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About the Gasconade Township

The Gasconade Township is located in 32N - 34N Range 12 - 13 West in Laclede County.  This township is on the borders the Franklin and Osage Townships of Laclede County and the Counties of Wright, Texas and Pulaski.  The main communities are as follows:

bulletBrownfield, Township 34N, Range 13W, Section 10.
bulletCookville
bulletFalcon, Township 33N, Range 13W, Section 5.
bulletNebo, Township 33N, Range 13W, Section 14.
bulletLynchburg, Township 32N, Range 12W, Section 7.
bulletWinnipeg, Township 34N, Range 12W, Section 31.

See this map Township Map for Gasconade Township location.  See Gasconade city data for current information about this township. 

The 1889 Laclede History reflects the following:

Competition or Newburg on the Gasconade River, twenty-two miles southeast of Lebanon, has a general store kept by Mr. Wolf, and a drug store kept by Dr. Wright; a school-house and Masonic hall; a saw and gristmill by William Bowman, and a blacksmith shop.  Newburg Lodge, A. F. &  A. M., was organized early in the seventies, and still continues to meet.
Falcon area residents in Lebanon - 1890s

This photo of Falcon area residents was taken on a trip to Lebanon in the early 1890s.  Front row, from left;  Billy Casey, Paulina Hemphill holding Columbus, Annie (Nelson) Casey holding Bessie, and Dick Kincheloe.  Back row:  unidentified, Uncle Any Morehouse (Civil War veteran) and Belle Kincheloe.

The Lebanon (Mo.) Daily Record, Thursday, March 21, 2002

Will Davis home near Falcon - 1910

This photo of the Will and Mary Davis home and family taken in the Falcon community in Laclede County is shown here in 1910.

The Lebanon (Mo.) Daily Record, Tuesday, September 18, 2001

At Falcon - late 1930s era

This photo of Verna Matthews was taken in the late 1930s at a store at Falcon, before she married Charley Hanning.

The Lebanon (Mo.) Daily Record, Friday, November 9, 2001

Pioneers of Competition - Falcon areas - 1930s

This photo of a reunion of the pioneer Kincheloe family was taken in the Competition area in the 1930s. 
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First row, from left:  Robert Lee Cook, Thomas Albert Kincheloe, George Henry Kincheloe, Sarah Caroline (Kincheloe) Tyre, and Addie Hough.

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back:  Emma "Eva" Cook, Robert Marion "Bob" Kincheloe, Nan Jones Hamilton, and Belle Cottrell.

These old-time residents lived in the Falcon and Competition areas most of their lives.

The Lebanon (Mo.) Daily Record, Thursday, June 20, 2002
  50 years ago today - Nov. 7, 1951 at Nebo

This photo of the record 16-inch snowfall was taken 50 years ago today, on Nov. 7, 1951, at Nebo in the eastern Laclede County.  Some parts of the county received up to 19 inches.  This photo was taken and submitted by Robert Fisher of Lynchburg, who lived in the upstairs of the old Nebo Store at that time.   Shown in the photo are the old Nebo store building, the cabinet shop and garage.
This site also has these pages reflecting Gasconade Township information:
bulletFairview School
bulletNurse School
bulletSuccess School
bulletSt. Annie School

 

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