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Welcome to Ozark County
Missouri Genealogy Research
Hambelton Hotel circa 1920
My name is Bob
Jenkins and I created this
website to provide genealogy
information and links to genealogy
information to assist people in
researching
their Ozark County Missouri
ancestors.
I would appreciate any
contribution that you would like to
make to this site:
biographies, obituaries, birth,
marriage, death info, grave info,
photographs....etc
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for Ozark
County Data
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Brief
History:
Ozark was named after the
Ozarks, in which it is situated.
The name Ozarks is believed to have
begun sometime in the late 1700s or early
1800s from those living in the
Arkansas area who were heading north
and said they were going to the Ozarks.
The first settler to visit the area
is believed to be Henry Schoolcraft, who
arrived in 1818. During that time he
studied extensively the geological
makeup of the area and noted the high
concentration of lead and zinc. Notably,
in the Elk Valley area. Schoolcraft
noted on the abundance of elk, bear and
other wildlife in the area. This later
became the area's hunting grounds,
until the elk were hunted to extinction in
the 1880s.
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