Researched and Submitted by Ron Rushly

https://www.casscountyfairmo.com/p/about/our-history

Sources:

Tales of the Amarugia Highlands -Donald Lewis Osborn

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https://treasure.kadsoftwareusa.com/background.htm

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/spanish-treasure-missouri/

Resources:

Cass County Democrat- Jan. 4, 1883

The Cass County News- Jan. 12, 1883

Music: Monplaisir- Stay Quiet

Thank you Anita Weaver for your research help!

Sourcing:

Echoes of Home Vol 1 -Norma Middleton

The First Pleasant Hill -James R. Shortridge

The History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri- St. Joseph, MO: National Historical Company 1883

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Sourcing:

Cass County Historical Society

Missouri Historical Review Volume 113 Number 1, 10/2018

Missouri Historical Review Volume 113, Number 3, 04/2019

Missouri Historical Review Volume 114, Number 4, 07/2020

Missouri Historical Review Volume 115, Number 4, 07/2021

Cruel Wheels: Death and Injury by Train Compiled -Robert Kennedy

The First Pleasant Hill -James R. Shortridge

Cinders and Silence: A Chronicle of Missouri's Burnt District 1854-1870 -Tom Rafiner

Echoes of Home Vol 1 -Norma Middleton

Letters to Santa

Sourcing:

Missouri Historical Review Volume 113 Number 1, October 2018

Missouri Historical Review Volume 113, Number 3, April 2019

Missouri Historical Review Volume 114, Number 4, July 2020

Missouri Historical Review Volume 115, Number 4, July 2021

Cruel Wheels: Death and Injury by Train Compiled by Robert E. Kennedy, Curator

The First Pleasant Hill by James R. Shortridge

Cinders and Silence: A Chronicle of Missouri's Burnt District 1854-1870 by Tom Rafiner

Echoes of Home Vol 1 By Norma Middleton

Christmas Special 2021

Sourcing:

Missouri Historical Review Volume 113 Number 1, October 2018

Missouri Historical Review Volume 113, Number 3, April 2019

Missouri Historical Review Volume 114, Number 4, July 2020

Missouri Historical Review Volume 115, Number 4, July 2021

Cruel Wheels: Death and Injury by Train Compiled by Robert E. Kennedy, Curator

The First Pleasant Hill by James R. Shortridge

Cinders and Silence: A Chronicle of Missouri's Burnt District 1854-1870 by Tom Rafiner

Echoes of Home Vol 1 By Norma Middleton