Annual Coal Miner Days --- Is held the last weekend in May

NEW!                                ACHS - The Adair Historian http://sites.google.com/site/glloydsite/achs---the-adair-historian   This is a list of articles published in the The Adair Historian published by the Adair County Historical Society beginning in 1998 through 2009. The article titles are listed in chronological order by date printed. One can use a browser’s search feature to check for particular names or words.    To Obtain Hard Copies: The ACHS will send up to three articles from this index for a $10.00 minimum charge plus $3.00 each thereafter. Send your request including the article names, and where they are located including the year, season, volume and page number plus a check made payable to the Adair County Historical Society at 211 South Elson, Kirksville, MO 63501. The request must include a self-addressed envelope (legal sized) with enough postage to cover the return mailing by first class (up to 4 pages = 1 oz. postage, 5-9 pages = 2 oz. and 10-15 pages = 3 oz.).   Researchers may also view all volumes of The Adair Historian at the Society’s museum and library at the above address and make copies for twenty-five cents a page. Regular visiting hours are 1 - 4 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Call 660-665-6502 if you have questions. Four historical markers have been placed on the Adair County Square. The historical markers are paid for through donations to the Adair County Historical Society. Brochures: Battle of Kirksville Cyclone 1899 Adair County Courthouse Markers on the Square Searching your Family History Adair County - The Early Years Novinger Renewal has been considering making a reprint of it's 2001 history book - Novinger (Adair County), Missouri The People, The Town and The Surrounding Communities * 768 pages * hardbound * 134 biographies * coal mines * railroads * history of all place-names in county west of the Chariton River * businesses * complete 76 page all-name index * 17 maps * 669 photos and much more... 2001 history books will be available after June 1 at the cost of $55 (note change in price). Arrangements can be made to pick up books in Novinger or Kirksville locations by calling 660-488-5280. To request a copy by mail send the $55 payment, along with shipping costs of book rate ($5.25) OR priority mail ($10.95), to Novinger Renewal, 15892 State Highway 6, Novinger, MO 63559. Gary's email address on the second page should be updated to glloyd@cableone.net and please add Young to my last name. The index for the book can be viewed at: http://sites.google.com/site/glloydsite/ It is a large document and may take a little while to open.