dc.contributor.advisor | Ramsay, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1880-1953 | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Myers, Robert Lee | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri -- Barton County | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri -- Cedar County | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri -- Dade County | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri -- Greene County | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri -- Jasper County | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri -- Lawrence County | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri -- Newton County | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri -- Polk County | eng |
dc.date.issued | 1930 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 1930 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Counties: Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Polk | eng |
dc.description.abstract | "This thesis is a record of a careful research into the origin of the place-names in eight of the counties in the southwest part of Missouri. These counties are Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Polk. These counties lie along the northwest slope of the Ozark highlands, whose topography is marked by rolling hills and fertile valleys. Along the valleys are rapidly flowing streams, which furnished ample water power for the grist mills of the pioneers. A comparison of the number of water-mills in these counties with the number in the northern counties shows a significant variation in the topography of the two groups of counties. The abundance of water for the little farms and the economic advantages of the mills, which often became the nuclei of villages, rendered great service to the pioneers, who were turning an untamed wilderness into homes and villages..."--Page 1. | eng |
dc.identifier.other | 010-300036618 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/71669 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/71669 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Missouri place names theses | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.source | Digitized at the University of Missouri--Columbia Libraries. | eng |
dc.subject.FAST | Names, Geographical | eng |
dc.title | Place names in the southwest counties of Missouri | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
dc.type.genre | Maps | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.A. | eng |