BOLLINGER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETING

The recent Dallas Days event seems to have produced a welcome result for the Bollinger County Historical Society; it has sparked an interest in the history of Bollinger County. A lot of people have been asking questions about what happened in Bollinger County during the Civil War. What military actions took place here? What was life like for the enlisted man? What happened to his family? How did local people feel about the Union and Confederate causes? How did they cope with the threat of raids by bushwhackers as well as regular military units and the stress of having their own families, as well as their country, divided?

In response to the interest generated by Dallas Days, George Reed, Commander of the Bollinger County Light Horse Cavalry (Reactivated), has kindly consented to be the guest speaker at our general meeting on Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. in the Senior Citizen Nutrition Center in Marble Hill. Cmdr. Reed will provide a first-person narrative of "The Late Unplesantries" of the 1860s as they relate to Bollinger County, the State of Missouri, and the Trans-Mississippi Theater. The Bollinger County Light Horse Cavalry was the co-sponsor of Dallas Days.

Election of members of the Executive Committee will also be completed at this meeting.

This meeting is open to the public at no charge. The Nutrition Center is located in the lower level of the former Lutesville School Gymnasium at the intersection of Hwy. 51 South and First Street in Marble Hill.