Down on Mahans Creek : A History of an Ozarks Neighborhood.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (403 pages)
- Ozarks Studies .
- Ozarks Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface: My Journey into Ozarks History -- Prologue: The Magic of Mahans Creek -- Part I: Their Kentucky Homeland -- 1. The Childress Clan -- 2. The German Hat Maker's Family -- 3. Hard Times in Hart County -- Part II: Settling on Mahans Creek -- 4. Like Coming Home Again -- 5. Granny and Her Family -- 6. That Old Red Should Be Killed -- 7. The Neighborhood -- Afterword: "The Colored Lunatic of Jackson Township" -- Part III: "The Scream of the Saw Mill" -- 8. The Coming of Euphemia -- 9. He Chose His Hounds -- 10. The Neighborhood Awakens -- 11. From Down in the Hollows to Ozark Towns -- 12. Leaving the Homeland -- Afterword: "The Celebrated Cow Case" -- Part IV: When in Places Even the Creek Went Dry -- 13. "Have We a Moses?" -- 14. The Folk up in Open Hollow -- 15. Clashing Cultures -- 16. When the Tribe Came Together -- Epilogue: "The Creek Has Changed a Lot since Then" -- Notes -- Index.