Sherrif Branson farm

thelarsonsix · October 13, 2011, 07:08:23 PM

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/17194065/415-Hines-Road-Branson-MO/

To be honest, I didn't know Branson was named after a sherrif. At any rate, anyone know anything about this property? I meant to mention this last week when I saw the auction bill but didn't get around to it. Looks like it's sold now. Any locals got any insight?

rubedugans · October 13, 2011, 07:24:11 PM

He was a known baldknobber from my understanding...
http://genforum.genealogy.com/mo/taney/messages/243.html
http://thelibrary.org/lochist/periodicals/wrv/v9/n5/f86d.htm

Avalanche04 · October 13, 2011, 07:44:46 PM

wow, thanks for that post!

rubedugans · October 14, 2011, 08:38:55 PM

I would love to know what it ended up selling for at auction, and even more, love to know what kind of history this land could hold.

thelarsonsix · October 17, 2011, 07:54:55 PM

By golly Rube, you're right:

Not that I was doubting you.

How about a where in SDC is this? I'm sure you know.

rubedugans · October 17, 2011, 08:29:37 PM

It is nice to see that the park has carried over the acurate information regarding the Branson area. and yes...I have seen this although I do not have a photo of it.

Junior · October 18, 2011, 08:23:14 AM

The Baldknobber list is posted inside Fire in the Hole if my memory serves me.

thelarsonsix · October 18, 2011, 09:03:39 AM

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

Copper · October 18, 2011, 08:15:07 PM

Reuben Branson was the original postmaster whom the city is named for. He was not a Baldknobber, but relatives of his were; many still live in the area.

rubedugans · October 18, 2011, 09:23:12 PM

Well thats makes me feel better! I was thinking hmm wouldn't it be weird if it were Kinney, MO, or McHaffie, MO named after a baldknobber (not that I disagree with some of the ideas of a group banding together to fight a devastated area characterized by a failing economy, high taxes, lawlessness, disorder, and a general breakdown of society, especially in the small towns and rural regions of the area) but it would be weird!

MissinTheGreenTrams · October 20, 2011, 01:06:13 PM

I just read a book not too long ago about the history of the baldknobbers at my public library. It was a good read I tell ya, now to remember the name of the book......see as i get older my memory is slipping.....

Junior · October 20, 2011, 04:12:43 PM

Two good books about the Baldknobbers: 1) "Baldknobbers" by by Lucile Morris Upton published originally in the 1940s, and 2) "Baldknobbers, Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier" by Mary Hartman and Elmo Ingenthron, originally published in 1989, and still available in bookstores. If your bookstore does not have a copy, it can be ordered through the bookstore from Pelican Publishing, Gretna, Louisiana. Both are good books, but the second one is the final authority on the 'knobbers. It is the most recently pubished and was researched using material that was in Ingenthron's private collection (which I wish I could gain access to as it has stuff that probably does not exist anywhere else.) Ingenthron also wrote a trilogy of books: "Boarderland Rebellion" about the Civil War, "The Land of Taney" a history of Taney Co., MO, and "Indians of the Ozark Plateau." If you are a serious student of Ozarks history, ya gotta have all of those books. I've got all but the book on the Indians, and am currently searching for a copy locally in used book stores. Hartman and Ingenthron are Ozarks residents who wrote alot of stuff for The Ozarks Mountaineer Magazine, the bible of Ozarks history published since the 1950s in the Branson area. Ingenthron was a life long resident of Taney County. His family were pioneers in the area.

MissinTheGreenTrams · October 20, 2011, 06:16:06 PM

it seems to be the second one you mentioned if my old brain serves my memory right. It was a good read. I really enjoyed it.

rubedugans · October 20, 2011, 08:23:36 PM

I have the book "Baldknobbers, Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier" by Mary Hartman and Elmo Ingenthron in my library. It is a good read.