The Mockbee House

This historic house was built by Whitney Tarkington in 1847 and was purchased by the Mockbee family in 1859. It has a gable roof full porch, two-story concrete columns, and a half-round one-story brick entry. The house also has two brick chimneys, one on each side. The home was the site of an infamous encounter involving Confederate guerilla Cole Younger in 1861.

In the fall of 1861, the Mockbees threw a 16th birthday party for their daughter Martha. In attendance were Cole Younger, infamous Confederate guerilla and co-leader of the James-Younger gang, his sister Sally Younger, and Union Captain Irwin Walley. Despite his marriage, Captain Walley desired Sally Younger and requested a dance from her. Sally denied him, but Walley persisted. Cole Younger confronted Walley and after this altercation, Cole Younger was told to leave the home. After Cole left, he joined up with William “Bloody Bill” Quantrill and his Confederate guerrilla forces.

Wolfenbarger, Deon, and Lacy Alkire. "Harrisonville Historic Resources." Missouri Department of National Resources. Missouri Department of National Resources, Apr. 1991. Web. 1 May 2017.

Rafiner, Tom A. Caught Between Three Fires: Cass County, Mo., Chaos & Order No. 11 1860 - 1865, p. 339-147.