Truman's birthplace
Subtitle: Lamar, Missouri
By: by Reba Young
Edition: 1st Pelican ed.
Publisher: Pelican
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Gretna, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: History; Biography; Lamar College (Lamar, Mo.)
Other titles: Lamar democrat (Lamar, Mo. : 1978)
Notes: "My sincere thanks to the entire staff of The Lamar Democrat for printing my articles on Barton County history."--P. 1. Articles appeared from 1980-1992.

Reprint. Originally published: Down memory land. Lamar, Mo. : R. Young, 1992.
Table of contents: title: Our Civil War cannon; title: More yesterday in Barton County; title: More yesterday in Barton County continued; title: Ozark Hall of Fame welcomes inductees today; title: What Independence Day means to me; title: Recalling some fair history; title: School in review; title: Old nicknames; title: More nicknames; title: Still more nicknames; title: Should have thought of those nicknames; title: Life was less complex then; title: We teenagers had fun, too; title: Our Strange expressions; title: The name is the same; title: Just thinkin; title: Girls of Class 1919; title: Sounds of yesteryears; title: Our Saturday night band concert; title: It happened here; title: Our street names; title: Colorful history of Travelers Hotel told; title: A History of Lamar College; title: Early county fairs; title: Our changing landscape; title: (Remembering) the big front porch; title: Spring housecleaning; title: Rub-a-dub-dub; title: Lamar's Opera house; title: Lamar and Barton County "First"; title: Commercial Hotel's colorful history told; title: Life in Milford in the early 1900's; title: The Old galvanized washtub were household necessities during the early 1900's; title: Trials, tribulations of childhood; title: Writer recalls family life in the early 1900's; title: The Lamar ladies band; title: Historian tells of past County Court; title: The Old, wooden icebox; title: Looking back at 1919; title: Area life before electricity; title: A little known story; title: Styles of yesteryear recalled; title: A bit of smelly history; title: Out Doylesport way; title: Grandmother's apron; title: Lamar mayors reviewed from first one in 1870 thru 25 years with Gilkey; title: Earlier Christmases; title: Butchering on the farm recalled; title: Oakton; title: 1920; title: Remembering Andy Baker; title: Remembering Jim Webb, our popular cab driver; title: From horseback to jet planes & space ships; title: One couple made a lasting impression on Reba when she was 12; title: Joy of childhood; title: Wyatt Earps relatives once lived in Truman birthplace; title: Local historian recalls famous citizens of Barton County; title: Other important list in Barton County is also lengthy; title: Riding in rumble-seat was a thrill for youth; title: Feed sacks once had many uses; title: Ophan Trains once stopped in Lamar; title: A long life yields view of a unique way of life.