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R         Torrey, Jay Linn, 1852‑1920.

218                  Scrapbook, 1893‑1920.

                                    One volume.

 

MICROFILM

 

 

 

This is a scrapbook of Jay L. Torrey of Howell County, Missouri.  Torrey was a rancher, poli­tician, veteran of the Spanish-American War, and promoter of southern Missouri.  The scrap­book in­cludes material on the Missouri Immigration Society, the State Fruit Experiment Station, the “Good Roads” movement, relocation of the state cap­itol, Fruitville Farm and the proposed vil­lage of Torreytown, and the campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1918.

 

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001          Casper (Wyo.) Masonic Lodge, 20 December 1893.

002          National Good Roads Congress, 1911; Torrey Appointed Delegate.

                Mr. & Mrs. J. N. White -- 40th Anniversary, 1911.

                Hadley, Grace T., editor of the St. Louis Electric Magazine, visits Fruitville, 1911.

003          List of Premiums donated for the Road Work in Howell County.

004          Jefferson City, Capitol Restoration.

005          Missouri at Springfield Land Congress, 1910 ‑ Missouri Board of Immigration.

006          Swiss Maltese Goats (advertisement).

007          Tolerton, Jesse A.; Capitol Restoration; Herbert Hadley; Brandsville (Mo.) Peach

                 Festival, 1911.

008          Torrey Resigns as head of Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station & University of

                 Missouri Board of Visitors, 1911; Capitol Restoration.

009          Torreytown (Mo.), 1912; Chillicothe (Mo.), Missouri Immigration Society, 1912; Pearl

                 Mitchell, Missouri Immigration Society, 1912; Joplin (Mo.), Missouri Immigration

                 Society, 1912.

010          Howell County Road Work, 4 July 1911; Bee Keeping at Fruitville, 4 July 1911.

011          Missouri State Immigration Society, 1912.

012          West Plains (Mo.); Howell County Road Work, 11 May 1911; Fruitville (Mo.);

                 Missouri, Arkansas & Gulf Railroad, 11 May 1911.

013          Missouri State Immigration Society, 29 March 1912; University of Missouri Board of

                 Visitors at Columbia and Rolla, 3 March 1912.

014          Missouri State Immigration Society, 1912; Spanish Maltese and Improved Swiss Goats

                 (advertisement).

015          Capitol Restoration, Jefferson City -- Dispute Between Gov. Hadley & Judge Evans,

                 St. Louis; Missouri Land Congress, Springfield (Mo.), 1912; Missouri State

                 Immigration Convention, Sedalia, 14 February 1912.

016          Swiss Maltese Goats; Missouri State Immigration Society, Annual Tour, 1 May 1912.

017          Immigration Society Organized at Sedalia, February 1912, Col. Torrey elected

                 President; Frisco Lines Seed Agricultural Give‑a‑way Program for Demonstration

                 Farms, February 1912.

018          Thayer (Mo.) Commercial Club Meeting.

019          Missouri State Immigration Society Tour, 1912.

020          Capitol Restoration at Jefferson City -- Bond Issue Approved; A Visit to Fruitville

                 Farm.

 

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021          Missouri State Immigration Society Tour, 3 May 1912; Masonic Temple Association

                 of Louisiana (Mo.), 3rd Annual Report, 8 May 1912.

022          Fourth of July Celebration at Fruitville (advertisement).

023          Missouri State Immigration Society Tour Schedule for April 29 to May 4, 1912.

024          Capitol Restoration, Jefferson City.

025          Fruitville Farms (advertising brochure); Missouri State Immigration Society Tour,

                 1912.

026          Capitol Restoration.

027          Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Missouri, June 1911.

028          Fourth of July Celebration at Fruitville, 1911; Motion Pictures Made at West Plains,

                 Missouri, July 1911.

029          Hadley and Torrey Reconcile Differences; Fruitville Post Office Established.

030          Hadley‑Torrey Feud, July 1911; Missouri State Immigration Society, 1912; Capitol

                 Restoration Bond Issue, “A Legal Opinion” (Cont’d. page 32), 12 July 1911.

031          West Plains Bids for Drury Preparatory School, 28 December 1911.

032          Capitol Restoration Bond Issue (Cont'd. from page 30).

033          Missouri Land Congress, Springfield, 1911; Missouri State Immigration Society, 1912;

                 Sham Battle of Spanish‑American War Veterans at Fruitville, 1913.

034          Capitol Restoration Bond Issue, Bond Issue Opinion (Cont'd. on page 36).

035          F. S. White’s Discussion of Johnson Grass; Howell County News; Missouri State

                 Immigration Society Invites all former Missourians to return, March 1912.

036          Capitol Restoration Bond Issue (Cont’d. from page 34); Appeal by Torrey for

                 Betterment of all State Institutions, July 1911.

037          Biographical Sketch of Cyrus P. Walbridge, 1912; West Plains Commercial Club,

                 January 1912.

038          Fourth of July Celebration at Fruitville, 1911; Miscellaneous Fruitville News.

039          Angora Goat Raising, 29 July 1911; Hadley‑Torrey Feud Reconciled, 1911; Thayer

                 Y.M.C.A. Building Photo.

040          Bee Keeping, 1911; Miscellaneous pictures.

041          Frisco Good Roads Train, 1912; Thayer, Missouri Y.M.C.A. Dedication, 1912.

042          “Clean‑up Day” at West Plains, April 1911; Road Work Postponed in Howell County,

                 1911; Fruitville Post Office, 1911; Fourth of July Celebrations at Fruitville, 1911.

043          Howell County Exhibit at Ozark Land Congress, 1911; Spanish‑American War Vets

                 meet at Fruitville, 1911; Meeting of the West Plains Commercial Club, 24 May 1912.

044          Tent City at Fruitville, 1911; Fruitville News, 1911; Peach Crop at Fruitville, 1911.

045          West Plains‑Fruitville Road Work, 1912.

046          West Plains‑Fruitville Road Work, 1912; Bee Keeping; “Clean‑up” at West Plains.

047          West Plains‑Fruitville Road Work, 1912.

048          Angora Goats, May 1911.

049          West Plains‑Fruitville Road Work, 1912.

050          Goat Raising, 1911; Missouri State Immigration Society Tour, 1912.

051          Spanish‑American War Veterans Meet at Springfield, 1912.

052          West Plains/Willow Springs Commercial Clubs Endorsement of Ozarks.

053          Warranty Deed (Blank) for Fruitville Farm; Memorial Day Observances, 1914.

054          Capitol Restoration at Jefferson City (continued from page 58).

055          Plat of the Village of Torreytown; Plat of Fruitville Farms.

056          Capitol Restoration at Jefferson City (Cont'd.).

057          Letters Testifying to Desirability of Fruitville Farms.

058          Capitol Restoration Brochure (begins).

059          Spanish‑American Veterans Elect State officials, 1912; Spanish‑American Veterans

                 Encamp at Fruitville, 1913; Cape Girardeau‑West Plains Road Work.

060          Capitol Restoration, 1911; Peach Culture in Ozarks, 1911.

061          Missouri State Immigration Society; Missouri National Land Congress, 1912.

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062          Capitol Restoration (Cont'd.); Peach Culture (Cont'd.).

063          Howell County Teachers Association, 1912; Foreign Capital to come to Missouri,

                 1913.

064          Capitol Restoration (Cont'd.); Apple Culture; Picture of Tent House.

065          Governor Hadley’s Address to Republicans; Booster Press Association Convention,

                 1912.

066          Capitol Restoration (Cont'd.).

067          Missouri State Immigration Society, 1912.

068          Missouri State Immigration Society, 1912.

069          Missouri State Arbor Day Program, 1912.

070          Missouri State Arbor Day Program, 1912.

071          Article on Good Roads, 1911.

072          Article on Good Roads, 1911.

073          Missouri State Immigration Society, Constitution and by-laws, Address by Col.

                 Torrey.

074          Missouri State Immigration Society, Constitution and by-laws (Cont’d.).

075          Ozark Land Congress, Springfield, 1911.

076          Ozark Land Congress, broadside.

077          Bond for Warranty Deed for Fruitville Farm Purchases; Ozark Booster Press

                 Association Quarterly Meeting, 1912.

078          Bond for Warranty Deed to Fruitville Farm (Cont’d.); Road Association Picnic, 1913;

                 Ozark Booster Press Association (Cont’d.).

079          Testimonials on Possibilities of Ozarks, 1910; Missouri State Fruit Experiment

                 Station; Site for Missouri State Park in the Ozarks, 1913; Fruitville Road Association,

                 1913.

080          Missouri Spanish‑American War Veterans Annual Meeting, 1912.

081          Terms of Purchase of Fruitville Farm.

082          Blank Warranty Deed; Ozark Trails Association; Howell County Highway Board,

                 1913.

083          Fruitville Advertising Brochure.

084          Fruitville Advertising Brochure (Cont'd.).

085          Fruitville Advertising Brochure (Cont'd.).

086          Booster Press Association, 1912; Spanish‑American War Veterans Encampment,

                 1913.

087          Biographical Sketch of Jay L. Torrey.

088          Farmers' Demonstration Picnic, West Plains, 1912.

089          Reunion of Col. Torrey with his old Army Horse; Farmers' Picnic at West Plains,

                 1912; Fruitville Road Work, 1913.

090          Torrey’s Rough Riders to be Re‑enlisted for War with Mexico, 1914; Pigeon Keeping;

                 Mississippi Valley Newspaper Men’s’ Association, 1912.

091          Visitors from Brandsville & Koshkonong at Fruitville; Article on Good Roads, 1913.

092          Frisco “Good Roads” Train at West Plains, 1912; Commercial Club to Beautify West

                 Plains Depot, 1913.

093          Report of University of Missouri Board of Visitors, 1912; a Letter from John C.

                 Charles, Mexico, 1914 (also photographs of the Charles family).

094          Board of Visitors Report (Cont'd.); reception for Frisco Superintendent C. H.

                 Baltzell, 1913.

095          Thayer Y.M.C.A. Grand Opening, 1912; Lecture on Panama by Torrey & H. A.

                 Buehler, 1913.

096          Booster Press Association Quarterly Convention at Mammoth Springs, 1912;

                 Missouri Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, 1912; Torrey Attends National

                 Road Convention at St. Louis.

 

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097          Order of Overalls Organized at West Plains, 1912; Banquet Program, Celebrating

                 Installation of Electric Power by Mammoth Spring Electric Power & Light Company.

098          Lecture on Panama Canal by Torrey & Buehler; Women’s Library Club, West Plains,

                 has New Quarters; Women’s Library Club visits Fruitville, 1913.

099          Sweet Clover Growing; Equestrienne from Wyoming Rides Fruitville Mule, 1913.

100          Missouri State Immigration Society, Newspaper Supplement, 1912.

101          Missouri State Immigration Society, Newspaper Supplement (Cont'd.).

102          Missouri State Immigration Society, Newspaper Supplement, (Cont'd.).

103          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912.

104          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912 (Cont'd.).

105          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912 (Cont'd.).

106          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912 (Cont'd.).

107          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912 (Cont'd.).

108          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912 (Cont'd.).

109          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912 (Cont'd.).

110          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912 (Cont'd.).

111          Howell County Gazette, Booster Edition, 29 August 1912 (Cont'd.).

112          Ozark Booster Press Association Meets at Willow Springs, April 1913; Sewer System

                 Campaign at West Plains, 1913; Wyoming Equestrienne & Fruitville Mule, 1913.

113          U.S. Senate Bill for Construction of Post Roads, 1913; Eulogy on Death of Lewis

                 Godlove, St. Louis, 3 June 1913; Testimonial on Benefits of Ozarks, 1913.

114          Sacred Concert at Fruitville, 1914; West Plains Hosts Road Commissioners from 7

                 Counties, 1913; Spanish‑American Veterans at Fruitville, 1913.

115          Pamphlet Arguing for West Plains Sewer System, 1913.

116          Pamphlet Arguing for West Plains Sewer System, 1913.

117          Spanish‑American Veterans at Fruitville, 1913; Sewer System at West Plains, 1913.

118          “Good Roads Days” in Howell County, 1913.

119          Spanish‑American War Veterans Encampment, 1913; Arcadia Country Club, St.

                 Francois County (Mo.), Files for Bankruptcy, 1913.

120          Spanish‑American War Veterans Encampment at Fruitville, 1913; Ozark Bankers'

                 Development Committee Organized, 1913.

121          Spanish‑American War Veterans Encampment at Fruitville, 19 June 1913.

122          Encampment Notes, 26 June 1913; Fruitville Photos Appear in Leslie’s Weekly, 8 July

                 1913; Col. Torrey Comments on Meat Packing Monopoly, 1 November 1916.

123          Consolidated School Systems.

124          West Plains‑Fruitville Road, 2 June 1913; Sacred Concert at Fruitville, 1914.

125          Col. Torrey United with Old War Horse, 1913; Peach Harvest in Ozarks, 1913.

126          Howell County Poultry & Pet Stock Association, 21 August 1913; Mass Meeting at

                 West Plains to Discuss Sewers, 11 July 1913.

127          West Plains‑Fruitville Road, 23 October 1913.

128          Ozark Bankers’ Development Committee, 1913; Biographical Sketch of John E.

                 Osborne.

129          Veterans Encamp at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania & Fruitville, Missouri, 1913.

130          United Spanish‑American Veterans Army and Navy Club (Pamphlet), 15 July 1914;

                 West Plains Vote on Sewer System, 10 July 1913; Howell County Poultry & Pet Stock

                 Association Picnic, 4 September 1913.

131          West Plains Commercial Club Endorsement of Fruitville Farms, 1911.

132          Women’s Library Club of West Plains, 1913; West Plains Road Work, 19 August 1913;

                 Farm Betterment Body is Organized; Southeast Missouri Good Roads Association

                 Meeting, 9 October 1913.

133          Circular on San Jose Scale Disease in Trees, 7 March 1914; Proceedings of Retail

                 Grocers’ Convention.

 

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134          Article in Wyoming Newspaper on Fruitville Farms; Torrey Plans to Enter Hog

                 Market, 1914; Myatt Creek Bridge on West Plains‑Fruitville Road, 30 July 1914.

135          Promotional Sketch of Col. Torrey and Fruitville Farms, n.d.

136          Promotional Sketch of Col. Torrey and Fruitville Farms, n.d. (Cont’d.); West

                 Plains‑Fruitville Road Work, 1914.

137          Promotional Sketch (Cont’d.); Myatt Creek Bridge on West Plains Fruitville Road,

                 1914.

138          Rough Rider Reunion in Denver for Col. Torrey; Torrey Visits Washington, D.C. to

                 Reorganize Regiment for Service Against Mexico, 14 June 1914.

139          Hog Cholera -- Prevention and Treatment; Frisco Railway Company, Development

                 Department, Circular on Crimson Clover, 1914; Howell County Pedigreed Livestock

                 Association is Organized.

140          Poem, “While We Go Riding With Torrey”; Sacred Concert at Fruitville, 1914.

141          Historical Movies of Howell County Shown at West Plains; Torrey Explains Plans

                 Concerning Removal of School of Mines from Rolla to Columbia, 1915; Spring Park

                 to be Site of New Post Office at West Plains.

142          Aviator to Land at Fruitville During Memorial Day Celebrations, 24 May 1918; Frisco

                 Rail Road Development Department, Circular on Pruning, 1914.

143          Ozarks Described as Rich Field for Fruit Culture, 1915; Wood‑Alcohol Plant Would

                 Profit in Ozarks, 28 March 1915.

144          Torrey For U.S. Senator, Republican Primary Handbill, 1918; Torrey’s “Rough

                 Riders”; Torrey to Support Selden P. Spencer’s U.S. Senate Campaign, 1918.

145          Sacred Concert at Fruitville; Suffragette Visits Ozarks, 17 August 1914; Handbills

                 Supporting “Good Roads” Amendments, 1914; Torrey is not Militarist, 1916.

146          Torrey for Senate Handbill, 1918.

147          Sacred Concert at Fruitville, 1914.

148          Tribute to Robert Augustus Torrey, 1917; Reception for Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Atkins,

                 West Plains (Mo.).

149          Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Torrey move to Georgia Estate; Hog Cholera Serum.

150          “Buffalo Bill” Monument Near Denver, Colorado, 1917; Missouri Centennial

                 Celebration.

151          Handbills Concerning History & Culture of Emmer.

152          Aid Hardware Company Advertisement of Emmer; Handbill Announcing Fruitville

                 Farms; Historical Film of Howell County to be Completed.

153          U.S. Senate Bills 5811 & 5812, to Re-enlist Members of “Rough Riders” in Event of

                 War, 1914; Torrey For U.S. Senate Campaign, 1918.

154          Letter From Torrey Concerning Re-enlistment of Members of 2nd U.S. Volunteer

                 Cavalry in Event of War with Mexico, 1914; Frisco Rail Road, Development

                 Department, Circular on Moisture Loss, 1916.

155          Letter to J. E. S. Pentecost, Brandsville (Mo.), Concerning Termination of Lease on

                 Farm at Fruitville, 1916; Torrey Family Reunion, 1917.

156          Constitution of “Torrey Families And Their Children In America.”

157          Recommendation of West Plains Commercial Club for Fruitville Farms; Reception

                 for J. D. Woodruff, Thermopolis, Wyoming, 1916.

158          Reception for J. D. Woodruff, Thermopolis, Wyoming, 1916 (Cont’d.).

159          Advertisements for Cattle at Torrey Ranch, Wyoming, 1916.

160          Temperance poem, no author; Letterhead of Embar Cattle Co., Embar (Wyo.).

161          Auction Handbills, Fruitville, Missouri, 1919.

162          Auction Handbills, Fruitville, Missouri, 1919 (Cont’d.); Road Committee Election

                 Notice, Howell County (Mo.); Memorial Day Celebration at Fruitville, 1918.

163          Helen Nicolay Visits West Plains, 26 June 1918; Memorial Day Celebration at

                 Fruitville, 1918.

164          Meeting of West Plains, Fruitville and Salem Road Association, 1919.

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165          Torrey For Senate Campaign, 1918; Handbill Advertising Pedigreed Mule at

                 Fruitville, 1919.

166          Torrey Senatorial Campaign, 1918; Essay on American Involvement in World War,

                 1917.

167          Essay on American Involvement in World War, 1917 (Cont’d.).

168          Essay on American Involvement in World War, 1917 (Cont’d.).

169          Essay on American Involvement in World War, 1917 (Cont’d.).

170          Report on Fruitville Farms; “Story of the Rough Riders”, draft by Walter B. Stevens.

171          Thousands Attend Memorial Day Celebrations at Fruitville, 1918.

172          Torrey Senatorial Campaign, 1918; Torrey Senatorial Plans in Wyoming, 1894.

173          “Story of the Rough Riders,” 1900 (completed version); election broadside, Selden P.

                 Spencer for U.S. Senate, 1918.

174          Torrey Mentioned as McKinley's Running Mate, 1900.

175          Selden Spencer Addresses Veterans at Ex‑Confederate Home at Higginsville, 1918;

                 Passenger List, Steamship Service to Panama, 1913; Letter to Torrey From Cornelius

                 Roach, Missouri Secretary of State, 1915.

176          Torrey Senatorial Campaign, 1918.

177          Torrey Engaged to Mrs. Sarah Frances Reiley, 1920.

178          Torrey Senatorial Campaign, 1918 (Cont'd.).

179          Torrey Senatorial Campaign, 1918 (Cont'd.).

180          Col. J. L. Torrey Weds Mrs. Frances Reiley, 26 October 1920.

181          Jay L. Torrey Dead at Age 67, December 4, 1920, Obituaries.

182          Jay L. Torrey Dead at Age 67, December 4, 1920, Obituaries (Cont’d.).

183          Broadside: Memorial Day Celebration at Fruitville, 1918.

184          Jay L. Torrey dead at age 67, December 4, 1920, obituaries (cont’d.); Polled Hereford

                 Cattle.

185          Memorial Day Celebration at Fruitville, 1918.

186          West Plains, Fruitville, and Salem Road Association, 1919.

187          Petition Regarding Discontinuance of Fruitville Post Office, 1916; Torrey Senatorial

                 Campaign, 1918.

188          West Plains, Fruitville, and Salem Road Association, 1919; Automobile Tour to

                 Fruitville, 1919.

189          Howell County State Roads; Myatt Township Good Roads Association, Howell

                 County, Missouri; Ozark Scenic Highway.

190          West Plains, Fruitville and Salem Road Association, 1919, Mass Meeting in Myatt

                 Township, 1919.

191          Federation of Missouri Commercial Clubs.

 

Enclosures: U.S. Patent office documents pertaining to Jay L. Torrey’s improvements in

 branding irons and saddle blankets, 1894.

 

 

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