Editing Neosho, Missouri (section)

==History==

===Settlement: 1829−1845===
Starting in the late 1820s, European-American [[settlers]] of English, Scottish, German, Welsh, and Scots-Irish ancestry began moving into the area. The first of these settlers was Lunsford Oliver, who migrated from [[Tennessee]] in 1829 and located near [[Shoal Creek (Spring River)|Shoal Creek]]. He was the namesake for  Oliver's Prairie. His nearest neighbors were in [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], sixty miles to the east. In 1831 he was joined by Nathaniel Turner, John Smith, Joseph Ross, Campbell Pure, Blake Wilson, Levi Lee, Carmac Ratcliffe, and George McInturf. McInturf built a corn [[gristmill|mill]], the first mill of any kind in the region. Soon afterward came Mathew H. Ritchie, who founded the town of [[Newtonia, Missouri|Newtonia]] near Oliver's Prairie, and John W. McCord, who settled near Walbridge Spring with Levie Lee and founded the town Neosho {{convert|12|mi|km|spell=in}} to the west. In these years, the region was called "Six Bulls", a colloquial reference to "six boils", referring to the large streams that flowed through the area – Shoal Creek, Center Creek, Indian Creek, Spring River, and North Fork.

By 1835, at least three schools had been established along Shoal Creek, and a teacher named Billingsley taught near Neosho. The earliest known religious effort dates to 1836, when [[Methodist Circuit]] riders visited the area and held meetings in settlers' [[Log cabin#Traditional log buildings in North America|log cabin]]s.

In 1843, [[Anthony Bewley|Rev. Anthony Bewley]] was appointed to the Neosho and [[Granby, Missouri|Granby]] circuit, establishing the first permanent churches in Six Bulls. Rev. John W. McCord was involved in organizing Neosho Presbytery, a [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church|Cumberland Presbyterian]] congregation at New Salem Campground, on May 15, 1837.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cumberland.org/HFCPC/Presby/Neosho1837.htm |title=Neosho Presbytery 1837-1838 - Cumberland Presbyterian Church |website=www.cumberland.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216183013/http://www.cumberland.org/HFCPC/Presby/Neosho1837.htm |archive-date=2007-02-16}}</ref> These early settlers were sometimes visited by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] from the Southeast United States, who had been relocated from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] to the [[Indian Territory]] a few miles west of later Kansas under the [[Indian Removal Act]]. They periodically came into the area on hunting expeditions.

Newton County was originally contained in [[Crawford County, Missouri|Crawford County]] and afterward in [[Barry County, Missouri|Barry County]]. As the population increased, it was separated from Barry County on December 31, 1838, and established as a county under its present name. It was named in honor of [[American Revolutionary War]] [[Veteran#United States|veteran]] [[John Newton (soldier)|Sergeant John Newton]]. He was a comrade of [[William Jasper|Sergeant William Jasper]], who is memorialized at [[Fort Moultrie National Monument|Fort Moultrie]]. Later the counties of [[Jasper County, Missouri|Jasper]], [[McDonald County, Missouri|McDonald]], and [[Barton County, Missouri|Barton]], were successively created from some of Newton's territory.

The first county [[court]] session was held at Reed's residence on April 13, 1839, Judge Foster P. Wright presiding. John Reed, Hugh Shannon, and Jacob Testerman sat as [[Judge#United States|judge]]s under appointment by [[Lilburn Boggs]], [[List of Governors of Missouri|Governor of Missouri]]. John Reed was made presiding judge, Thomas Mosely Jr., appointed as [[County clerk|clerk]]; John Haskins, as [[Assessor (property)|assessor]]; and Isaac Gibson as [[Sheriffs in the United States|sheriff]]. [[Civil township|Townships]] were established and roads laid out by this body.

On November 12, the commissioners reported Neosho as the permanent seat of justice, and James Wilson was appointed a special commissioner to lay out the town. The first elected county judges were Edward V. Warren, Larkin Newton, Samuel V. Warren, and Samuel M. Cooley, with Milton Sexton as clerk in 1840. That same year, Milton Sexton, as superintendent, built the first [[Courthouse#United States|courthouse]], a log structure that was occupied in March 1841. In 1841, Charles S. Yancey became circuit judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District, to which Newton County was attached. The first state representative was John Wilson.

In 1840, Lemuel B. Hearrell conducted a school at Hickory Creek, which at times numbered forty pupils. In 1842, Wilson opened the first school in Neosho. He taught classical [[Latin]] and [[Further Mathematics|higher mathematics]]. The Methodist Church was active in the area from 1845.

During the 1840s, [[lead]] was discovered and entrepreneurs developed [[mining]] here. Neosho's early commercial development was dominated by lead and [[zinc]] mining. Newton County established one of Missouri's earliest commercial operations. Lead was transported by wagon from Neosho to [[Indian Territory]], then shipped down the [[Arkansas River]] and [[Mississippi River]] to [[New Orleans]]. French colonists had conducted lead mining further east in Missouri before the United States acquired the territory in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.

===Realignment: 1846−1861===
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2019}}
In 1846, a strip {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} wide was detached from northern Newton and attached to southern Jasper County. A [[Surveying|survey]] of the community was undertaken in 1846 by F. M. Duncan, who laid out the [[Town square#USA|courthouse square]] and surrounding [[City block|blocks]]. According to the survey, the town covered an area of about {{Convert|40|acre|ha}} and was laid off beginning at the "west edge of the large spring and ... northeast of a large white oak", which included land originally belonging to John McCord.

Part of McCord's relinquished land was returned to him. He [[Subdivision (land)|subdivided]] it to take advantage of development related to nearby Neosho. This subdivision, later incorporated into the [[City limits#United States|city limits]], is still called "McCord's Addition to Neosho". On August 20, 1847, Neosho was legally incorporated with [[W. Claude Jones|William C. Jones]], Jackson C. McKay, Samuel Rice, William B. Holmes, and William B. Mooney as trustees.

The first [[Baptist]] congregation was organized at Neosho in 1847, with the Rev. W.H. Farmer as pastor. He served until 1859.

In 1849, McDonald County was created by an act of the state legislature from the southern portion of Newton County, reducing it to its present dimensions. The same act named John Williams of [[Taney County, Missouri|Taney County]], James Williams of Barry County, and Chesley Cannifex of [[Greene County, Missouri|Greene County]] as commissioners to locate the seat of justice within {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} of the new geographical center of the county. They designated the temporary seat at the home of John Reed, one and one-half miles east of the present site of downtown Neosho. Later the same year, a log jail was built.

The design of the [[Town square#USA|courthouse square]] followed that of the [[Shelbyville Square Plan]], which has lots arranged to face a central courthouse block. A brick courthouse built in 1850 at a cost of $3,000 replaced the earlier log structure. During the next decade, numerous [[Residential area|residential]] and commercial buildings were constructed in and around the courthouse square. The first newspaper printed in the county was the ''Neosho Chief'', founded in 1854 by J. Webb Graves. It was renamed as the ''Neosho Herald'' and was removed in 1861 to [[Arkansas]] after the outbreak of the American Civil War. Its records were captured by the [[Union Army]].

By special act passed on August 3, 1854, Congress laid out a monthly [[Pony Express]] mail route from Neosho to [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], authorizing an annual budget of $17,000. After the [[Mexican–American War]] and the acquisition by the US of the southwest territory, this region became of great commercial and military importance. But the Pony Express route was not a commercial success. In March of the following year, the route was changed to run from [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]] to [[Stockton, California]], via Albuquerque.

===Civil War: 1861−1865===

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the county was occupied alternately by the opposing forces. Several engagements were fought in and around Neosho, Newtonia, and Granby, at some places more than once. In addition, frequent [[Skirmisher|skirmishes]] took place between small units and [[Raid (military)|raids]] by area bandits. The schools were closed during the war, and most of the schoolhouses destroyed. The new courthouse was occupied by troops of both armies during the war and finally destroyed {{Circa|1863}}. After the war, the county records were found intact in a cell in the jail. R.W. Ellis, the county clerk, had concealed them there  before he left to join the Confederate Army in 1861.

On July 3, 1861 the Union force of Col. [[Franz Sigel]] moved from Neosho to find and trap Gov Jackson's Missouri State Guard force, reported to be somewhere near [[Lamar, Missouri]]. Sigel believed that another Union force should be chasing them from their Union victory at [[Boonville, Missouri|Boonville]] on June 17. Col. Sigel knew that [[Sterling Price]] and another Confederate Army were south of his position, so he garrisoned Neosho. Captain Conrad and his Rifle Company B of the 3rd Missouri Infantry, numbering about 80 men, were selected.

When Brigadier General [[Benjamin McCulloch]] agreed to General Price's request for assistance with the Missouri State Guard, he moved north. Hearing of the Union force at Neosho, they sent four companies of the [[1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles]] and Cpt. Carroll's Company of Arkansas State troops to capture them. On July 5, the garrison sent forces north to Carthage to ascertain the situation, as the Battle of Carthage was ongoing. Col. McIntosh ordered a two-pronged advance to Neosho, but the western force found its route longer than expected. McIntosh ordered the surrender of the company of Union troops as his Mounted Infantry companies came  within two hundred yards of the court house, where the Union force was stationed. With no pickets to the south and a force to the west of town, the Confederates accepted unconditional surrender just as the second force arrived on scene. Captain Conrad's men were paroled on July 8 and were escorted the first four miles to protect them from numerous threats against their lives made by Neosho locals. The Union troops marched unarmed to Springfield, making 85 miles in 50 hours.

On October 21, [[List of Governors of Missouri|Missouri Governor]] [[Claiborne Fox Jackson|Claiborne Jackson]] and the pro-Southern members of the Missouri General Assembly, who had been forced to flee from Jefferson City when the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] Army approached, held their next to last legislative session at Neosho. On October 28, 1861, they established a provisional capital in Neosho.

Governor Jackson and the [[Missouri General Assembly]] met in the Masonic Hall, numbering thirty-nine members of the House and ten of the Senate. They passed an ordinance of secession and the event was celebrated with cannon firing by General [[Sterling Price]]'s State Guardsmen who were camped in the adjacent hills. The [[Confederate States]] government accepted the results of the vote, and Missouri was admitted as the [[Confederate government of Missouri|12th state of the Confederacy]]. However, the pro-Union members of the General Assembly had already convened, and supported by the occupying Union troops, had declared Jackson removed from office, as well as all who favored the South. The pro-Union members then set up a their own provisional government and appointed [[Hamilton Rowan Gamble|Hamilton R. Gamble]] to be governor. Missouri would have three governors during the course of the Civil War, one elected by the people (Jackson) and two appointed by the pro-Union government (Gamble and [[William Preble Hall]]).

General Price made an effort to organize a Confederate defense of Missouri and initially succeeded, but any chance for concerted pro-Southern action ended when he was defeated in March 1862 at [[Battle of Pea Ridge|Pea Ridge]].

During 1862, various engagements between the hostile forces occurred in the vicinity of Neosho. In 1863, Neosho was garrisoned by Union troops, part of the time with American Indian soldiers occupying the courthouse. On October 4, 1863, a portion of the town was burned by Confederate General [[Joseph Shelby]], who appeared with 1,100 men and, after shelling the courthouse, received the surrender of Union Captain McAfee and his 200 men. Confederate casualties in the fight were seven dead and 22 wounded.<ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omwUAAAAYAAJ|title=Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri|work=google.com|last1=Conard|first1=Howard Louis|year=1901}}</ref>

No court was held from May 22, 1861 until after the war, when on June 19, 1865, when Tipton O. Wood, Frederick Gallimore, and James R. Pearson sat as a county court with W.I.I. Morrow as clerk and Harvey Conly as sheriff; all were temporarily commissioned by the Governor. In 1866, [[election]]s were finally held and order was established. In 1866 a board of education was organized, consisting of Lyman Beebe, J.H. Price Sr., R.V. Keller, E.H. Benham, Hubbard F. Jones and Edwin Ebert. A school site was purchased and the existing building repaired.<ref name="google.com"/> In 1867, a small two-story building was erected for courthouse purposes and the county officers were provided for there and in private buildings until 1878, when a substantial stone and brick building was completed at a cost of $16,250. In 1887, a [[Jail#United States|jail]] was built. The first [[Circuit court#State courts|circuit court]] session was held at the house of Judge John Reed on July 22, 1839, Judge Foster P. Wright presiding.

[[Missouri secession#Neosho Legislature and Secession Ordinance|Debate]] flourishes to this day regarding the legitimacy of these actions, or for that matter those of the Union men who deposed him from office. Claiborne Jackson continued to serve as governor in the Confederate-held portions of the state. But by the end of 1861, Union forces would occupy almost all of Missouri. Jackson took refuge in Arkansas, dying in Little Rock the following year of cancer. A Union victory at the Battle of Pea Ridge in northwest [[Arkansas]] in early 1862 sealed Missouri's fate as a Union border state.

===Reconstruction: 1866−1899===
Following the Civil War, Neosho became a prominent commercial center of southwest Missouri during the late 19th century. The population of the small community grew in size from approximately 500 to 2,725 between 1870 and 1900. During these decades dozens of brick commercial buildings were built around the central courthouse square containing a wide variety of private businesses including lumber yards, livery stables, general stores, and hotels. In addition to retail shops and stores the city also boasted numerous manufacturing companies such as wagon factories, mills, and even a cigar factory. A new brick courthouse was constructed in 1878 followed by a county jail in 1888.
[[File:KCS 2.jpg|thumb|left|The ''[[Southern Belle (KCS)|Southern Belle]]'' offered passenger service to Neosho until 1969.]]
The [[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad]] reached Neosho in 1870. The A& P eventually became the [[St. Louis-San Francisco Railway|San Francisco and St Louis]] railroad. In 1878, Neosho was incorporated and the first permanent courthouse was constructed in the center of the town square. In 1887 the Kansas City-Fort Smith and Southern Railroad entered Neosho. The KCFS& S served the [[Neosho National Fish Hatchery]], the oldest [[National Fish Hatchery System|Federal Fish Hatchery]] still operating today, which was built the following year. This railroad was eventually sold to the [[Kansas City Southern Railway|Kansas City Southern Railroad]] which still operates and runs through Neosho today.

In the 1882, after the vineyards of [[France]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]] were struck by the deadly [[phylloxera]] louse, it was determined that grapes bred by Neosho winemaker [[Hermann Jaeger]] were resistant to the louse. His work proved to be a savior for the great vineyards of Europe. Working with other scholars and grape growers, Jaeger supplied cuttings from his Monark Springs vineyards to help replant those lost in Europe. For his contribution to the grape and wine industries of France, Jaeger was awarded the coveted [[French Legion of Honour]], the highest award that that nation can bestow on a civilian.

By 1898, there were 101 schools in Newton County with 139 teachers and 7,618 pupils. The permanent school fund was $23,260.28. The population of the county in 1900 was 28,001. By the start of the 20th century the city Neosho was a thriving community connected by three rail lines and exporting a variety of products and agricultural produce. The courthouse square continued as Neosho's commercial and governmental center well into the 20th century. Numerous commercial buildings were constructed from 1900 to 1930 including the four-story Haas Building on the north side of the square. The [[Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad]] ran from the [[Arkansas]] resort town of [[Eureka Springs]] to Neosho where it connected with the Frisco and Kansas City Southern tracks in 1908.

===20th century===
On August 5, 1914 there was a head-on collision between motorcar No. 103 of passenger train of the [[Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Company]] and locomotive No. 805, of a regular passenger train of the [[Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway|Kansas City Southern Railway Company]], near [[Tipton Ford, Missouri|Tipton Ford]], a few miles north of Neosho. Because Motorcar No. 103 was carrying about 105 gallons of gasoline at the time, 43 passengers died, many burned beyond recognition, several others were injured, and the motorcar was entirely demolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B64XAAAAYAAJ|title=Accident Bulletin|work=google.com|year=1912}}</ref> Two days later the city held a funeral on the Newton County courthouse lawn for more than 30 unidentified individuals, who were buried in a mass grave in the Neosho [[Independent Order of Odd Fellows|I.O.O.F.]] cemetery.

[[File:NewtonCoMoCourthouse.jpg|thumb|right|Newton County's [[Art Deco]]-style courthouse, built in 1936]]
During the [[Great Depression]], the federal government assisted financially in the construction of the Neosho City Hall and Municipal Auditorium, as well as the current Newton County Courthouse. Funded by the [[Works Progress Administration]], the original courthouse was razed in December 1935 to make way for the current Carthage stone, [[Art Deco]]-style courthouse, which was designed by architect Neal C. Davis, a Newton County native. Construction of the new courthouse began in April 1936. In 1938, another Davis-designed, WPA-funded project, the Auditorium and City Hall, was completed. This building was extensively restored and modernized in a multi-million project completed in September 2008.

Neosho is the home of [[Fort Crowder]]. Originally established as Camp Crowder south of town in 1941 at the height of [[World War II]], the post was to serve as an armored training center. By 1943 the army had acquired {{convert|42,786.41|acre|km2}} in [[Newton County, Missouri|Newton]] and [[McDonald County, Missouri|McDonald]] counties. As the facility was constructed, it was re-designated as a [[U.S. Army Signal Corps]] training center. It was named for [[Enoch Crowder]], a Missouri general who was instrumental in developing the draft for [[World War I]] and the [[Selective Service]]. The post also served as an infantry replacement center; later in the war, it had a small German [[Prisoner-of-war camp#World War II|prisoner-of-war]] detention facility.

<!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[File:Beetle Bailey Comic Panel.png|thumb|left|A page from the [[comic book]] version of ''Beetle Bailey''.]] -->
Some of the soldiers stationed at Camp Crowder included [[Carl Reiner]], [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Mort Walker]], [[Tillman Franks]], and [[Jean Shepherd]]. Writers for the 1960s-era ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', made the post the setting where Rob and Laura Petrie, portrayed by actors Dick Van Dyke and [[Mary Tyler Moore]], met; Rob was a sergeant in Special Services and Laura was a [[United Service Organizations|USO]] dancer. The camp was well known to its residents for being muddy and swampy during the rainy season. The [[cartoonist]] Mort Walker, who was stationed there, later used it for his fictional "Camp Swampy" in his long-running [[Comic strip#Newspapers|newspaper comic strip]], ''[[Beetle Bailey]]''.

Camp Crowder was deactivated in 1951. While the core of the post was retained, many of the temporary barracks were declared surplus and sold. The base's movie theatre was disassembled and reassembled on the campus of what is today the [[University of Missouri – Kansas City]]. It served as the [[Kansas City Playhouse]] until being torn down for a new theatre. A portion of its wall, which contains statues of [[Comedy]] and [[Tragedy]], are landmarks on the university campus. Neosho obtained the permanent barracks as surplus and adapted them as the core of the community college campus for [[Crowder College]].

====The Flower Box City====
Since 1957, Neosho has been locally well known as "The Flower Box City"; that year it earned the [[All-America City Award]] for its beautification efforts. In 1955 the town had received a $5,000 grant from [[The New York Community Trust]] for that purpose. Local companies provided lumber at cost, and the [[United States Junior Chamber|Jaycees]] formed an [[assembly line]] to build more than 200 wooden flower boxes. [[Pet, Inc.|Pet Milk Company]] donated 400 used wooden barrels for container gardens, and town [[Nursery (horticulture)|nurseries]] supplied plants at reduced rates. The city dressed up trash cans and parking meters around the courthouse square with flower baskets. In 1957 Neosho earned a coveted All-America City Award from ''[[Look (American magazine)|Look]]'' magazine and the [[National Municipal League]]. (The ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine [[Photojournalism|photojournalist]] [[Wallace Kirkland]] covered the 1957 city for the magazine. A [https://images.google.com/images?q=neosho&q=source: life collection] of his photographs from this assignment, many previously unpublished, can be found in the [[Life (magazine)#Partnership with Google|Life photo archive]], hosted by [[Google]]). Since then, the Flower Box Promotion Committee has supported beautification and awarded 'Beauty Spot' prizes each spring and summer to homes and businesses with outstanding yards, flower gardens, and flower boxes.

====Fort Crowder====
In the early 1950s, local congressman [[Dewey Jackson Short]], senior member of the [[House Armed Services Committee]], secured authorization and some funding to build two permanent barracks and a disciplinary barracks to reactivate the former Camp Crowder as a permanent installation, Fort Crowder. Its mission was to be the Army's [[military police]] training school. After Short's defeat in the 1956 election, the fort was deactivated.

About {{convert|2000|acre|km2}} of the post was turned over to the [[U. S. Air Force]], which constructed Plant 65. The rocket engine manufacturing facility was operated by contract to [[North American Aviation]], later known as [[Rocketdyne]]. This facility became Rocketdyne's primary manufacturing and testing complex for the [[H-1 (rocket engine)|H-1 rocket engine]], used by the [[Saturn I]] and [[Saturn IB]] rockets. These rockets were used in [[NASA]]'s [[Project Apollo|Apollo]], [[Skylab]], and [[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]] programs until its contract ended in 1968.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnoZTbVLx0MC|title=Stages to Saturn|isbn=9780788181863|last1=Bilstein|first1=Roger E.|date=August 1999|publisher=DIANE }}</ref>

On April 24, 1975, a major tornado caused massive destruction and killed three persons. It destroyed a motel, apartment complex and mobile home park, along with dozens of homes and businesses.

===21st century===
Today, Neosho is enjoying a renaissance, particularly in the historic downtown area. Through a combination of private investment and public resources, numerous restoration and revitalization projects have been undertaken in the historic city center to restore its architectural quality, upgrade the infrastructure, and improve the quality of life of downtown.

===Other noteworthy events===
* 1870 – the [[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad]] reaches Neosho.
* 1878 – First county [[courthouse]] is built in the center of the downtown square. Neosho is incorporated.
* 1887 – [[Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad]] reaches Neosho.
* 1888 – [[Neosho National Fish Hatchery]] is built, and telephone service comes to town.
* 1892 – E. R. Matters establishes his jewelry store. Today it is one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the state.
* 1938 – Scenes from the 1939 film ''[[Jesse James (1939 film)|Jesse James]],'' starring [[Tyrone Power]] and [[Henry Fonda]] are filmed at the [[Kansas City Southern Railway|Kansas City Southern]] railroad depot, with many locals serving as extras.
* 1939—Neosho celebrates its centennial with the creation of the Centennial Mural by [[Duard Marshall]].
* 1966 – The landmark Big Spring Inn burns to the ground.
* 1978 – Neosho is named recipient of the All-Missouri Certified City Award.
* 2006 – Neosho is announced as one of ten cities selected as first annual inductees into [[List of Governors of Missouri|Missouri Governor]] [[Matt Blunt]]'s DREAM Initiative, a state-funded downtown revitalization and economic assistance program. Other 2006 cities were [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]], [[Excelsior Springs, Missouri|Excelsior Springs]], [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]], [[Hermann, Missouri|Hermann]], [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]], [[Sedalia, Missouri|Sedalia]], [[Saint Joseph, Missouri|St. Joseph]], [[Washington, Missouri|Washington]], and [[West Plains, Missouri|West Plains]].
* 2007 – Three people are killed and at least five others injured when [[Eiken Elam Saimon]] takes about 30 people hostage at First Congregational Church.<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/229422.html ''Kansas City'']</ref>
*2015 - December 29 - Historic flooding rocked Newton County and the surrounding areas, with creek levels a full seven feet above previous records.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.neoshodailynews.com/article/20151229/NEWS/151229194 |title="Neosho Daily News" |access-date=2019-03-30 |archive-date=2019-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330190638/https://www.neoshodailynews.com/article/20151229/NEWS/151229194 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2017 - April 29 - Massive flood in Neosho, submerging vehicles and causing water damage in homes not normally affected by floods.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.neoshodailynews.com/news/20170429/rainfall-causes-floods-in-neosho-southwest-missouri |title="Neosho Daily News" |access-date=2019-03-30 |archive-date=2019-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330190636/https://www.neoshodailynews.com/news/20170429/rainfall-causes-floods-in-neosho-southwest-missouri |url-status=dead }}</ref>