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 | Phelps is one of 115 counties in Missouri. |
 | In 1994 the PCPI of Phelps was $16,045 and ranked 58th in the state. |
 | In 1994 the TPI of Phelps was $594,184 and ranked 26th in the state. |
| Phelps Camp 66, SUVCW (1023 words) |
 | The Phelps Camp was formed in 1994, and is actually named for three members of a prominent local family who each made important contributions to the preservation of the Union during the Civil War. |
 | John Smith Phelps was a prominent U.S. congressman before and during the war, who also served as colonel of the "Phelps Regiment, Missouri Infantry," and led that regiment into action at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 7-8, 1862. |
 | Mary Whitney Phelps, his wife, safeguarded the body of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon after his death at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, and helped care for the wounded of her husband's regiment after the Battle of Pea Ridge. |