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Taney County, Missouri MOGenWeb Project |
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| Date | Description of Event |
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| 1541-00-00 | Hernando De Soto purported to have paid a visit to now Taney County on exploration trip |
| 1673-07-04 | Explorers Louis Jolliet and Jesuit Jaques Marquette canoe past the future site of St. Louis. |
| 1682-00-00 | Robert Cavelier sieur de La Salle explored the Mississippi Valley and named it Louisiana |
| 1700-10-08 | First European sponsored settlement in Missouri was founded by Father Marest at River Des Peres (short lived - only lasted to 1703) |
| 1735-00-00 | Founding of Ste. Genevieve, first permanent white settlement inside of present Missouri (some historians place it's founding at 1732-34, others at 1750 - in any event it was relocated after the great Mississippi flood of 1785)) |
| 1762-11-13 | Spain gained control of Louisiana Territory in Treaty of Fontainebleau |
| 1800-10-30 | Spain returned control of Louisiana Territory to France |
| 1803-04-30 | Louisiana Purchase completed |
| 1804-10-16 | Spanish Governor and Troops depart from St. Louis |
| 1805-03-03 | Territory of Louisiana established with capital at St. Louis |
| 1811-12-16 | New Madrid earthquakes struck Missouri, the worst in U.S. history |
| 1812-06-04 | Territory of Missouri formed |
| 1812-10-01 | Taney area was made a part of New Madrid county, one of the original 5 counties of Missouri Territory |
| 1815-00-00 | Taney area became part of Lawrence county Missouri Territory. This county was eventually abolished when much of it's territory became part of Arkansas Territory in 1819 |
| 1818-01-08 | Petition presented to Congress for Missouri to be admitted as a state |
| 1821-08-10 | Missouri entered the Union as a slave state |
| 1824-09-00 | Catastrophic flood on the White River in present Taney county was probably the worst in the 19th century |
| 1825-00-00 | Taney area became part of Wayne county. |
| 1831-01-18 | Taney area became part of a non-county area attached to Crawford county |
| 1833-01-02 | Taney area became part of newly formed Greene county |
| 1835-09-01 | The Public Land Office in Springfield was first opened, allowing sales of public lands in the Taney region |
| 1837-00-00 | Forsyth, first of presently existing post offices was created |
| 1837-01-00 | Taney County formally organized |
| 1839-00-00 | A small area of territory was added to eastern Taney county which extended it's border to the east into non-county territory |
| 1840-00-00 | First US Census of Taney County taken |
| 1841-01-29 | Ozark County taken from Taney County |
| 1843-01-04 | Large earthquake centered near New Madrid would have impacted Taney county |
| 1844-05-00 | Catastrophic flood on the White River in present Taney county |
| 1849-00-00 | A very tiny part of Taney on it's border with Greene county was moved to Greene |
| 1851-02-10 | Stone County taken from Taney County |
| 1852-00-00 | The first steam boat to reach Forsyth in Taney county on the White River was the Yohogony in 1852 |
| 1855-00-00 | Battles between Kansas abolitionists and southwest Missouri Ozarkers began well before the Civil War |
| 1855-00-00 | Three story brick courthouse built in Taney county |
| 1855-00-00 | Tiny piece of territory that was moved to Greene county in 1849 was returned to Taney |
| 1857-08-29 | Part of Taney County taken to help form Douglas County |
| 1858-00-00 | First schools were established in the county by action of the Missouri legislature |
| 1858-00-00 | The Wire Road was completed which ran from Springfield to Fayetteville, Arkansas and carried the telegraph and overland stage through adjacent Stone county. |
| 1859-03-08 | Part of Taney County taken to help form Christian County |
| 1859-07-04 | A curious meteorite fell in Taney County near Miney (Mincy?) while a companion meteorite fell in Arkansas leading to extensive scientific comparison over the years. |
| 1860-00-00 | Walnut Shade, 2nd of presently existing post offices was established |
| 1861-00-00 | Bradleyville, 3rd of presently existing post offices was established |
| 1861-04-13 | Surrender of Fort Sumter after it's attack by South Carolina, essentially beginning the Civil War |
| 1861-05-06 | Arkansas secedes from the Union |
| 1861-07-22 | Union forces under General Sweeney expelled the confederate forces from Forsyth, which they used as their area HQ. The confederates returned as soon as the Union forces left. |
| 1861-08-10 | The confederate victory at the Battle of Wilson's Creek near Taney gave the south effective control of southwestern Missouri |
| 1862-03-06 | The Battle of Pea Ridge, across the Arkansas border in Benton county led to a victory for the North and gave them control of most of the state of Missouri for the next two years. |
| 1862-04-10 | Union forces under General Curtis expelled the confederate forces again from Forsyth. The confederates returned as soon as the Union forces left. |
| 1862-05-20 | Homestead Act of 1862 helped create influx of new settlers to Taney over the following several decades |
| 1862-11-07 | The Battle of Clark's Mill in Vera Cruz, Douglas county ended in a victory for the South |
| 1862-12-00 | Union forces under General Curtis returned to Forsyth after the battle of Prairie Grove and once again expelled the confederate forces. The confederates returned as soon as the Union forces left. |
| 1863-01-08 | The battle for Springfield ended in a Union victory |
| 1863-02-02 | Union soldier kills bushwhacker and outlaw Alf Bolin |
| 1863-04-22 | Union forces left Forsyth for the last time, burning the town and courthouse on their way out to insure it wouldn't again be used by the confederate army. |
| 1864-00-00 | Northeastern corner of Taney was moved to Douglas county |
| 1865-00-00 | The end of the Civil War was followed by great increase in bushwhackers/outlaws/murders in the Taney area |
| 1865-04-09 | General Lee surrendered to the Union at Appomattox Courthous. |
| 1865-04-14 | Abraham Lincoln was assassinated |
| 1871-00-00 | Kirbyville post office was established |
| 1871-00-00 | Kissee Mills post office was established |
| 1873-00-00 | National economic depression impacts Taney county |
| 1874-00-00 | Devastating grasshopper plague impacts Taney county |
| 1875-00-00 | Protem post office was established |
| 1882-00-00 | Branson post office was established |
| 1883-09-22 | The very public murder of Jim Everett in Forsyth by Al Layton considered by many to be the trigger for the Bald Knobber saga over the next 10 years |
| 1884-00-00 | Widespread destruction from flooding along the White River in Taney County |
| 1884-10-18 | Al Layton acquitted of murdering Jim Everett |
| 1885-04-05 | First mass meeting of the Bald Knobbers held on Sapp's Bald, two miles northwest of Kirbyville |
| 1885-12-19 | Taney County courthouse burned, with arson suspected, destroying most county records |
| 1888-08-20 | Billy Miles kills Bald Knobber leader Nate Kinney |
| 1890-00-00 | Widespread destruction from flooding along the White River in Taney County |
| 1890-12-15 | Forsyth was incorporated |
| 1891-00-00 | New Taney courthouse built |
| 1891-11-04 | First bank in Taney county, the Taney County Bank, was created and rented space in the new courthouse. |
| 1892-03-00 | Murder of wife by John Bright followed by his lynching was the last such event in the Bald Knobber Saga |
| 1892-03-01 | John Bright kills his wife |
| 1892-03-04 | Taney county posse captures John Bright |
| 1892-03-12 | John Bright lynched/hung by Bald Knobbers, murdering Deputy Sheriff George Williams in the process. |
| 1893-00-00 | Rose O'Neill's family moved to Bear Creek and created Bonniebrook |
| 1894-00-00 | Cedarcreek post office was established |
| 1894-00-00 | Mc Clurg post office was established |
| 1894-00-00 | Taneyville post office was established |
| 1895-10-00 | Large earthquake centered near Charleston, Missouri would have impacted Taney county |
| 1896-00-00 | Harold Bell Wright comes to Taney County |
| 1903-00-00 | Railroad reached Branson, first access to rail in Taney County |
| 1904-00-00 | Hollister post office was established |
| 1906-00-00 | Passenger rail service began in the county |
| 1906-00-00 | Rueter post office was established |
| 1907-00-00 | Shepherd of the Hills, by Harold Bell Wright, about life in Taney County was published |
| 1907-09-24 | School of the Ozarks dedicated in Forsyth |
| 1910-00-00 | Large measles epidemic occurred in the Taney area killing many |
| 1912-00-00 | Ridgedale post office was established |
| 1912-04-01 | Branson incorporated - had population of 1,200 |
| 1913-00-00 | New jail was built, which is still standing and presently headquarters of the White River Valley Historical Society |
| 1913-00-00 | Powersite post office was established |
| 1913-00-00 | Rose O'Neill copyrighted the Kewpie Doll |
| 1913-09-00 | Powersite Dam completed creating Lake Taneycomo |
| 1915-01-12 | Disasterous fire destroyed the School of the Ozarks in Forsyth |
| 1919-00-00 | Taneycomo post office was started - later renamed Rockaway Beach |
| 1919-07-12 | Power delivery began from Powersite Dam to Forsyth providing the first electricity to the city |
| 1920-03-10 | Serious tornado or tornados caused much destruction and death in Melva and nearby Taney communities |
| 1931-00-00 | Point Lookout post office was established |
| 1933-00-00 | Taneycomo post office was renamed Rockaway Beach, the most recent new post office in Taney |
| 1951-00-00 | Courthouse site inundated by Bull Shoals dam, new courthouse built |
| 1951-07-00 | Bull Shoals Dam completed creating lake of the same name |
| 1952-00-00 | Forsyth forced to relocate to its present location by the rising waters of Bull Shoals lake |
| 1957-05-21 | F2 level tornado in Taney county caused a quarter of a million in property damage |
| 1958-00-00 | Table Rock Dam completed |
| 1959-00-00 | Branson's first music show, the Baldknobbers, opened |