STODDARD COUNTY HISTORY
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Gideon

In 1899 F. E. Gideon (from Ohio) and W. P. Anderson (from Indiana) came to Southeast Missouri to see about investing in timber.  Happy with what they saw they purchased ground from Frank Noisworthy and land owned by the Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company.  They were originally going to build their mill in Clarkton or Malden but opposition from those communities led them to purchase their own land.
In 1900 a large circle mill was built which was used to create a large clearing for the construction of buildings, one of the first of which, was a hotel.  In 1901 two stores, a lumber company (Clarkton Lumber Company), and large charcoal plant were built.  This occurred the same year that Louis Houck built a railroad to the west of Gideon.  Two years later the Gideon and North Island railroad built a line from Malden to Gideon to haul lumber.  
 
In 1902, the Clarkton Lumber Company financed the community's first school.  The first doctor arrived in Gideon in 1903, his name was Dr. T. W. Cottrill.  In 1904, the first railroad depot and post office became a reality.  M. V. Mumma was the first postmaster.  Also in 1904, Otto Kochtitzky of Cape Girardeau donated seven acres of land for a park and larger school.  This is the present location of the school in Gideon today.  The first Baptist church was erected that year with Pastor Wright as the first leader.  
In 1907 the Clarkton Lumber Company was reorganized and named the Gideon-Anderson Lumber and Mercantile Company.  Gideon continued to grow throughout the first and second decades of the 20th century.  The town was officially incorporated in 1909.  In 1914 it became a fourth class city and R. B. Langley became its first mayor.  

​Three schools were built prior to WWI and by 1939 Gideon had 1500 students enrolled.  

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    • Dexter >
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        • Fisk
        • Qulin
        • Poplar Bluff
        • Harviell
        • Neelyville
        • Rombauer
        • Lost Towns of Butler County >
          • Poplin
      • Cape County
      • Dunklin County >
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      • Mississippi County >
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        • Conran
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        • Kewanee
        • Lilbourn
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      • Scott County >
        • Vanduser
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          • 1950 - 1985
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  • Civil War & Other Periods
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      • Swamp Drainage
      • Small Pox Outbreak, 1895
      • Spanish Influenza
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      • Crime & Punishment >
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      • Spanish-American War
      • Civil Rights Southeast Missouri
    • Reconstruction Era
    • Pre Civil War
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      • Union Stoddard County >
        • 2nd Mo State Militia Cavalry
        • 3rd MSM Cavalry
        • 12th MSM Cavalry
      • 1st Division Missouri State Guard >
        • McDonald's Co. C Artillery
      • 2nd Missouri Cavalry
      • 4th Missouri Cavalry (CS)
      • 7th Missouri Cavalry
      • 8th Missouri Cavalry
      • 12th Missouri Cavalry
      • 1st Confederate Infantry Btn
      • 6th Cavalry (Phelan's Regiment)
      • 6th Missouri Infantry >
        • Roster of Company D
        • Stoddard Countians in Company D
        • Roster Company K
      • Pilot Knob
  • Other Categories
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  • Mr. Arnold's Classroom
    • Nat'l History Day
    • 7th Grade World History >
      • Unit 1 Intro & Geography
      • Unit 2 Page
      • Unit 3 England's Colonies
      • Unit 4 Colonies To Revolution
      • Unit 5 American Revolution
      • Unit 6 New Nation
      • Unit 7 - Early Republic
      • Unit 8 - Emergence Of American Economy
      • Unit 9 Nat'l & Sect
      • Chapt 10 - The South
      • Unit 11 - The Gathering Storm
      • Unit 12 Civil War
      • Unit 13 - Reconstruction
      • Unit 14 - Bus. & Labor
      • Unit 15 - New South & West
      • Unit 16 - SEMO History
    • 8th Grade American History >
      • Unit 1 - Civil War Reconstruction
      • Unit 2 Bus & Labor
      • Unit 3 - New South
      • Unit 4 Gilded Age & Populism
      • Unit 5 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 6 - WWI
      • Unit 7 - The 1920s
      • Unit 8 - The Great Depression
      • Unit 9 - WWII
      • Unit 10 Post WWII to Korea
      • Unit 11 The Cold War in the 50s
      • Unit 12 - Turbulent 1960s
      • Unit 13 - Nixon & Ford Years
      • Unit 14 - Conservative Revival
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      • Unit 16 - 9/11 To Present
      • Unit 17 - Global War on Terror
    • Government >
      • Unit 1 - Ideals of Democracy >
        • Chapter 1 - Ideals of Democracy
        • Chapter 2 Types of Democracy
        • Chapter 3 The Constitution
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        • Chapter 4 Principles of Constitution
      • Unit 3 - Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
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      • Unit 5 American Political Ideologies & Beliefs
      • Special Interest
      • Unit 7 - EOC Economics
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      • Unit 8 The Gathering Storm
      • Unit 9 The Civil War
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      • Unit 11 The Industrial Era
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      • Unit 13 - Imperialism & Reform
      • Unit 14 - WWI & the 1920s
      • Unit 15 - The Great Depression
      • Unit 16 WWII
      • Unit 17 - The Cold War & 1950s
      • Unit 18 The Vietnam Era
      • 2nd Semester Final
    • Contemporary Issues >
      • Unit 1 Am. Politics
      • Unit 2 Am Foreign Policy ME
      • Unit 3 Civil Liberties Terrorism
      • Unit 4 - Domestic Terrorism