From the Reference - Fourth edition, revised.
Indians and early settlers: the beginning up to 1759
The Cherokee War and the Regulators: 1759-1775
The Revolution: 1775-1783
Union a county: 1785-1800
The Pinckneyville experiment: 1791-1800
The coming of cotton: Union County c. 1800-c. 1850
Unionville in AnteBellum Times
Education in AnteBellum Union
Transportation and industry: c.1800-c.1850
Toward Secession: 1850-1860
Reconstruction: 1865-1877
Toward Industrialization: 1877-1893
The emergence of public education: 1865-1893
Union County industrializes: 1893-1905
Life at the turn of the 20th Century: c. 1893-c. 1914
Education in Union County after 1893
World War I and the Not-So-Roaring Twenties: 1917-1930
The Great Depression: 1930-1941
World War II and New Development: 1941-c.1960
The end of the 20th Century: c.1960-c.2000
The beginning of the 21st Century.