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One of them was the Mingo Drainage District, a small district in the Advance Lowlands near Puxico. More than $1 million were spent to make Mingo Swamp suitable for farming. A system of seven major north–south ditches was constructed to drain water from the swamp into the St. Francis River, about 10 mi (16 km) south of Puxico. Except for the ...
Mingo Wilderness is an 8,000 acre (32 km 2) U.S. Wilderness Area located in southeastern Missouri in the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. It was established and governed under the Wilderness Act of 1964. While the public is invited to engage in recreational opportunities such as fishing, hiking, canoeing, and wildlife observation, all uses are ...
A post office called Grindle was established in 1895, and closed in 1898. The post office reopened as Mingo in 1899, and was discontinued in 1952. [2] The present name is derived from nearby Mingo Swamp. [3]
He founded Company D of the Twelfth Regiment of Missouri Militia. The unit, with Leeper in command, hunted for Southern sympathizers. His hunt included mass killings of unarmed men. He allegedly burned villages, cities, and homes. One such story involved the killing of 29 men, referred to as the McGee Massacre or Mingo Swamp Massacre. [9]
Mingo Creek is a stream in Stoddard and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of St. Francis River . The stream headwaters are within the Mingo Swamp in Wayne County (at 36°59′08″N 90°12′03″W / 36.98556°N 90.20083°W / 36.98556; -90.20083
MO 1958 11,600 acres (47 km 2) [246] Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge: Holt County: MO 1935 7,415 acres (30.01 km 2) [247] Mingo National Wildlife Refuge: Stoddard County Wayne County: MO 1944 21,676 acres (87.72 km 2) [248] Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge: Lawrence County: MO 1991 40 acres (0.16 km 2) [249] Pilot Knob National ...
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McGee Creek is a stream in northeastern Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The stream is a tributary to the Mingo Swamp . The stream headwaters arise in northern Wayne County (at 37°05′33″N 90°15′42″W / 37.09250°N 90.26167°W / 37.09250; -90.26167 [ 1 ] ) and the stream flows east-southeast parallel to ...