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William Kintner

United States Highway 46

November 11

1919

Majel Barrett Roddenberry

Vowel

909 BC

	United States - Centralia - Travel Tales - Centralia It's the People - Lorry Patton's Travel Tips 'n' Tales
		Centralia's attractions include plenty of homes from the turn-of-the-century, murals of past events on the walls of downtown and an abundance of antique stores.
		Centralia's most important assets, however, are its people, beginning with the town's founder, George Washington, the son of a slave.
		A scene from this thought-provoking tragic act is etched on Centralia's walls, one of the sixteen murals scattered throughout the town.
	www.lorrypatton.com /travel/tales/43-38.html (649 words)

	Centralia Massacre and Battle
		The events at Centralia were the last reported slayings in Boone County, although the guerrilla plunderings were a repeated affair almost to the very end of the Civil War.
		In 1873, the bodies of the victims of the Centralia Massacre and Battle were moved to a National cemetery in Jefferson City.
		In 1957, during the celebration of Centralia's centennial, the Wabash Railroad, successor to the North Missouri Railroad, donated a monument to the two Centralia events, adjacent to the railroad terminal.
	mmcwrt.missouri.org /2000/default0007.htm (2550 words)

	Replaying a conflict
		CENTRALIA - Gunshots resonated across a field as armed troops made their way across a pasture for the first time since a bloody conflict 141 years ago.
		The Battle of Centralia, which claimed the lives of 81 Union soldiers and three guerrillas, was re-enacted yesterday on the field where "Bloody Bill" Anderson carried the day in 1864.
		Jacob Allison, 12, of Paris, Mo., portrays a burn victim as Charles Cunningham of Centralia displays medical instruments of the Civil War-era yesterday during a re-enactment of combat on a field outside Centralia.
	www.columbiatribune.com /2005/Sep/20050918News003.asp (756 words)

	Centralia's Union Mural: "The Resurrection of Wesley Everest" Depicts Labor's Side of the Centralia Massacre
		He felt it was time labor's side of the "Centralia Massacre" was represented, and he wanted a mural that would tell the story.
		Alewitz was a wise choice for the Everest mural project because he knew the history of the Centralia tragedy and understood Everest's fervor and dedication to the goals of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies).
		All of the marchers had passed the IWW hall except for the Centralia contingent; as they moved ahead to close the gap, the command of "Halt!" was given in front of the hall.
	www.wshs.org /wshs/columbia/articles/0399-a2.htm (1772 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Four men die in the Centralia Massacre on November 11, 1919.
		The IWW of Centralia had been warned that their hall would be raided, as many other IWW halls had been since the autumn of 1917, and so had discussed what to do about it.
		A growing crowd of Centralia citizens followed as they went, kicking and punching Everest, whom they were told was Britt Smith, acknowledged leader of the local IWW.
		The mob gathered again at the Elks Club, and Centralia judge George Dysart with his son, Lloyd, worked to talk reason into the men there, convincing them not to grab other IWW suspects now at the jail.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=5605 (950 words)

	PNLHA - Pacific Northwest Labour History Association
		CENTRALIA - A lifetime after the fact, the events of that terrible day linger like an old family feud, gnawing at the soul of this all-American small town.
		The conflict was particularly acute in mill towns like Centralia, where it was hard to ignore the enormous gap between wealthy timber barons and hapless loggers.
		Of the seven men convicted, one died in prison, five were paroled in 1930 and the last, Ray Becker, saw his sentence commuted in 1939 after 19 years in prison.
	www3.telus.net /robbgibbs/PNLHA/centralia.htm (1377 words)

	::: Centralia Massacre Collection :::
		This was the background of Centralia's relationship with the Wobblies when they found a new hall (to replace the one previously raided) in 1919.
		The Centralia group stopped in front of the I.W.W. hall, and a subset of the Centralia group left the main group, ran to the I.W.W. hall, and forced the door open.
		Centralia's 1924 statue to the fallen Legionnaires is pretty much the only public reminder left of that day.
	content.lib.washington.edu /iwwweb/read.html (3144 words)

	Centralia
		As Centralia grew, George Washington became one of the wealthiest men and philanthropers in the town.
		Centralia grew slowly, hampered at first by the great depression of the early 1890s.
		There are several websites that discuss the Centralia Massacre of 1919 - University of Washington's Digital Collection, "Centralia's Union Mural" (an article by Mary L. Stough published in "Columbia Magazine" in 1999), and "Four men die in the Centralia Massacre on November 11, 1919" (written by Alyssa Burrows for HistoryLink.org).
	www.drizzle.com /~jtenlen/walewis/centralia.html (1089 words)

	Centralia, MO / Massacre & Battle
		On September 27, 1994, the first historic site marker was placed near the Civil War Battlegrounds southeast of Centralia on the 130th Anniversary of that battle that resulted in the largest number of fatalities in the county during the Civil War.
		The massacred Union soldiers were left where they fell (ironically, Thomas Goodman was spared and escaped from the rangers a few days later).
		Johnston believed that the pro-Southern citizens of Centralia were trying to deceive him and decided to go after the band responsible for the massacre.
	centralia.missouri.org /massacre (2369 words)

	Centralia Massacre (Washington) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Centralia massacre, an incident of labor unrest in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, occurred on November 11, 1919 in Centralia, Washington.
		A bronze statue of a doughboy, erected to honor the four Legionnaires killed in the Massacre, still stands in Centralia's George Washington Park.
		Centralia's Union Mural: "The Resurrection of Wesley Everest" Depicts Labor's Side of the Centralia Massacre
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Centralia_Massacre_(Washington) (1148 words)

	Centralia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It is also a compelling human drama, centering on the marginal life of an industrial frontier labor lawyer; a study of radical politics of the 1920s; Centralia and a depiction of conditions of life in the lumber camps Centralia and towns.
		Centralia massacre (Missouri) - The Centralia Massacre was an ambush by bushwhackers under Bloody Bill Anderson during the American Civil War in which 22 Union soldiers were executed at the Centralia, Missouri train station on September 27, 1864.
		Centralia massacre - The Centralia massacre, an incident of labor unrest in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, occurred on November 11, 1919 in Centralia, Washington.
	ce62.360mkt.info (598 words)

	Lewis County
		The Centralia Massacre of 1919 is recognized as a major event in the history of Lewis County as well as labor unions across the U.S. Although the original buildings are no longer standing, memorial markers at Washington Park (at Main and Pearl Streets) note the location of the Armistice Day Riot.
		In the west, the county is traversed by Interstate 5.
		The Joseph Borst Home and Blockhouse Situated in Centralia's Fort Borst Park, the blockhouse was built in the late 1850s to hold grain and military supplies.
	www.washingtonstatetours.com /volcano/lewiscounty.htm (2526 words)

	American Experience \| Jesse James \| Guerrilla Tactics \| PBS
		T.J. Stiles: Centralia is one of the stories that resulted by accident, in a sense.
		After the Centralia massacre, the Union militia captain who was in charge of maintaining order in Clay County began to investigate and look into the families of the guerrillas who had taken part that day.
		And he later wrote a report that he was certain that both of the James boys had taken part in the Centralia massacre and the battle that followed.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/james/sfeature/sf_qa.html (1659 words)

	Centralia College Has Its Day
		He defended the "Centralia eight" after the infamous 1919 Armistice Day parade and massacre, working until his death for the eight convicted IWW union members.
		Many Centralia residents transferred what they believed to be these "sins" of the father to his widow and children, ostracizing them, remembers Waddell, now 81 and living in the Tacoma area.
		In order to have a likeness placed on a plaque and mounted to the diversity clock tower, a person must be a Northwest individual who has significance to culture and communities, or who has otherwise distinguished himself or herself in the fields of science, the arts and humanities, civic or political life.
	www.centralia.ctc.edu /Depts/Diversity/chronicle.html (1284 words)

	WHMC-Columbia--This Week in Missouri History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Learning of the massacre and believing the main force of guerrillas had been overestimated, Johnson determined to pursue them.
		Some of the dead were taken to Mexico for burial, and 79 were buried in a single long trench near the railroad in the eastern part of Centralia.
		On December 17, 1873, the trench was reopened and the remains taken to Jefferson City where the soldiers were re-interred in one common grave in the National Cemetery.
	www.umsystem.edu /whmc/Mohist/sept27.html (394 words)

	Short Trips: Town's history splashes back on the scene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Finally, organizers of the Centralia Union Mural Project thought it was time the city stopped hiding the past and accept it.
		He founded Centralia in 1875, and his likeness is on a mural alongside Key Bank in the center of town.
		Once in Centralia, there is a local bus service that leaves downtown every hour and heads to the outlet mall.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /getaways/293062_shorttrips23.html (1581 words)

	Columbia Missourian - Keeping history alive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Bell, a member of the 10th Missouri Cavalry, spent Saturday and Sunday re-enacting the battle and massacre of Centralia as a Union soldier of the Civil War with about 100 other re-enactors.
		The event, sponsored by the Centralia Historical Society, commemorated the 141st anniversary of the conflict that left nearly 150 Union soldiers dead.
		Chance said there are plans for the site of the Centralia battle to become a park in order to preserve the area’s history for future generations.
	columbiamissourian.com /news/story.php?ID=16095 (664 words)

	Centralia Massacre (Missouri) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Centralia Massacre was an ambush by pro-Confederacy bushwhackers under Bloody Bill Anderson during the American Civil War in which twenty-two Union soldiers were executed at the Centralia, Missouri, train station on September 27, 1864.
		In the fall of 1864, the Confederates, faced with a rapidly deteriorating position, launched an invasion of northern Missouri led by Sterling Price and his Missouri State Guard in hopes of influencing the 1864 presidential election by capturing St.
		Following the Centralia massacre, Union militia Colonel Samuel P. Cox took command of a detachment of Missouri troops, with orders to find and destroy Anderson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Centralia_massacre_(Missouri) (777 words)

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		He stopped long enough to yell at the teacher that Centralia was full of guerrillas and that they had stopped the west bound passenger train and took off a lot of Union soldiers and shot them down in the street.
		When Johnson arrived in Centralia, he soon heard that Anderson and his men (about 250, we heard) were camping in the M. Singleton barn, about three miles southeast of Centralia.
		The writer was in Centralia the second day after the mix-up, and went out to the cut just east of the town limits where the men had been hauled in, in wagons, from the battlefield, and dumped into the long ditch prepared for burial purposes.
	www.rootsweb.com /~moaudrai/war/witness_centralia.htm (2275 words)

	Centralia Massacre
		Similar lines could be written 85 years after the infamous Centralia Massacre, or Armistice Day Tragedy, but a few memories remain of the day where four veterans were killed, one union logger lynched and a farmer mistakenly shot in a posse search gone wrong during a time of hysteria and fear.
		She is a sharp 97-year-old whose family came to Washington from South Dakota in a covered wagon.
		In his 1993 book "The Centralia Tragedy of 1919", author Tom Copeland said six cars with their headlights off drove to the bridge.
	homepage.mac.com /rockhell/Personal18.html (793 words)

	Slide Show \| Columbia Daily Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Dressed in period garb, Natalie Whitaker of Centralia makes her way across a large field towards the site of a Civil War reenactment yesterday south of town.
		About 100 re-enactors from around Missouri took part in the event, bringing to life the Battle of Centralia, which took place in the exact same area south of town 141 years ago.
		It was the first reenactment of the battle in 10 years, and it also marked the first re-enactment of the Centralia Massacre, at which a group of Union soldiers were stripped of clothing and shot in town before the start of the battle some three miles south.
	www.columbiatribune.com /2005/Sep/0918slideCENTRALIA/01.asp (106 words)

	Centralia, WA News - Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		From the Centralia Tigers to the chanting student sections and the overflow crowd that spilled onto the Tiger Stadium turf Friday night, everyone thought...
		The huge tires that keep the global mining industry rolling are in short supply, causing operators of the Centralia coal mine to rethink the way they do business at the sprawling, 10,000-acre mine that hugs the...
		Jennifer Sexton, a firefighter with the Centralia Fire Department, struggles to pull her water hose through the brush Wednesday as she attacks a 4-acre brush fire along Interstate 5 in Grand Mound.
	www.topix.net /city/centralia-wa/page2 (1385 words)

	Le massacre de Centralia
		Voilà, j’aurais voulu avoir des infos sur le massacre de Centralia qui s’est déroulé durant le Guerre de Sécession et notamment sur ceux qui y ont participé c’est-à-dire Jesse James et le commanditaire William Anderson, alias « Bloody » Bill Anderson (mon avatar).
		Mais ce massacre était l'initiative d'Anderson, jamais il n'ont reçu d'ordre, me semble t-il.
		Centralia je ne me souviens pas, mais le nom me dit quand même quelque chose.
	poudrenoire.forumactif.com /ftopic6271.Le-massacre-de-Centralia.htm (425 words)

	STRIKES! - Links to Related Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Centralia Massacre and the Industrial Workers of the World Collection
		Includes pamphlets, leaflets and correspondence documenting the I.W.W.'s involvement in the Centralia Massacre of 1919 and general publications from the national I.W.W. organization.
		Includes full-texts of a number of publications including Ralph Chaplin's The Centralia Conspiracy and Walker Smith's The Everett Massacre: A History of the Class Struggle in the Lumber Industry.
	www.lib.washington.edu /exhibits/STRIKES!/link.html (411 words)

	Neda Dispatch
		They were citizens of Centralia, Washington back in the early 1900s.
		Their favorite topic was the Centralia Massacre of 1919, as it was called.
		This January afternoon, they were taking one of their afterlife buddies, Howard, on a tour of their hometown.
	www.ustrek.org /odyssey/semester2/012001/012001nedacentralia.html (1077 words)

	Centralia, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The city was the site of the infamous Centralia Massacre in 1919 and subsequent lynching of International Workers of the World member Wesley Everest.
		On Nov. 28, 2006 it was announced that TransAlta Corp., the largest employer in Centralia, would eliminate 600 high-paying coal mining jobs.
		The nearby coal-fired electrical generating facility is not affected, except the coal to fire the plant will now come from Wyoming and Montana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Centralia,_Washington (690 words)

	List of Killed of 39th MO Infantry, at Battle of Centralia, MO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The seventy-nine bodies buried at Centralia were disinterred December 17, 1873, under direction of Capt. Nelson, and forwarded to Jefferson City, and reinterred in the national cemetery at that place.
		One of my ancestors was a survivor of the Centralia Massacre from Company H. His name was Edward Knox Irwin.
		The story continues that the horses whinnied and gave away his hiding location but because the bushwackers were more interested in taking the horses, Edward was able to escape and ran to Sturgeon where he hid out with some other soldiers who had escaped.
	www.bocomo.org /civilw10.htm (375 words)

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