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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Morrow, Lynn |
| Title, Analytic | The Yocum Silver Dollar: Images, Realities and Traditions |
| Author, Monographic | Marshall, Howard Wight//Goodrich, James W. |
| Title, Monographic | The German-American Experience in Missouri |
| Place of Publication | Columbia, MO |
| Publisher | Missouri Cultural Heritage Center, University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Date of Publication | 1986 |
| Location in Work | 159-176 |
| Abstract | In the Ozark region of Missouri and Arkansas, the Yocum Silver Dollar legend has unique origins in Ozarks cultural history. Ozarks folklore and traditions normally have antecedents in Appalachia and the British Isles, but the Yocum Silver Dollar spans at least four centuries through continental European nations, in the immigration and cultural history of Palatinate Germans and Scotch-Irishmen, in the French Colonial experience in the Mississippi River Valley, and especially in the Indian removal history of eastern Algonquin tribes. The group migration of middle-aged Yocum brothers into a distant Ozarks wilderness, sparsely populated by a younger Scotch-Irish society, and thousands of refugee Indians, set the stage for events that have continued to influence the region's folklore.During the 1820s on Missouri's White River frontier, a family of Palatinate Germans produced a folkloric legend that not only has survived the generations, but is stronger today than ever before. During the tourist season, Yocum reunions, an outdoor drama that portrays the legend, and tours of the old Yocum settlement by wagon and horseback all contribute to an Ozarks mystique for wide-eyed modern travelers. |
| Call Number | MKI/SHS F 475 G3 G4 1986 |
| MKI Terms | Missouri/ Folklore/ Palatinate/ Immigrants, German/ Native Americans |