An Old Parker Pages Article

[Battue]

The club was named Moberly, but was near Dalton, approximately 35miles away. Perhaps one should start looking there....

[mobirdhunter]

Just a quick search for the Club brought up multiple old newspaper articles, most from the 1930s. Apparently the club owned what was described in the newspaper accounts as "lakes and lands" along the Missouri River in Chariton County. Many of the articles focused on the legal issues involving some club land that was in dispute of ownership because of a shift in the Missouri River that changed the boundaries of Saline and Chariton Counties. The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

There were accounts of the election of officers over time, with some names that I recognized from the area. It also made the Moberly paper when a member killed a 20 pound goose that is reported to have had a 7 foot wingspan. If only our newspapers reported that kind of news today!

Apparently the Club was quite well known in its day.

[Mills]

Very interesting. One project on my list is to document some of the hunting clubs around here

[mobirdhunter]

Apparently there were two clubs in the same area. This article is from the local Moberly paper and is dated September 24, 1929. I hope the clipping enlarges enough to be read.

I found a clipping announcing the establishment of the Club in 1912. And accounts of the land purchase...for $1.00. It was noted that a good portion of the land was "under water."