Editing Linn Creek, Missouri (section)

==History==

=== Old Linn Creek ===
Linn Creek was settled in 1841 at the junction of the Niangua and Osage Rivers. It was named from the creek on which it is situated, and which was named for the many [[linn trees]] lining its banks.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n37 269]}}</ref> The city was considered a head of navigation on the Osage and became a major hub for transportation in southwest Missouri.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Zeilenga |first=Stephanie |date=2016-07-13 |title=Most People Have No Idea There's An Underwater Ghost Town Hiding In Missouri |url=https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/missouri/old-linn-creek-mo/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=OnlyInYourState® |language=en-US}}</ref>

Linn Creek became the [[county seat]] in 1855 after a [[cholera]] epidemic killed most of the population of the former county seat of Erie.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Camden County Historical Society |title=Oregon / Erie |journal=Camden County Museum |publication-place=Linn Creek, Missouri, United States}}</ref>

A skirmish took place on October 14, 1861 between Union soldiers of the 13th Illinois, Fremont Battalion (Missouri) Cavalry and Confederates of Captain William Roberts.<ref name="CMP" /><ref name="OSU" />

The local newspaper, The Linn Creek Reveille, was created and published by J. W. Vincent from 1879 until his death in 1933.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Reveille (Linn Creek, Camden County, Mo.) 1879-1991 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn88084187/ |access-date=2021-10-01 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> According to J. W. Vincent, the Moulder family was the most numerous and prominent family in the county<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=J. W. |date=1896 |title=Account of Early Settlers |work=Linn Creek Reveille}}</ref>

=== Modern Linn Creek ===
In 1929, it was announced that the Bagnell Dam would be constructed and the town would be flooded, causing controversy among the city's citizens. Almost all of the buildings were demolished, and the city was moved to a higher elevation, losing its designation as the county seat.<ref name=":0" /> The location where Linn Creek now resides was formerly the location of a small settlement called Easterville.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Camden County Historical Society |title=Linn Creek (New) |journal=Camden County Museum |publication-place=Linn Creek, Missouri, United States}}</ref>

"New Linn Creek" became a common name for the new town. The Linn Creek Chamber of Commerce promoted the town as "The Miracle City."<ref name=":1" />