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    Gypsyheart~ Queen of Rust

    Nov 2005
    Ozarks
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    Old Chariton River Fish Trap

    Old Chariton was laid out in 1817 . . . near the mouth of the Chariton river, two miles
    north of the present city of Glasgow.” In the Illustrated Atlas Map of Howard County, Mo. [Missouri Publishing Co., 1876], the town of Burton was shown. As the book is a plat map, land owners nearby are also shown. Old Chariton was no longer a town in 1876 and Hilldale had not yet become a town.

    1819....Chariton contained about 30 families, being laid off a stream with the same name. in the winters of 1816 -1817 it was wintering grounds for indian Tribes.by 1817 three or four log cabins had been erected and within the year trade and business had increased rapidly.....as told by Johern Nathan Peck,Pioneer Methodist Minister 1819.........

    Chariton River Fish Trap

    Located in the old channel ,2-3 miles N of chariton-missouri river confluence. Due to rechanneling the stream is sluggish and wider,remaining any structure would be covered if it survives.

    In 1820 there was a large Indian settlement on the terrace of the river. The Indians piled rocks across the river,with logs and brush to reinforce it,creating the first trap.
    In 1832 a battle between the Sac and Fox was fought here.
    In 1837 the property was bought by James McClure,the first white man to operate it.He improved it with timbers and a chute until 1862, when he sold to a man named Corey. From Corey it passed to Giddens to Rogers to Ben Clark in 1910.It was eventually dynamited in a federal legal dispute. During its existance,hundreds of people and merchants gathered here to conduct business buying fish at 5 cents a pound.
    I go a great distance,while some are considering whether they will start today or tomorrow

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    May 2005
    St. Louis, missouri
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    Re: Old Chariton River Fish Trap

    hummmmmmmm! that was interesting!

  3. #3
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    hu
    Gypsyheart~ Queen of Rust

    Nov 2005
    Ozarks
    12,716
    2 times

    Re: Old Chariton River Fish Trap

    Quote Originally Posted by russau
    hummmmmmmm! that was interesting!
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.54028,-92.78972(PRIM7%20-%20%20CHARITON%20RIVER%20NEAR%20PRAIRIE%20HILL%203 WNW%20)&t=p

    Then go hunt that area

    I go a great distance,while some are considering whether they will start today or tomorrow

 

 

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