About: Joplin (1983: Doomsday)

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In the mid-19th century, Missouri was the "wild west" for the United States. And into that wild west came a Methodist preacher by the name of Harris G. Joplin. He hoped that by establishing a congregation among the settlers he could provide a peaceful atmosphere for growth in the new state. Though no town arose around that church, the spring and river running through the valley were given his name. Then the ancient and useful metal lead was found in the area. But before it could be mined, the state of Missouri was literally "in the middle" of the American Civil War.

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rdfs:label	Joplin (1983: Doomsday)
rdfs:comment	In the mid-19th century, Missouri was the "wild west" for the United States. And into that wild west came a Methodist preacher by the name of Harris G. Joplin. He hoped that by establishing a congregation among the settlers he could provide a peaceful atmosphere for growth in the new state. Though no town arose around that church, the spring and river running through the valley were given his name. Then the ancient and useful metal lead was found in the area. But before it could be mined, the state of Missouri was literally "in the middle" of the American Civil War.
dcterms:subject	North American countries (1983: Doomsday) Missouri (1983: Doomsday) North American countries (1983: Doomsday) Missouri (1983: Doomsday)
CoGtitle	Governor
CoGname	Roy Blunt
lang official	English
name short	Joplin
est date	1990-07-04(xsd:date)
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Timeline	1983(xsd:integer)
Name	The Free State of Joplin
Currency	US Dollar, Barter
Population	45000(xsd:integer)
Capital	Joplin
Motto	"Proud of Our Past...Shaping Our Future'"
Flag	Flag of Missouri.svg
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abstract	In the mid-19th century, Missouri was the "wild west" for the United States. And into that wild west came a Methodist preacher by the name of Harris G. Joplin. He hoped that by establishing a congregation among the settlers he could provide a peaceful atmosphere for growth in the new state. Though no town arose around that church, the spring and river running through the valley were given his name. Then the ancient and useful metal lead was found in the area. But before it could be mined, the state of Missouri was literally "in the middle" of the American Civil War. By 1871, though, mining camps began to spring up in the valley and John C. Cox filed a plan with the state to build a city he planned to name Joplin City on the east side of the valley. At about the same time, Patrick Murphy filed a plan for a city on the west side, calling it Murphysburg. The two towns were anything but peaceful with the only law being self defense. The two cities merged and changed their name to "Union City," but this was illegal, leading to a second merger, on March 23, 1873, into the city of Joplin. The metal zinc was found along with the lead and became the "cash crop" of the mines, leading to a "boom town" with growth lasted for a half century. Joplin became a center for the transportation industry that left trucking firms there even after the "Zinc capital of the world" closed most of its mines. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the city of Joplin saw a leveling of its growth. Efforts were begun to revitalize downtown which continued into the 1980's.

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