river [sic], the Bee ford of South Fabius, and so on (661). Evidently the Bee ford of Salt River would be where the trail crosses Salt River on the western side of our farm. The by the honey hunters of Callaway Callaway trail, “the route commonly pursued ran north of Shelbyville. As our farm is south and west of Shelbyville, this is not County” (661), the trail from my Next, however, the 1884 book talks about the Boone trail, father’s story. “made by the bee hunters from Boone which Salt River (661). County,” “crossed above Walkersville” Our family farm is located on Salt River above Walkersville, showing that my Honey father’s Trail was the Boone Trail and parallels the history books. The Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia sponsored by the University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri makes reference to Bee Roads in both Knox and Scotland counties, the two Missouri counties north of Shelby. Additionally, this collection claims that Clark County, Missouri, just to the east of Scotland County, the terminus of the old of pioneer days. “was ‘Bee Roads’ Therefore, it is unlikely that these trails actually led north into Iowa. Aside from my father, one of my favorite storytellers was our neighbor Melvin Snell, who passed away in 1982. Melvin used to recall his claims to having seen, as a grandmother’s child, the injured and dead soldiers in both the Blue and the Gray laid out in the front yard of a house that sat on a hill near Walkersville. I do not recall if Melvin ever stated exactly how many men were seen by his grandmother, so I hoped to find this information in my study. To begin researching this oral account, I searched for evidence of a dispute near Walkersville during the Civil War. In E.B. Long and Barbara Long, Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac 1861-1865 claim that on Wednesday, the second day of was a skirmish near April 1862 “there Walkersville” (192). Correspondingly, my great-grandmother’s of the General History of Shelby County, copy which was written by the citizens of Shelby County and published in Chicago in Missouri 1911,
river [sic], the Bee ford of South Fabius, and so on (661). Evidently the Bee ford of Salt River would be where the trail crosses Salt River on the western side of our farm. The Callaway trail, “the route commonly pursued by the honey hunters of Callaway County” (661), ran north of Shelbyville. As our farm is south and west of Shelbyville, this is not the trail from my father’s story. Next, however, the 1884 book talks about the Boone trail, “made by the bee hunters from Boone County,” which “crossed Salt River above Walkersville” (661). Our family farm is located on Salt River above Walkersville, showing that my father’s Honey Trail was the Boone Trail and parallels the history books. The Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia sponsored by the University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri makes reference to Bee Roads in both Knox and Scotland counties, the two Missouri counties north of Shelby. Additionally, this collection claims that Clark County, Missouri, just to the east of Scotland County, “was the terminus of the old ‘Bee Roads’ of pioneer days. Therefore, it is unlikely that these trails actually led north into Iowa. Aside from my father, one of my favorite storytellers was our neighbor Melvin Snell, who passed away in 1982. Melvin used to recall his grandmother’s claims to having seen, as a child, the injured and dead soldiers in both the Blue and the Gray laid out in the front yard of a house that sat on a hill near Walkersville. I do not recall if Melvin ever stated exactly how many men were seen by his grandmother, so I hoped to find this information in my study. To begin researching this oral account, I searched for evidence of a dispute near Walkersville during the Civil War. In Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac 1861-1865 E.B. Long and Barbara Long, claim that on Wednesday, the second day of April 1862 “there was a skirmish near Walkersville” (192). Correspondingly, my great-grandmother’s copy of the General History of Shelby County, Missouri 1911, which was written by the citizens of Shelby County and published in Chicago in
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