 The opening scenes in the Clint Eastwood western "The Outlaw Josey Wales" are to have taken place in Jackson County and depict the Civil War in Missouri; other movies such as "Ride with the Devil" did the same and was partially filmed in neighboring Clay County.The survival of Hickman Mills during the Civil War was largely due to one man.Charles Jefferys was a prominent business man who emigrated from Belgium, heir to a fortune from holdings in the British West Indies.