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At least two burials listed in Tombstone Records of Boone County, Missouri. Gordon Cemetery Columbia: Family Cemetery stood on the Gordon family farm near their mansion and cabin. There is a marker in Stephens Lake Park. Gibbs Cemetery Family At least three burials Gibson Cemetery Family Located on the old David Shock Farm. At least two Gibson ...
A post office called Iron Mountain was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1978. [3] The railroad history of the area runs deep, as the railways were key to the distribution of the minerals being mined. [4] The Iron Mountain and Southern Railway was prominent during the development of the Iron Mountain community in the 19th ...
This list of cemeteries in Missouri includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The church was built between 1867 and 1872 and is a brick gable-end church. A three-tiered brick bell tower and sacristy were added in 1903. Also on the property are the contributing school (c. 1900), rectory (1908), privy, and cemetery. The cemetery contains approximately 285 graves with the earliest dating from November 1841. [2]
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On August 14, 1902, William Helms (June 5, 1835 – December 13, 1917), a 67-year-old farmer and Civil War veteran, was walking along the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (later the Missouri Pacific Railroad) where it crosses Big River outside of Irondale (Washington County, Missouri), collecting lumber for a barn he intended to build.
The site has yielded the largest number of Spanish artifacts of any prehistoric site in Southeastern Missouri. Finds at the site included glass chevron beads, a Clarksdale bell, iron knife fragments and part of a brass book binder. [3] It was added to the NRHP on July 24, 1974, as NRIS number 74001086. [1]
The Iron Mountain was initially established to deliver iron ore from Iron Mountain to St. Louis, Missouri. Once owned by Henry Gudon Marquand and his brother, Frederick Marquand. They were forced out through Jay Gould's railroad monopoly. [1] [2] In 1883 the railway was acquired by Jay Gould, becoming part of a 9,547-mile (15,364 km) system.