Page "Webster County, Missouri" Paragraph 5

In Webster County, straddling the divide between the Missouri and Arkansas rivers rise the headwaters of the James, Niangua, Gasconade, and Pomme de Terre rivers.

A part of the 1808 Osage Native American land cession, the county was settled in the early 1830s by pioneers from Kentucky and Tennessee.

A Native American trail crossed southern Webster County and many prehistoric mounds are in the area.