutional provision that
empowered the president “to coerce a state into submission.”</div>
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</div>
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Buchanan, whose pro-Southern partisanship that was the hallmark of this
administration, continued in his message to blame the North solely for the
crisis. He stated:</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357062" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357061">“The long-continued and
intemperate interference of the Northern people with the question of slavery in
the Southern States has at length produced its natural effects. The different sections of the Union are now
arrayed against each other, and the time has arrived, so much dreaded by the
Father of this Country, when hostile geographic parties have been formed.” </i></div>
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<i class="yiv9254221925"> </i></div>
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Buchanan continued:</div>
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</div>
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<i class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357011">“The immediate peril arises not
so much from these causes as from the fact that the incessant and violent
agitation of the slavery question throughout the North for the last quarter of
a century has a length produced its malign influence on the slaves and inspired
them with vague notions of freedom.
Hence a sense of security no longer exists around the family altar…
Should this apprehension of domestic danger, whether real or imaginary, extend
and intensify itself until it shall pervade the masses of the Southern people,
then disunion will become inevitable.”</i></div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357013" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv9254221925"> </i></div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357014" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
After admonishing the North, Buchanan lays into the South. </div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357015" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357017" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357016">“The election of any one of our
fellow-citizens to the office of President does not of itself afford just cause
for dissolving the Union. This is more
especially true if his election has been effected by a mere plurality and not a
majority of the people and has resulted from transient and temporary causes
which may probably never again occur.”</i></div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357063" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv9254221925"> </i></div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357064" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Finally addressing the secession crisis, Buchanan acted as a cranky
grandfather admonishing his grandchildren to behave. He basically told the North, you caused the
problem and you in the South don’t have a problem. He continued that the problem could be
resolved and peace restored if the North minded their own business and
permitted the South to manage themselves and continue the practice of slavery. He called upon the states to pass a set of
constitutional amendments that would affirm the legal existence of slavery, a
solution he believed would put the entire secession matter to rest.</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357084" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357065" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
The President’s State of the Union fell flat in both the North and the
South. The North didn’t like being told
that saying slavery is wrong was wrong and the South didn’t like being told
that secession was wrong. Buchanan’s
administration was well known for being ineffective and his inadequate speech
added to his lame legacy. </div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357067" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
The only impression garnered about the opinion of the President’s
speech by the Rolla Express is a brief paragraph alerting readers of the synopsis.</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357067" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="yiv9254221925" id="yiv9254221925yui_3_16_0_1_1418131815354_357067" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
"<i>In another part of the paper we give a brief synopsis of the Presidents Message. We deem it a very important document breathes a conservative and patriotic spirit. In no age of our national existence have we had more need of wise and prudent counsels."</i> </div>
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</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-58218594204450305082014-12-03T05:52:00.000-06:002014-12-03T05:52:13.245-06:00154 Years Ago Today: Resignation, Mail and Jail Breaks<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65620" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i>By: Ryan Reed</i> </div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65620" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Rolla Express</div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65621" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
December 3, 1860 </div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65622" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Vol. 1, No. 20</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65524" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Pen and Scissors</div>
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</div>
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<i class="yiv3528926326" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417607027276_2998"> </i></div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417607027276_2999" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv3528926326" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417607027276_2998">“Mr. Cobb, Secretary of the
Treasury, denies the report that he intends to resign his position in the
Cabinet.”</i></div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65625" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv3528926326"> </i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howell Cobb</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65563" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
This was the only news related to the impending secession of Southern
states and ultimately the Civil War. Mr.
Cobb is Howell Cobb, a Southern Democrat from Georgia. Cobb served five terms with the House of
Representatives and was Speaker of the House from 1849-1851. He became the Governor of Georgia from 1851
until 1853. He returned to Congress in
1857 and took the position of Secretary of the Treasury under President James
Buchanan. He eventually resigned from
Buchanan’s Cabinet five days after this article was published. He became one of the leaders of the
Secessionist movement and later served in the Confederate Army.</div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65565" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
The Rolla Express related a few local items that still resonate with
Rollites today. </div>
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</div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65568" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65567">“We now have a daily mail between
Rolla and St. Louis. It will not be long
before the locomotive and train will be making this point its western terminus. We understand that the work is being delayed
on account of want of iron.”</i></div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65569" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i class="yiv3528926326"> </i></div>
<div class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65570" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
The news edition also conveys news concerning the newly constructed
Phelps County Jail.</div>
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<i class="yiv3528926326" id="yiv3528926326yui_3_16_0_1_1417452095291_65572">“We mentioned in out last number,
the escape of the prisoners from Phelps County Jail but neglected to state that
we had been misinformed about the completion of the building. In justice to all parties we will state that
the escape was effected from an unfinished portion of the jail and where the
carpenters were at work, the jailor having taken them from their cells for
exercise.” </i></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-65949253021081861232014-11-20T22:26:00.000-06:002014-11-20T22:52:32.507-06:00106 North Olive - The Heimberger House<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Sitting on the southeast corner of Olive and Second Streets, 106 N.
Olive is an unassuming two story house that is a testament to a family that had a
tremendous impact on Rolla. The home was constructed for Louis Heimberger whose
parents and subsequent descendants would invest in Rolla and shape it into the
city it is today.</div>
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<a name='more'></a>The first generation of Heimbergers in Rolla was Tobias and Elizabeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both were immigrants from
Germany who traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in the 1850s and settled in southern
Indiana. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1868, Tobias and Elizabeth
moved their young family, including four year old Louis, to Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tobias worked successfully as a plasterer
across Phelps County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Tobias’
finances grew, he constructed a house at 203 West Second Street for his growing
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over time, Tobias expanded his
interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He started constructing homes
for speculative purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also
purchased a former vineyard in the James Addition bound by First, Oak, Olive
and Second Streets and created a brick yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He constructed several kilns on the property and burned over 100,000
bricks at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These bricks were used
to construct buildings in Rolla and the surrounding communities that still
exist today.</div>
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As Tobias’ children grew into adulthood, many of his sons followed in
his occupational footsteps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His oldest
child, Louis, became a plasterer and worked alongside his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Louis also became involved in local
politics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1890, Louis ran for
Constable on the Democratic ticket and subsequently won.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two years later he was nominated as the Democratic
candidate for alderman of the second ward of Rolla during a mass meeting at the
courthouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As alderman he was appointed
to the Public Health and Fire Department committees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As his capital grew from plastering work,
Louis and his younger brother Andrew purchased Block 16 and 17, each containing
eight lots, in 1891.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Louis bought out
his brother in 1893 and likely constructed the present house at the southeast
corner of Second and Olive just a few blocks east of his childhood home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this residence he and his wife, Johanna
Seeley from St. Louis, started and raised their family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Together they had three children;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry, Carl and Irene.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harry Heimberger in 1916</td></tr>
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The eldest son, Harry Tobias Heimberger, grew up at 106 North
Olive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After graduating from Rolla High
School, Harry attended the Missouri School of Mines (MSM), the present Missouri
University of Science and Technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>During his tenure at MSM, Harry started taking courses in Electrical
Engineering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time, MSM did not
offer a degree in this discipline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, that changed in 1915 when the Missouri Legislature passed the
Buford Act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The act stipulated that Electrical
Engineering along with Civil and Mechanical Engineering degrees would be
established at MSM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since MSM was a
division of the University of Missouri system, the Board of Curators could
either implement or ignore the Legislature’s act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a 5-3 vote, the Board of Curators declined
to apply the law since no appropriations were made for the new courses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They believed that such courses in Rolla would
cause a needless expense by duplicating work already offered in Columbia.</div>
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Harry Heimberger and several other students at MSM were upset with the
decision of the board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They believed their
vote prevented them from taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the
Buford Act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compelled by this action,
Harry brought a suit against the Board of Curators that was submitted to the
Missouri Supreme Court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Local attorneys
Frank Farris and Judge C.C. Bland appeared for Harry and presented their case
in Jefferson City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After weeks of
deliberation the court ruled that the Buford Act must be followed and a
Bachelor of Science could be awarded for Electrical, Civil and Mechanical
Engineering at MSM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Heimberger
became the first student to obtain a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1917.</div>
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During Harry’s trials and tribulation with the Board of Curators, his
younger sister Irene was attending high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After high school, Irene trained to be a teacher and began teaching at
the East Elementary School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the
death of her father in 1931 and her mother in 1939, Irene inherited the family
home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unmarried, Irene rented rooms at
the home to fellow teachers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
changed in 1942 when she married widower Walter T. Schrenk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schrenk was born in Golconda, Illinois, a
sleepy little town in the southern portion of the state along the Ohio
River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After high school, Schrenk
attended Monmouth College and received a degree in Chemistry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterward he attended the University of
Wisconsin where he earned a PhD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schrenk
stayed at the University of Wisconsin as a Chemistry instructor until offered a
position at MSM in 1923. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walter Schrenk in 1950</td></tr>
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After their move, Schrenk and his first wife, Alberta, settled into life in
Rolla. In 1942, his wife died from ovarian cancer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within a year, Schrenk married
Irene Heimberger and moved into 106 North Olive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During his life at the residence, Schrenk served
as Chairman of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Departments from
1928-1956.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his duties as the
Chairman of the departments was the dedication of the new Chemistry Building in
1940.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the dedication Schrenk stated, “We,
in dedicating this new building, look upon these improved facilities as one of
education’s contributions toward America’s present and future needs –
technically trained leaders.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
building was later named Schrenk Hall in his honor.</div>
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Irene also became active at the university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the late 1930s, Irene founded the
Rolla Co-Eds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a social club for
the growing female population at the university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for the club according to the
Rollamo yearbook was “Miners were rough and tough and do not possess the
qualities for appreciation of femininity."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Irene Schrenk acted as the faculty advisor for the Rolla Co-Eds for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Together, Irene and Walter Schrenk founded the Order of the Golden Shillelagh
(OGS) in 1977.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Irene and Walter realized
that private support was necessary to maintain the high quality of education
associated with the school since its founding in 1870.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OGS was conceived as a way for people to
“pick up the shillelagh”, to promote the welfare of the institution and
encourage others to become members of OGS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The organization is still operating today.</div>
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Walter and Irene continued to live in the house until their
deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walter passed away in 1979 and
Irene followed in 1983.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the
nearly century occupation of the house, the Heimbergers and their descendants
made significant contribution to Rolla and the current Missouri University of
Science and Technology that are still benefiting the region today. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irene Schrenk, backrow center, with the Rolla Co-Eds in 1939</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-52413897627084881132014-11-19T12:10:00.000-06:002014-11-20T22:52:52.860-06:00The Rolla Express and "Squatterism"The Rolla Express<br />
November 19, 1860<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolla Express "Maries and Phelps Counties" November 19, 1860</td></tr>
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<![endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The true Democracy of these two
counties have most nobly done their duty and squatterism has received a most
signal rebuke at their hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maries
County has given her opinion upon the issues of this contest by the following
vote: Breckenridge 309; Douglas 98; Bell 95; Lincoln 7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A majority over Douglas!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phelps County has done well also:
Breckenridge 430; Douglas 254; Bell 199, Lincoln 37.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Phelps County the vote of the employees on
the railroad has swelled the number who have supported the claims of the
Squatter Giant else he had been no-whar’!”</i>
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The article strongly supports the Southern Democratic win in Maries and
Phelps County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The line “squatterism has
received a most signal rebuke” refers to the defeat of Northern Democratic
candidate, Stephen Douglas in both counties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In 1854, Douglas introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act which created
tremendous political upheaval in the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The western territories of Kansas and Nebraska were being settled and
Congress needed to provide territorial organization for the region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time, the Missouri Compromise of 1820
prohibited slavery in the new territories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Compromise stated that all territories above the 36°30' line, except
for Missouri, were prohibited from practicing the “peculiar institution.”</div>
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While Kansas and Nebraska were vying for territorial status, various
proposals for the transcontinental railroad to California were being
surveyed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One route extended across the
South from New Orleans while a second route cut across the Great Plains from
Chicago. Southern leaders proposed a deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They would support the central route from Chicago if slavery was permitted
in the new territories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Douglas
acquiesced and proposed a middle position on the slavery issue by creating
popular sovereignty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Residents of the
territories would be able to decide by voting whether or not slavery would be
allowed or denied in the territory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
process became known as “squatter sovereignty” and instantly outraged
anti-slavery forces across the North.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One unexpected result was pro and anti-slavery elements moving into
Kansas with the intention to vote for or against slavery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This led to a raging war between the two
factions and the territory became known as “Bleeding Kansas.”</div>
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Initially, Southerners were satisfied with Douglas’ “squatter
sovereignty” and praised him for relaxing restrictions on slavery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, he lost the support of his
Democratic constituents in the South over two key issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1857, the United States Supreme Court
issued the Dred Scott decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
decision declared that under the Constitution, neither Congress nor a
Territorial legislature created by Congress had the power to prohibit slavery
in a Territory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This decision made the
Kansas-Nebraska Act irrelevant and denied the basis of “popular
sovereignty.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Douglas rejected the
Dred Scott decision he would lose Southern support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he embraced it, he would lose the northern
vote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, Douglas issued tepid
support of the decision but continued to assert popular sovereignty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By continuing to push the compromise, Douglas
was now viewed by Southerners as creating restrictions against slavery.</div>
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The second factor during this time was the proposed admission of Kansas
as a slave state by President James Buchanan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For Kansas to be admitted as a state, a state constitution had to be
submitted to Congress by the approval of a majority of residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President Buchanan appointed Robert J.
Walker, a former Senator from Mississippi, as territorial Governor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walker was expected to assist the pro-slavery
faction by approving their state constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A majority of residents in Kansas were anti-slavery “Free Soilers.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Due to voting fraud and improper political
pressure from Buchanan, Walker opposed the pro-slavery constitution and
resigned from the office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nevertheless,
Buchanan pushed for Congressional approval of Kansas statehood under the
pro-slavery constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bill
passed the House but failed in the Senate where it was opposed by Stephen
Douglas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rejected the fraudulent way
the pro-slavery constitution was adopted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His stand against Buchanan restored his character with Northerners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Douglas was the obvious nominee for the Democrats in the election of
1860.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, during the Democratic
convention in Charleston, the committee endorsed the Dred Scott decision and
pushed for the enactment of slave codes in the Territories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Supporters of Douglas argued that with such a
platform, the Democrats would lose every Northern state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The convention ultimately evaded the Dred
Scott decision and rejected slave codes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This move prompted delegated from seven Southern states with withdraw
and create the Southern Democratic ticket supporting John C. Breckinridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Fearing the country would split over the issue of slavery, Douglas
sought to save the Union by speaking out against abolitionism in the North and
secessionism in the South.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Raleigh,
North Carolina, he stated “I am in favor of executing in good faith every
clause and provision of the Constitution and protecting every right under it
and then hanging every man who takes up arms against it.”</div>
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Ultimately, Douglas only received 29% of the popular vote and only
carried Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The large amount of
support for Douglas came from Irish Catholics and poor farmers.</div>
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<![endif]--><i>By Ryan Reed </i><br />
<br />
During the next four years, hopefully, Rolla Preservation Alliance will
document daily events occurring in Rolla and the surrounding region during the
Civil War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day to day activities
documented through primary resources such as newspapers, correspondence,
journals, military ordinances, etc will paint a picture of the effects of
national and statewide events on our community.
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This week in 1860, a national election was held that placed an Illinois
lawyer, Abraham Lincoln, at the helm of our nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This event served as the immediate impetus
for the outbreak of the Civil War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>During the 1850s, the nation became divided over questions surrounding
the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These issues broke the Democratic Party into
two factions during the 1860 Democratic National Convention held in South
Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Extreme pro-slavery delegates,
known as Fire-Eaters, demanded the adoption of an explicitly pro-slavery
platform. However, Northern Democrats refused to acquiesce. Southern delegates
including Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, South
Carolina and Texas left the hall and formed the Constitutional Democrats. These
Southern Democrats nominated pro-slavery incumbent Vice President, John C.
Breckinridge of Kentucky. The National Democratic Party nominated Stephen
Douglas of Illinois. </div>
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A year prior to the Democratic division, ideologies and sectional
antipathies created the Constitutional Union Party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The party was formed by former Whigs, who
supported supremacy of the Congress, and members of the Know-Nothing Party, the
outgrowth of a strong anti-immigrant sentiment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The party attempted to ignore the slavery issues which appealed to Border
States such as Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Constitutional Unionist nominated John Bell of Tennessee for president during
the Spring of 1860.</div>
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The final contender in the race for the presidency was Abraham Lincoln,
nominated by the Republicans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Founded in
the 1854, the Republican Party was the main opposition to the Southern
Democratic Party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main cause was the
opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska act which appealed the Missouri
Compromise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The latter was passed by
Congress in 1820 to regulate the western spread of slavery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The compromise prohibited slavery in the
former Louisiana Territory except within the boundaries of Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The compromise was appealed in 1854 when the
Kansas-Nebraska Act, submitted by Stephen Douglas, became law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The act determined the expansion of slavery
in Kansas and Nebraska Territories through popular sovereignty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be admitted as a slave state, white male
settlers in the territory would vote to either deny or allow slavery.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L to R - John Breckenridge, John Bell, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.</td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a>Just three months prior to the election, Missouri’s gubernatorial
election mirrored the national fracture of political ideologies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Claiborne Jackson, a Democratic senator from
Howard County, declared his support for Stephen Douglas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the election Claiborne Jackson would
reveal his true sentiments as a fire eating democrat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Southern Democrats loyal to Breckenridge
renounced Claiborne Jackson as their candidate and named Hancock Jackson, a
former governor from Randolph County, as their choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some moderate democrats, former Whigs and
Know-Nothings rallied behind Sample Orr as the Opposition Party and made common
cause with the Constitutional Unionist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lastly, James Gardenhire of Cole County was the Republican nominee.
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On August 3<sup>rd</sup>, just days before the election, Sample Orr
spoke to a large crowd in Rolla at a newly constructed barn owned by Edmund
Ward Bishop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that this
particular candidate spoke on Bishop’s property hints at the political leanings
of our city founder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The August 6<sup>th</sup>
edition of the Rolla Express documented the event:</div>
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<i>“An Opposition candidate for Governor was in Rolla on Friday last, and
quite a company gathered at the new barn of E.W. Bishop to hear what the man
had to say, as well as to listen to S.G. Williams, Esq our rail candidate for
the legislature.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><i> </i> </span>The article continues,
<i>“ Mr. Orr… honestly affirms the opinion that the contest in the approaching
Presidential canvass will be between Bell and Everett and Abe Lincoln*. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, Claiborne F. Jackson is a scheming
demagogue and the Democratic party has become so corrupt that Sample Orr’s nose
tingles with the scent thereof, yet he is pushing on the great system of
improvements which the Democratic party have inaugurated.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><i> </i> </span>A separate article in the Rolla Express claimed
Orr’s speech had pushed many to the Claiborne Jackson ticket.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claiborne Jackson</td></tr>
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The gubernatorial election proved tight in Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tensions ran high on election day, and for
days thereafter, until state officials finally released the result.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Claiborne Jackson overwhelming won the Rolla
Precinct with 78% of the vote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Orr came in
a distant second with 18% of the vote. Hancock Jackson, the Southern Democratic
candidate received only six votes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a
single vote was cast for the Republican candidate in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Claiborne Jackson also secured the Phelps
County vote with 53% of the vote and Orr garnered 24% of ballots cast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Statewide, Jackson carried Missouri with 47%
of popular votes cast.</div>
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With the three month wait between the state’s election and the national
election, many moderate Missourians became tense about the nation’s future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The state election saw a plethora of Southern
Democrats elected to the General Assembly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The party claimed 15 of 33 seats in the Senate and 47 of 132 seats in
the House.</div>
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The months before the presidential elections, public meetings were held
in Rolla and across Phelps County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Various
speeches were made for the Southern Democratic candidate John Breckenridge and
Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Rolla Express makes no mention of speeches in favor of Lincoln or
John Bell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>William Pomeroy, a lawyer
from Steelville, was noted speaking in favor of Breckenridge at a mass meeting
at the Courthouse in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rolla
Express stated in the November 5, 1860 issue, “Mr. Pomeroy led off in his
straight forward style and traced the history of the slavery agitation from Wm.
Lloyd Garrison and his open, rabid and unreasonable assaults upon the Constitution.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Garrison, the focus of Pomeroy’s speech, was
a prominent American Abolitionist and social reformer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was one of the founders of the American
Anti-Slavery Society and promoted “immediate emancipation” of slaves in the
United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The day prior to the national election the editor of the Rolla Express,
Charles P. Walker, made his opinion known in an article in the newspaper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walker stated;</div>
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<i>“We can but trust that the great principles of State Rights and State
Equality will be indorsed by the election of the proud sons of Kentucky and
Oregon (Breckenridge and Lane), but if otherwise we are compelled, under the
Constitution to submit to the inauguration of Lincoln and a Black Republican
administration, is there not hope that a sound Democratic Senate, aided by the
Conservatives of the less radical<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>members of the House of Representatives will keep in check the
aggressive policy of Northern fanaticism, until another four years, when the
Democratic party having learned wisdom form the past shall have reunited its
forces.”</i></div>
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Walker’s decidedly southern sympathizing statements were echoed by the
citizens of Phelps County who overwhelmingly voted for Breckenridge on November
6, 1860.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breckenridge received 47% of
the popular vote while Stephen Douglas, the second runner up, received 28% of
the vote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abraham Lincoln only received
37 votes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rolla Express hints as the
political leanings and likely disdain for the railroad workers who were
constructing the southwest branch of the Pacific Railroad through the
county.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The newspaper stated “In Phelps
County the vote of the employees of the railroad has swelled the number who
have supported the claims of the Squatter Giant else he had been no-whar!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Squatter Giant refers to Stephen Douglas
who was known as the Little Giant and his support of popular sovereignty
allowing territories to vote if slavery would allowed and denied. His position
alienated Southern pro-slavery democrats.</div>
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Statewide, Douglas carried the election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breckenridge and Lincoln votes were sectional
in Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Virtually all of
Breckenridge’s votes came from the sparsely populated counties in south-central
portion of the state, while most of Lincoln’s votes came from Germans in St.
Louis and German communities along the Missouri River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The election shows that while Missourians
evinced sympathy for “southern rights,” they did so only as fellow
slaveholders, not as secessionist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unlike
southern “fire-eaters,” Missourians held that individual states could still
protect themselves from the northern majority by invoking, rather than
abandoning, the national Union.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Locally,
it was a different story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A vast
majority of Phelps Countians and Rollites followed the creed of the extremist’s
pro-slavery Southern politicians who urged a separation of southern states into
a new nation.</div>
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Please continue to follow Rolla Preservation Alliance as we unfold the
daily events<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>before and after the Civil
War in Rolla, Phelps County and the surrounding region.</div>
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<i>* John Bell was the Constitutional Union nominee for the Presidency and
Edward Everett was his running mate.</i></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-9811653911139970472014-06-06T15:02:00.000-05:002014-06-06T15:24:41.950-05:00John Jeffreys: Slave, Educator, Business Owner <i>By Ryan Reed </i><br />
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John Jeffreys’ military career was over and he was now a free man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left Brownsville, Texas en route for
Jefferson City, where he had enlisted for the army.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon his return he gained employment as a
church sexton and was boarding with the Franklin Rose family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His purpose for returning to Jefferson City
was not to toil at the maintenance of a local church, but to nurture an
educational institution for African Americans he help create while in the army.
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Education became a priority to Jeffreys during his military career
through a variety of general orders to the rank and file of his regiment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Commanding officer of the 62<sup>nd</sup>
United States Colored Regiment, Lt. Col. David Branson, issued of General Order
31.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The order dated July 3, 1864 stipulated
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“All non-Commissioned officers of this command who shall fail to learn
to read by or before the 1st day of January 1865 will be reduced to the ranks
and their places filled by persons who can read. In the position of Sergeants
preference will be given to men who can both read & write and are otherwise
good soldiers. All soldiers of this command who have by any means learned to
read or write, will aid and assist to the extent of their ability their fellow
soldiers to learn these invaluable arts, without which no man is properly
fitted to perform the duties of a free citizen.”</div>
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At the end of the stipulated time for the comprehension of reading and
writing, Branson enacted General Order 4 on January 25, 1865.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The order announced a contest to recognize
the best writers in the ranks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
committee of officers was appointed to judge the entries and pick thirty winners,
a sergeant, corporal and private from each of the regiment’ ten companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The results were announced on Independence
Day 1865.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winning corporals and
sergeants would each receive a gold pen and privates received a bible.</div>
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This was an exceptional order considering in most states it was against
the law to teach African-Americans to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The state legislature of 62<sup>nd</sup> Colored Regiment’s home state had
outlawed the education of free or enslaved African Americans in 1847.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone caught teaching African Americans in
Missouri was fined $500 and served six months in jail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An overwhelming majority of men in the
regiment were illiterate slaves in Missouri prior to their enlistment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was their first legal opportunity to be
educated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The regiment’s first
lieutenant, Richard Baxter Foster, led the instruction and continued to do so
throughout the war. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Foster was a white
abolitionist born and raised in New Hampshire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the onset of the war, Foster was living with his family in Nebraska
and enlisted with 1<sup>st</sup> Nebraska Infantry in 1862.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was discharged during December of 1863 in
St. Louis, Missouri and immediately reenlisted. He was appointed lieutenant of
the 62<sup>nd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Among
his many letters held at the archives of Lincoln University, Foster relayed to
his wife his belief that fighting for the education of African Americans would
be his life’s work.</div>
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Following the end of hostilities in Texas, the 62<sup>nd</sup> began
discussing the creation of a school for higher education for recently freed
slaves and their descendants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
solders collected nearly $5,000 to pay for the start of the school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 65<sup>th</sup> United States Colored
Infantry, formerly the 2<sup>nd</sup> Missouri Colored Infantry, desired to
participate and raised $1,400 for the cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An organizational committee of officers and soldiers drafted resolutions
on January 14, 1866 to establish a school in Missouri for “the benefit of freed
blacks.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The document continued that
“emancipated slaves, who have neither capital to spend nor time to lose, may
obtain an education.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The money raised
by the troops was entrusted with Foster who returned to Missouri seeking a
university willing to create a program for African Americans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unsuccessful in partnering with a integrated
school in St. Louis, Foster arrived in Jefferson City and established an
independent school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On September 17,
1866, Lincoln Institute, now Lincoln University was formally opened. Foster was
the school’s first instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Henry
Brown and Cornelius Chappelle were the school’s first students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The organization committee who established
the school nine months earlier became the first Board of Trustees for
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among those four men from the 62<sup>nd</sup>
and 65<sup>th</sup> Colored infantry who became the new board was John
Jeffreys.</div>
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Jeffreys’ nine years in Jefferson City can be pieced together with
scant newspaper articles and federal and state census records.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1870, he was working as a sexton and boarding
with Franklin Rose, a white man with a wife and two small children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three years later, Jeffreys was listed as a
student in the Missouri State Census.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
the time of Jeffreys attendance, Lincoln University began to receive aid from
the state of Missouri for teacher training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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During his time in Jefferson City, Jeffreys became involved with a national
civil rights organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The State
Journal of Jefferson City records Jeffreys attending meetings and holding board
positions with the local unit of the National Equal Rights League (NERL). The
NERL was one of the oldest human rights organizations in the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The group was founded in 1833 in Buffalo, New
York at a large celebration of pro-abolitionist, free black men after the
emancipation of the West Indies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
NERL endorsed the abolition of slavery, legal equality regardless of color or
race and black suffrage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the Civil
War, NERL argued that the sacrifices of African-Americans on the battlefield
entitled all black males to the ballot and all Africans Americans full
citizenship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The league also recognized
the importance of education in guaranteeing equal rights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At a convention in Cleveland, Ohio in 1865,
NERL leaders called for integrated education but were careful to note that
integration should not result in discrimination against African American
teachers.</div>
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On August 27, 1875, the local news<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span>recorded a position Jeffreys accepted as a teacher of the African
American school in Rolla, Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
newspaper further commented on Jeffreys character as “honest, industrious and
capable” and were pleased that the position would “develop the talents he
possessed.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the Summer of 1875,
the Rolla New Era had been advertising several position with the school board,
including a teacher for the African-American school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The African-American community in Rolla had
quickly grown after the Civil War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 1870,
Rolla’s total population was nearly a quarter African American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the conclusion of the Civil War,
Missouri adopted a new constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
new document required all school boards to provide African American education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1875, Rolla had a total of 181 children
enrolled in the public schools, 28 of which were African American. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paid $40 a month, $10 more than the white
female teachers, Jeffreys began to receive high praise for his work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The New Era stated “J.O. Jeffreys strikes us
to be the most competent teacher of the district.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The school was located at Wilson’s Retreat,
which was described in local newspapers as being notoriously decrepit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1881, the school board voted to construct
a new school for the African American students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plans were submitted and the school board selected the work of local
architect, Henry Hohenschild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A modest
brick building was constructed at northeast corner of First and Pine Street and
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Between teaching students and managing the classroom, Jeffreys met
Minerva Marr.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was born during 1859 in Tennessee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marr’s
family relocated to Missouri after her birth and she and several of her
siblings lived in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeffreys courted
Marr and on Saturday, July 13, 1879, they were married at the former Baptist
church at the northwest corner of First and Main Streets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ceremony received a write-up in the Rolla
New Era and stated “a large concourse of people of all colors went down to the
church to witness the ceremony.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
article continued that the couple “left the night after for Jefferson City for
a month’s visit when they will return to Rolla and make their home.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Jeffreys’ had three children named
Festus, Tellious and Eugenia.<br />
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Jefferys also dabbled in extracurricular work in the evenings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Into the 1880s, the African-American
population of Rolla continued to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
large number of adult African-Americans coming to Rolla were uneducated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeffreys set up an evening class for adults,
which were well attended according to the local newspapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeffreys also dabbled in politics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1886, Jeffreys was elected a delegated of
the People’s Party of Phelps County to represent Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would represent Rolla with the founder of
Rolla, Edmund Ward Bishop, the editor of the New Era, Walbridge Powell and fellow
African-American, Jackson Simpson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
People’s Party of Phelps County believed that companies and corporations,
especially the railroad, held too much sway over county politics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The People’s Party sought to elect
individuals who would represent the people of Phelps County rather than a company’s
interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the first week of
August, the Emancipation Day celebrations were held in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The annual observation celebrated the Slavery
Abolition Act of 1833 that ended slavery in the British Empire on August 1,
1834.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeffreys was instrumental in the
planning of the parade, barbeque and ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was often a keynote speaker and shared the stage with individuals
such as former Confederate general Ewing Mitchell and Luman F. Parke
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In 1890, Jeffreys retired from teaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He purchased a laundry facility housed on
Eighth Street where Alex’s Pizza is currently located.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Known as the Rolla Steam Laundry, Jeffreys bought
the business from C.E. Condon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
business specialized in dyeing and cleaning and Thursdays were reserved for
women to use to steam baths and were attended to my Mrs. Jeffreys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this time, Jeffreys purchased a lot of
property at the corner of Elm and Third Street from his in-laws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1900, he had a two story frame home
construct at 200 North Elm Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Jeffreys took in several boarders at their new home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One boarder, Sam Vaughn, married their
daughter Eugenia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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On the night of November 5<sup>th</sup>, 1922, John Jeffreys passed
away at the age of 77 in his home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
was followed by his wife, Minerva, in 1935. Sam and Eugenia Jeffreys Vaughn
continued to live at 200 North Elm with Eugenia’s brother Festus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Vaughns owned and operated the Ozark
Produce Company and keep chickens in the outbuilding just north of the home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house remained in the family until the
death of Eugenia Vaughn during the Spring of 1962.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the education of African-Americans in
Rolla, the founding of a school to teach freed slaves in Missouri, and his
participation as an enlisted soldier in the Civil War, John Jeffreys left an
indelible mark locally, statewide and nationally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His contributions to our city have been
largely forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, his home on
Elm Street and Lincoln School are standing testaments to his impact on Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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His obituary published in the Rolla Herald<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on November 16, 1922 succinctly testifies to his life in the Rolla Community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“He
was considered a leader among his race and he worked for their uplift and
betterment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There have been few in Rolla
any length of time that did not know they name of John Jeffreys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-68079364018626971752014-02-08T08:45:00.000-06:002014-02-08T16:57:14.634-06:00John Jeffreys: Slave, Educator and Business Owner<i>By Ryan Reed</i> <br />
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Over the next two weeks, Rolla Preservation Alliance will be posting about the life of Rolla resident, John O. Jeffreys. As a former slave from Boone County, Missouri, Jeffreys became a soldier, educator and small business owner. We hope you enjoy this story about Jeffreys' life and his impact on the greater Rolla community.<br />
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Lincoln University in Jefferson City will commemorate 148 years in education during Founders Day this Saturday, February 8th. This annual celebration honors the soldiers of the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Infantry, composed primarily of former slaves from Missouri, who took steps to establish an educational institution for African Americans. One of the founding members, John O. Jeffreys, moved to Rolla less than a decade after the Civil War concluded and lived in an unassuming house at 200 North Elm Street.<br />
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Very little is known about the early life of Jeffreys. According to his death certificate, he was born March 31, 1844 in Virginia. His parents are listed as "unknown" as he was likely born into slavery and separated from his family. The first known documentation of Jeffreys occurred in 1863 when he enlisted with the 1st Missouri Colored Infantry on December 1, 1863. Jeffreys was listed as 18 years old, from Columbia, Missouri and the slave of Arthur Price.<br />
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Jeffreys was able to enlist in the army after provocative steps were taken by the Federal Government in 1863. On January 1st, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This act freed enslaved Americans within the Confederacy not yet under federal control. The proclamation also permitted African Americans to enlist in the military. However, this law did not pertain to Missouri. During the Civil War, Missouri technically had dual Union and Confederate legislatures. During June of 1861, the Union Army ousted the southern sympathizing governor, Claiborne Jackson. His deposed government reassembled in Neosho, Missouri and voted to secede from the Union. However, his government did not have official power, yet they did have votes in the Confederate Congress. Even though Missouri was in the Union, the state sill practiced the institution of slavery. Lincoln's proclamation only applied to rebelling states, of which Missouri was technically not one. Slavery would not be legally abolished in Missouri until January 11, 1865.<br />
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Missourians remained hesitant about the recruitment of African Americans. Finally on November 14, 1863, General John Schofield, Union Commander of the Department of Missouri, issued General Order Number 135. The order allowed all provost marshals to recruit "all Negroes, free or slave." If slave owners could prove their loyalty, they would receive $300 for each slave recruited. Ultimately, Missouri furnished 8,344 African American troops in five regiments.<br />
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After enlisting in the 1st Missouri Colored Infantry, Jeffreys traveled to St. Louis and was<br />
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mustered in at Benton Barracks. The designation of the 1st Missouri was changed on March 11, 1864, as part of a nationwide reclassification of black troops as United States troops, rather than as volunteer units allocated to individual states. Now known as the 62nd United States Colored Infantry, the regiment was composed of soldiers from Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau and Randolph counties. A majority of the enlisted men, like Jeffreys, were slaves.<br />
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Shortly after their redesignation, the 62nd was ordered from St. Louis to the Department of the Gulf in Louisiana. From here, the regiment maneuvered northward along the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to Morganza and subsequently Bayou Sara. At the end of the Summer of 1864, the 62nd was ordered to Brazos Santiago Island, Texas. Brazos Santiago is the southernmost barrier island on Texas, south of San Padre. The island became a strategic point during the Civil War and was occupied by the Union Army the previous year. After several months of blockade duty on the island, Commanding Officer Col. Theodore Barrett instructed the 62nd and the 2nd Texas Calvary to attack mainland Texas. On May 11, 1865, nearly a month after General Robert E. Lee surrendered his forces at Appomattox Courthouse, the 62nd with 2nd Texas Calvary marched west along the Rio Grande to Brownsville. The troops successfully attacked Confederate camps at White and Palmito Ranches 12 miles east of Brownsville. Within hours, the Confederates counterattacked driving Union forces east. During the night of May 12th, both side sent for reinforcements. The next morning, Union troops started advancing westward. The Confederates engaged the advancing army in a skirmish along the Rio Grande. After some confusion and a fierce fire fight, the Union army retreated on May 13th. The battle, which involved Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, was the last land battle of any size or significance of the Civil War. It is recorded as a Confederate victory.<br />
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During the the Battle of Palmito Ranch, Confederate authority began to collapse in Texas. After the news of Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865, the desertion of Confederate soldiers became rampant. Those soldiers who vowed to fight, found a populace that was dissolving into general mayhem. The end of hostilities in Texas occurred on June 2, 1865 with the surrender of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi. Union troops, which included Jeffreys and the 62nd, did not restore order in Texas until June 19, 1865. Jeffreys was on duty at various points in Texas until he was mustered out of service on March 31st, 1866, his 22nd birthday. During his nearly three years of service, Jeffreys had attained the rank of Sergeant Major.<br />
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John Jeffreys' military career was over and he was now a free man. He left Brownsville, Texas en route for Jefferson City, where he had enlisted for the army. Upon his return he gained employment as a church sexton and was boarding with the Franklin Rose family. His purpose for returning to Jefferson City was not to toil at the maintenance of a local church, but to nurture an educational institution for African Americans he helped create during his tenure in the army.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-43414215944688224422013-03-24T14:34:00.000-05:002013-03-24T14:53:39.244-05:00Never Forget: The Third Anniversary of the Uptown Demolition<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Today marks the third anniversary of the demolition of the Uptown
Theater and the adjacent Knapp Home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Looking out your window on this cold blustery day, it is hard to believe
it was an unusually warm Spring day when a massive backhoe punched a hole in the
north wall of the theater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is even
harder to believe is eight months prior to its demolition, the Rolla Business
Association strongly recommended “the Uptown Theater be renovated and revived
into a discount movie house” as part of a downtown revitalization plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the icing on the cake is the historic
theater was demoed for the alumni association of a university who has been
internationally recognized as a leader in sustainability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The proposed demolition created an outcry by
the students of Missouri S&T and longtime residents of Rolla for the
retention and adaptive reuse of the theater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the theater was demoed for an alumni house that has yet to be
built nor has the funds in place for its construction.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image courtesy of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rolla-MO-Home-Town-non-censored/116641258350867?fref=ts" target="_blank">Rolla, MO Hometown Non-Censored</a> Facebook Page</td></tr>
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In September 2009, the future of the Uptown was bright.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Meramec Regional Planning Commission in
conjunction with the Rolla Downtown Business Association produced the <a href="http://www.rollacity.org/comdev/forms/Rolla%20Downtown%20Plan%20-%20Sept%2009.pdf" target="_blank">City of Rolla Downtown Plan</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intention of
the plan was to be a vehicle for new life, economic vigor and long-term
viability of downtown Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among the
marketing plans and strategies was a detailed plan for the renovation of the
Uptown Theater into a discount movie house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The plan stated;</div>
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<i>“This starts with contacting the present owner and contracting a developer to
plan and execute the renovation. Advertizing the new discount movie house is to
begin when renovation begins, and extend well after its opening to the public.
Research and ascertain the most popular movies among college students (Star
Trek marathon, Star Wars series, Ladies Night, Rocky Horror Picture Show night)
and advertise the movies to be played in the first few months. Offer student
concessions. Bring in famous personality for the grand opening and put movie
house into operation.”</i></div>
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The plan estimated the renovation of the Uptown would cost a minimum of
$300,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The feasibility of the
renovation of the Uptown would have increased with the use of historic tax
credits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The historic theater, designed
in 1941 by Carl and Robert Boller of Kansas City, could have been
individually nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Boller Brothers designed over 100
theaters across the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several of
their theaters have been placed on the National Register including the KiMo is
Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was saved from the wrecking ball and has
undergone an extensive restoration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
placed on the National Register, the Uptown would have been eligible for state
and federal tax credits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Utilizing these
incentives would have credited<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>45% of
the rehabilitation cost in taxes or the credits could have been sold to a bank
or another developer.</div>
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One month after the creation of the City of Rolla Downtown Plan, the Missouri
Department of Economic Development announced that Rolla was selected to
participate in the Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri
(<a href="http://rollacity.blogspot.com/2009/10/ded-selects-rolla-as-dream-community.html" target="_blank">DREAM</a>) Initiative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The DREAM Initiative
was a program designed to help communities to more efficiently and effectively
engage in downtown redevelopment and revitalization efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being selected for the initiative meant that
Rolla gained access to financial assistance. Specifically, Rolla would receive $160,000 from
the state for infrastructure improvements, historic preservation and job
creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the focus areas of the
initiative in Rolla was the north entrance to downtown area on Pine Street
which included the historic theater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>John Petersen, the Director of Rolla Community Development considered
the Uptown an “keystone building” in the revitalization of downtown.</div>
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It appeared that the Uptown’s future was secure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Financing was in place for the revitalization
of Pine and Rolla Streets and the historic theater would play an integral part
of these efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This outlook
drastically changed in three months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
January 2010, plans were set into motion of the demolition of the Uptown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within eight months of Rolla’s designation as
a DREAM community, the Uptown would be gone.</div>
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On Friday, January 22, 2010, Marianne Ward, the Director of the
Missouri S&T Alumni Association announced plans for an alumni center at the
northeast corner of Pine and Eleventh Streets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After inspecting eleven different sites around Rolla, the alumni
association chose the location due to its proximity to campus and its
connection with downtown (typically know as uptown to Rollites.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Director also stated the Uptown and
adjoining Knapp Home would be razed because the reuse of these buildings was
not an option.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These statements
counteracted months of research conducted by the City of Rolla and the Rolla
Business Association which strongly recommended the theater’s reuse as a key
element of downtown revitalization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
statements of demolition by the Director of the alumni association also
counteract the sustainability goals of the university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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At the turn of the twenty-first century, Missouri S&T became the
first university in the nation to voluntarily commit to an Environmental
Management System (EMS).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An EMS provides
a structured approach to the planning and implementation of environmental
protection procedures using the guidelines set forth under the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These guidelines encourage creative and relevant solutions from within
the organization itself to reduce its impact on the environment and our natural
resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To further their commitment,
MS&T implemented a sustainability policy to minimize the university’s
pollutants and advocate environmental stewardship. Stated within the purpose of
their policy is the continual improvement of environmental stewardship with
respect to materials, water and energy use.</div>
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The university further advocated sustainability through the Student
Design and Experimental Learning Center (SDELC).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The center allows experimental learning
through projects supporting multi-disciplinary student research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These projects include initiatives in solar
technology to limit our dependence on finite resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The projects include the solar decathlon and
solar housing which have given the university international recognition
concerning solar technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently,
the university is in the midst of creating a geothermal energy system that
would cut in half its energy consumption and reduce its carbon footprint by
25,000 metric tons per year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, the
university’s alumni association is willing to demolition two buildings that
ended up in a landfill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The retention
and adaptive reuse of our historic buildings also plays a massive role in
sustainability. 13% of solid waste in Missouri landfills comes from demolition
waste. Nationally it accounts for 30% of solid waste in landfills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The adaptive reused of the Uptown could have
been another feather in the cap for the university in their goal towards
sustainability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, it created dissention
among native Rollites, university students and alumni.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/261860182913/" target="_blank">Save the Uptown Rolla!</a> Facebook Page</td></tr>
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The public outcry against the demolition of the Uptown was strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within weeks of the proposal, university
students band together with the purpose of stopping the demolition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On February 3, 2010, a protest was held on
campus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missouri S&T senior, Josh Spehn
stated to the <a href="http://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20100208/NEWS/302089892/0/SEARCH" target="_blank">Rolla Daily News</a> “We are opposed to the sale, we don’t agree with
its proposed use.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sentiment
resounded with thousands of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
petition was created to stop the demolition and over 1,200 signatures were
secured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A <a href="http://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20100225/NEWS/302259844/0/SEARCH" target="_blank">poll</a> taken by the Rolla Daily
News to gauge the future of the Uptown revealed that out of 1,279 individuals,
63% of them wanted to keep the theater in place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Facebook page, Save the Uptown Rolla! was
created to raise awareness of the demolition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Days before the demolition, the Uptown became littered with graffiti
concerning the looming demolition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Statements that graced the building read “The Uptown will never be
forgotten”,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This is why I’m never joining
the Miner Alumni Association” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
“Avenge Me!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is interesting is the
initial push to save the Uptown came from university students and
facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their momentum swelled and
quickly involved alumni, natives and Rolla expats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even with the massive outcry against
demolition, the Uptown fell to the wrecking ball on March 24, 2010.</div>
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The demolition of the Uptown was a turning point concerning the
preservation of our historic buildings and retaining a walkable and sustainable
community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has also created a greater
awareness of the threats against buildings with local significance including
the Trachoma Hospital, Rayl Cafeteria and the Chamberlain House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has also created awareness of a number
less significant buildings that create a neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This sense of a neighborhood is often carried
by a number of buildings that none of which would be individually highly
significant or eligible for the National Register. However, the retention of
these less significant buildings attaches people to their community and
provides a sense of place and connects us to our shared heritage. </div>
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The Missouri University of Science and Technology has been very
beneficial to Rolla since its establishment in 1870.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the largest employer in Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has helped our population grow and has put
us on the international spectrum for its engineering program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the university has not been good
stewards of our shared community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
loss of the Uptown and the proposed demolition of the Trachoma Hospital (Rock
Mechanics), Rayl Cafeteria and other smaller residences and commercial buildings
adjacent to the university according to their Campus Master Plan is not in sync
with their goal of sustainability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
rehabilitation of our historic built environment would further the university’s
commitment to their sustainability policy and EMS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rehabilitation and adaptive reuse could
also be integrated into the curriculum of the university and be used as a
learning opportunity for SDELC. The combination of these opportunities has the
ability to attract more students to the university and individuals and families
to Rolla while maintaining Rolla’s cultural heritage.</div>
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Let us promote a sustainable future that includes a walkable, close
knit community that retains and adaptively reuses our historic built
environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us have an economically
viable and dense downtown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us have a
sustainable city that reuses existing infrastructure, decrease sprawl and saves
the embodied energy of materials used in the construction of buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, let us never forget the demolition
of the Uptown.</div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Every March
since 1908, the canonization of St. Patrick is delegated to a mortal student to
represent the patron of engineers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
original St. Patrick was born in Scotland during 432 and was captured by Pagans
and carried to Ireland. During his six years on the Emerald Isle he was enslaved
as a sheep herder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the age of twenty,
St. Patrick absconded back to Scotland only to return to Ireland by the commandment
of God to convert the Pagans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within
forty years, he converted the entire island and died an elderly man on March
17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rolla’s original St. Pat was from
the Bluegrass state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Known around campus
as the Kentucky Colonel, he was called to the Ozarks in 1907 to study Civil and
Mining Engineering. At the age of 22, he left our city for Birmingham, Alabama
via Berkeley, California.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
residents of Rolla and students enrolled at the Missouri University of Science
and Technology are well versed in the events of the first St. Pat’s
celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students were denied a
request to dismiss class to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In retaliation, the secretly met and plotted
the first Best Ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Tuesday, March
17, 1908, St. Patrick arrived on a handcar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The student body escorted him to campus where
he was met by a disapproving faculty at the steps of Norwood Hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>St. Pat approached the 29 year old director
of the Missouri School of Mines, Lewis E. (Lew) Young, and asked him to bow and
receive a blessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Young obliged and
supposedly St. Pat stated, “I dub you the first Honorary Knight of St. Patrick
of Rolla.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus began a tradition that
has lasted for over a century.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This well
documented event has become legend on the university and in the city of
Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is less known is the life of
the first St. Patrick, George Gilmore Menefee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was obviously a popular person among the student body to be chosen to
portray St. Pat on that fateful day. However, very little is known about
Menefee.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Menefee from Georgetown College yearbook in 1907*</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">George
Menefee was born in Stanford, Kentucky on July 25, 1886 to Dr. John N. Menefee
and Ellen Cowan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His father was a farmer
and subsequently was elected as the Mayor of Stanford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a child he attended Stanford public
schools and excelled at his studies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Menefee is mentioned numerous times in the local paper, The Interior
Journal, as being on the honor roll of his school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During his teenage years, Menefee was active
with the local drama club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
consistently had leading roles in plays such as “Cousin Faithful” and “A
Notable Outcast.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Interior Journal
stated in 1905 that Menefee “had been before the footlights several times in
good parts.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Menefee graduated from the
Stanford Male Academy in 1905 and was accepted to attend Georgetown College in
Georgetown, Kentucky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While attending
Georgetown, Menefee immersed himself in activities and organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a member of Delta Phi Fraternity, captain
of the football team and played upright bass with the school’s music
department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For unknown reasons he left
Georgetown after his sophomore year and traveled to attend the Missouri School
of Mines in Rolla.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The Missouri
University of Science and Technology archives ha<span style="font-size: small;">s</span> very little information
concerning Menefee’s time on campus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
is known is he only took one course in Civil and Mining Engineering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is currently no record of Menefee being
a part of any organization on campus; however he was likely very well known
among the student body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nicknamed the
Kentucky Colonel, Menefee’s only known contribution to the university was
portraying St. Patrick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He likely had no
comprehension of his impact upon the history of the university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the summer of 1908, Menefee left Rolla to
attend the University of California-Berkeley to study chemistry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Menefee's stay in Berkeley was brief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By November 1909 he accepted a position as a
chemist with the Lakeside Sugar Refinery in Eagle Lake, Texas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">During his
adult life, Menefee worked various jobs across the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prior to the United States involvement in
World War I, Menefee had worked in Eagle Lake, Texas, Columbus, Ohio Birmingham,
Alabama and Syracuse, New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
employment typically consisted of working as a salesman with a plethora of
companies including the Forest Paint Company in Syracuse, New York and the Ohio
Varnish Company in Birmingham, Alabama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
crisscrossing the country, Menefee met and married native Kentuckian Hallie
James Edwards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Edwards had a daughter
and a son from a previous marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Menefee and his new family finally settled in Birmingham, Alabama where
he would live the remainder of his life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The
Menefee’s lived life as a typical middle class family in Birmingham.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>George was employed as a manager with the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
wife tended to the rigors of the home while her two children attended school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1920, Hallie began to suffer from a
prolonged cough and chest pains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
diagnosed with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and was admitted into the Red Mountain
Tuberculosis Sanatorium near the suburb of Homewood south of Birmingham.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As her conditions worsened, Hallie was moved
to the larger St. Joseph’s Sanatorium in Asheville, North Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within months of her move, Hallie succumbed
to the disease and died on December 15, 1922.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">After his
wife’s death Menefee met and married divorcee Beauford Terry Henderson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Similar to Hallie, she had two children from
a previous marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the remainder
of his life, Menefee continued to work with Goodyear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On August 3, 1943, George Menefee passed away
in Birmingham at the age of 57.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
remains were transported back to Stanford, Kentucky and buried in the Menefee
family plot at Buffalo Springs Cemetery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">George
Menefee may have never known the impact he had on Rolla and the university yet
for over a century we reenact the events he first acted out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The arrival in Rolla on a handcar, the march
down Pine Street and the submission of the faculty to the will of St. Pat,
these acts have become tradition and Menefee will forever be held in high esteem
in Rolla.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">* <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Image of Menefee as St. Pat courtesy of the Missouri University of Science and Technology Archives.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>* Image of Menefee from the Delta Phi Fraternity </i></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1363537790938_2147" style="font-size: 11pt;">Courtesy of Georgetown College, Bolton Archives,
<u id="yui_3_7_2_1_1363537790938_2183">The Belle of the Blue: 1907</u></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>* Image of Menefee from the Georgetown College Football Team Courtesy of Georgetown College, Bolton Archives, <u>The Belle of the Blue: 1907</u> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Special thanks to Leann Arndt of the State Historic Society of Missouri-Research Center-Rolla</i></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-51373641255879064442013-03-05T11:28:00.001-06:002013-03-05T11:33:08.684-06:00Threatened: The Missouri Trachoma Hospital<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Ryan Reed</span></i><br />
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According to the 2009 <a href="http://phyfac-web.mst.edu/dcm/pdf/masterplan.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Master Plan</a> for the Missouri University of
Science and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Technology, the former
Missouri Trachoma Hospital (currently Rock Mechanics) is to be razed and
replaced with a parking lot for the campus recreational facilities. Missouri
S&T is committed to creating a sustainable campus to minimize the
university's impact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The retention and
continued use of property could be another feather in the cap towards Missouri
S&T's sustainability efforts.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Former Missouri Trachoma Hospital</td></tr>
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Trachoma, a disease afflicting the eyes, was the leading cause of
blindness in the United States during the turn of the twentieth century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The disease was particularly prevalent in a
belt stretching from eastern Kentucky to eastern Oklahoma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Known as “The Trachoma Belt,” 75% of all
cases of the infection in the 1920’s occurred within this area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To combat trachoma, President Woodrow Wilson
allocated federal funds to the United States Public Health Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Health Service used the funds to
construct the first trachoma hospital, in Richmond, Kentucky, in September of
1913.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ten years later, a trachoma clinic
opened within an existing hospital in Rolla, MO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Federal Health Department decided to
withdraw their management of the clinic in Rolla on March 12, 1936.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>General operations of the clinic were
transferred to the Missouri State Health Department.</div>
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The Missouri State Health Department deemed the facilities of the
trachoma clinic in Rolla insufficient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>During the 1930’s, Missouri was paying over $280,000 a year in blind
pensions to victims of trachoma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Determined to build a facility exclusively for the treatment of
trachoma, the Missouri State Legislature allotted $75,000 of state funds for
the construction of a new hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
federal government supplemented the state funds with $61,363 of federal funds
through the Public Works Administration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Rolla Chamber of Commerce selected a site at the northwest corner of
the intersection of highways 66 and 63.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The site, situated on a high knoll, was purchased from the Missouri
School of Mines for $2,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
construction contract was awarded to J.E. Williams of University City, MO for
$104,573.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A ceremonial ground breaking
took place on January 3, 1939.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Due to
the funding of a state hospital by the state of Missouri in an attempt to
diminish the cost incurred to victims of trachoma, the former hospital has
state wide significance.</div>
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On July 29, 1939, a cornerstone ceremony was held at the nearly
completed hospital building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ceremony was presided over by Malvern B. Clopton, President of the Missouri
State Board of Health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In attendance
were Governor Lloyd Stark and the director of the Kentucky Trachoma Hospital,
Dr. Arthur McCormick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cornerstone
was laid by Karl Vetsburg, the Grand Master of the Missouri Masonic Lodge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During his address, Stark stated “this
building is a symbol of the humanitarianism which is traditional of the people
of Missouri.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time, the Missouri
Trachoma Hospital was the second such hospital in the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two more trachoma hospitals were constructed
in Oklahoma and Arkansas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only four
trachoma hospitals were ever in operation in the United States, thus giving the
Missouri Trachoma Hospital national significance.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying of the cornerstone in 1939</td></tr>
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The site also has great local significance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Immediately south of the hospital near
highway 66 is a capped well surrounded by a small wrought iron fence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The well was once part of the first homestead
located in what would become the city of Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Philadelphia native, John Webber left his home in Gallatin County,
Illinois with his wife and two young children and headed west.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Webber, for unknown reasons, chose to settle
on the high knoll in 1844 where the hospital now stands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He immediately constructed a home and
purchased the forty acres where his residence stood. </div>
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Thirteen years later, in 1857, Phelps County was created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fifty largely undeveloped acres were donated
by railroad contractor, Edmund Ward Bishop to become the seat of Phelps
County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bishop’s donation became the
city of Rolla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the same year, the
city’s boundaries were determined by Webber, Bishop and George Coppedge,
another early settler, at Webber’s home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even the name of the new city, supposedly a phonetic spelling of the
North Carolina capitol Raleigh, was agreed upon at the Webber residence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Webber and his family remained at the home
until 1876 when they moved to Edgar Springs in southern Phelps County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Webber died in 1889 and is buried in the
Rolla Cemetery.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Webber</td></tr>
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At the turn of the twenty-first century, the MS&T became the first
university in the nation to voluntarily commit to an Environmental Management
System (EMS).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An EMS provides a
structured approach to the planning and implementation of environmental
protection procedures using the guidelines set forth under the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These guidelines encourage creative and relevant solutions from within
the organization itself to reduce its impact on the environment and our natural
resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To further their commitment,
MS&T implemented a sustainability policy to minimize the university’s
pollutants and advocate environmental stewardship. Stated within the purpose of
their policy is the continual improvement of environmental stewardship with
respect to materials, water and energy use.</div>
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The university further advocates sustainability through the Student
Design and Experimental Learning Center (SDELC).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The center allows experimental learning
through projects supporting multi-disciplinary student research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These projects include initiatives in solar
technology to limit our dependence on finite resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The projects include the solar decathlon and
solar housing which have given the university international recognition
concerning solar technology.</div>
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In contrast, the demolition of the Trachoma would counteract Missouri
S&T's goals of sustainability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
amount of waste created by the Trachoma would be astounding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Richard Moe, former president of
the National Trust for Historic Preservation, "<i><b>Demolishing a 50,000 square
foot building creates 4,000 tons of waste, enough to fill 26 box cars - a train
one-quarter mile long.</b></i>" Additionally, "<i><b>Constructing a new 50,000
square foot building releases as much carbon as driving a car 2.8 million
miles.</b></i>"</div>
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Recently, an eligibility assessment of the Trachoma for the National
Register of Historic Place was conducted by the Missouri State Historic
Preservation Office (SHPO) in Jefferson City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>SHPO deemed the former hospital eligible for listing on the National
Register for its local and state wide significance due to its association with
events that had a large impact on our culture. </div>
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If you would like to voice your opinion against the proposed demolition
of the former Trachoma, contact the following individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let's work together and keep this historic
building, which is a viable and necessary element of Rolla's built
environment.</div>
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<a href="mailto:admin@rollcity.org" target="_blank">Bill Jenks</a> - Mayor of Rolla</div>
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<a href="mailto:chancellor@mst.edu" target="_blank">Cheryl B. Schrader</a> - Missouri S&T Chancellor</div>
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5th Ward City Council Members (where Trachoma is located)</div>
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<a href="mailto:jwilliams@rollacity.org" target="_blank">Jim Williams</a></div>
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<a href="mailto:cbolin@rollacity.org" target="_blank">Carrolyn Bolin </a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116849944853210131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750371770797775995.post-69189515036642333582013-02-23T10:53:00.000-06:002013-02-23T10:54:09.216-06:00Nancy Faulkner and the Great War of Nations Memorial<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Ryan Reed</span></i> <br />
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The Great War of Nations Memorial dominating the Rolla Cemetery
skyline was created to honor the twenty-one Phelps Countians who died
during World War I. Dedicated on May 9th, 1923, the memorial of
contrasting red and black granite was sponsored by the Noah Coleman
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The men who gave
the ultimate sacrifice during “the war to end all wars” are well
documented. However, very little is known about the memorial’s
designer, Nancy Faulkner.<br />
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Nancy Rowe Faulkner was born in DeSoto, Missouri on December 13,
1866 to Dr. Samuel and Mary Hutchings Rowe. In 1875, Dr. Rowe moved his
young family to Rolla from DeSoto and opened a drug store on Pine
Street. After obtaining his MD from Washington University, Dr. Rowe
became the chair of the Medical Advisory Board and Assistant Medical
Examiner for Phelps County. While Nancy’s father was achieving great
prominence in Rolla, she was educated at the public schools and excelled
in the arts. After completing her studies, Nancy married Millard
Fillmore Faulkner, who was employed as a manager in her father’s store.<br />
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After their marriage, Nancy and Millard Faulkner continued to live
in the residence above Rowe’s Drug Store on Pine Street until the
completion of a large two story rock house. The former Faulkner Home on
North State Street is currently occupied by the Triangle Fraternity.
Millard became involved with local politics and eventually became the
Mayor of Rolla. During his political career, Millard took over the
operations of Dr. Rowe’s Drug Store and hired several of his nephews to
work as clerks and druggists. Among his newly employed family members
was Virgil Faulkner, son of his older brother Charles. Virgil continued
to work at the drug store until America’s involvement with World War I.<br />
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Virgil Faulkner enlisted as a soldier and left Rolla on April 28,
1918. His destination was Camp Funston at Fort Riley near Manhattan,
Kansas. Upon arrival at Camp Funston, Virgil became a Private in
Company E, 354th Infantry of the 89th Division. Among 50,000 other
recruits from the Midwest, Virgil began basic training under the command
of Major General Leonard Wood. Four weeks later, the 89th Division
boarded trains and headed east to New York City. From New York, the
division sailed to England and subsequently France. Virgil’s baptism by
fire occurred on the night of August 6th, 1918 at Toul, France when the
354th Infantry was shelled by canisters of mustard gas. The following
month, Virgil faced the 10th German Infantry in the Battle of
Saint-Mihiel. The 89th Division attacked from Flirey, moving through
the Bois de Mort Mare towards Thiaucourt. The battle concluded after
three days and over 7,000 Allied troops were dead.<br />
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Following the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, the 89th Division joined the
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Virgil arrived with the 354th Infantry on the
night of October 19th. He was ordered to go into the line along the
Sommerance-Romagne Road. This was to the north of the German position
which had been taken by the 32nd Divison the week before. The Division
was tasked with straightening the front line in the Bois de Bantheville
before the planned attack on the 1st of November. The forest had
reportedly been cleared by the departing 32nd Division, but the Germans
had re infiltrated and the 354th Infantry set about clearing the forest
of enemy soldiers again. During the push to remove the Germans from the
Bois de Bantheville, Virgil Faulkner was killed in action at the age of
22. He was the first Phelps Countian who gave the ultimate sacrifice
during World War I. He was buried in France and was reinterred in the
Rolla Cemetery after the war.<br />
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At the conclusion of the war, the Noah Coleman Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored a memorial to be
constructed to honor the fallen soldiers of Phelps County. Among the
members of the chapter was Virgil Faulkner’s aunt, Nancy Rowe Faulkner.
Recognized for her artist talents, Nancy was commissioned to design a
memorial. As the memorial was being completed and the city anticipated
it’s unveiling, Nancy husband, Millard Faulkner, passed away. Dealing
with the loss of her husband, Nancy attended the dedication where
Governor Arthur M. Hyde unveiled the new monument known as The Great War
of Nations Memorial.<br />
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The memorial originally sat adjacent to the Rolla Post Office on
Pine Street, currently the Public Library. In 1956, the monument was
relocated to its present location in the Rolla Cemetery. Among the list
of the soldiers of Phelps County who perished during World War I were:<br />
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Virgil A. Faulkner</div>
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Frances A. Garmack</div>
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John Wiedeman</div>
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Herman Lupberger</div>
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William H. Crolley</div>
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Don Mitchell</div>
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Albert Eickman</div>
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Robert L. Price</div>
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James A. Hyatt</div>
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Lindsey Lanning</div>
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Morris Thomas</div>
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Walter Splith</div>
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William Allen</div>
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Charles Arthur</div>
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Homer Reed</div>
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Lewis Simms</div>
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Ellas Barnical</div>
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Emil H. Hoffman</div>
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Hugh W. Finley</div>
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Oscar Bailey</div>
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Issac A. Bridgeman</div>
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