The community of Enon, near the southeast corner of Moniteau County, came into existence through the entrepreneurial spirit of James McGinnis, who built the first house in the developing community in 1869.
Reuben Stanley Templeton was the grandson of brave pioneer families who had emigrated from Kentucky to Missouri. As he came of age, he revealed the same bold spirit that defined his ancestors when, despite threats to his own safety in World War I, left the marginal safety of his fighting position to aid a wounded friend.
John Mart Blank, a first-generation American citizen born Aug. 28, 1857, in Cole County, was raised by parents who had emigrated from Germany. He grew up on their Millbrook area farm with his twin brother, Roe, along with six other siblings.
When Gene Snellen drives along South Teal Bottom Road near Henley and approaches his home along the Osage River, he is often reminded of points of historical interest and moments spent with his grandfather.