![]() We do inspect the concession stand that is a licensed food service entity,” they said in response to our inquiry about Land of Illusion. “We do not have jurisdiction over this type of swimming facility, thus we have no enforcement capabilities. Ashcroft)They said the Butler County General Health District, under the Ohio Department of Health, inspects and regulates public swimming pools, but not lakes. It was often called Dog Town because there were so many dogs in the village. In 1913, forty acres were platted by Joseph Ashcroft of the mill, and landowners John and Henry Macom, who gave the name Ashcroft-Macom Addition, but the public soon dropped the Macom part of the name, no doubt having in mind only the mill there. The southeast part of Poplar Bluff west of Black River, which grew up around the Ashcroft Mill (q.v.). It was named for Willis Ashcraft, a progressive landowner, farmer, and Baptist minister there. Adams)Ī school about five miles southeast of Poplar Bluff. Named for a landowner and Baptist minister, Willis Ashcraft, through whose farm it was made about 1900. Deem)Ī drainage ditch in southern Poplar Bluff Township. It received its name because the many low sandy elevations, rising from the swampy region, were covered with white ash timber. The name was retained when in 1866 the townships were relocated. The eastern border township, organized in 1856. Near the old village of Ash Hill or Ash Hills (q.v.). Established by the railroad about 1872 and named for the old sawmill community. It grew to be a town of about 300 during the timber days, but it declined as the business moved to Fisk. Post office and station on the "Cat" Railroad eight miles east of Poplar Bluff. Restov about 1870 because of the many sandy elevations covered with ash timber. The district has been added to the Fisk School District.Ī sawmill community in Ash Hill Township. The old village school of Ash Hill, now used for church services by various denominations. The "s" was probably dropped by the postal authorities. Mabie)Ī shortened form which has replaced "Ash Hills" (q.v.) for the post office and town. Trains began running regularly April 2, 1873. ![]() 23, 1871 and the line to the boundary completed Nov. The first thirty miles were completed Feb. A company was organized April 7, 1870, with a capital stock of $2,500,000. The Legislative Acts of March, 1868 appropriated the portion of purchase money and interest accruing, $674,300, at the rate of $15,000 for every mile completed within a certain time, and authorized a separate company to build the Arkansas Branch. It was named for its terminus on the Arkansas State Line. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad extending from Ironton, Missouri to the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas. The name is no doubt a transfer from Annapolis in Iron County. Hill Maps 1910 ff.)Īn iron mining camp on Highway 67, north of Poplar Bluff near Hillard, opened in 1930, but now closed as unprofitable. It was formerly known as Eastwood Switch (q.v.). Shackleford, who managed the farm, and Mr. Hill, a prominent lawyer of Poplar Bluff, owned a large farm nearby which he stocked with Aberdeen Angus cattle about 1910. ![]() Clara Laughlin)Ī switch on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, nine miles south of Poplar Bluff. ![]() Meystead of Cape Girardeau and named for Hamlin's comic strip "Alley Oop," now shown in the Poplar Bluff DAILY REPUBLICAN and other papers. Pottenger THE EVENING CITIZEN, 1910)Ī small clubhouse on Mill Creek, near Black River, in a good hunting and fishing section of wild wood. The Young Handle Factory now occupies a part of these old stave yards. Railroad and with the Frisco Railroad at points known as Alfrey's Switch for the factory manager. Raulston)Įstablished in 1890, just outside the southern limits of Poplar Bluff, by Fremont Alfrey, the proprietor and manager from Crawfordsville, Indiana. Black River School, near Keener), because it is so near Black River. Named for Melbourne Alford, a landowner, who was prominent in getting the school. Agee)Įstablished in 1932 on "Big Island" just north of the Hargrove Bridge. Named for its chief promoter William Agee, a prominent pioneer landowner who came from Virginia in the early 1850s. It is said to be the first public school organized in the county. In Poplar Bluff Township, northwest of Hillard. It took the name of the early settler there, William Agee (cf. Melton)Ī small western branch of Black River near the Agee School (q.v.), fed by several little springs. William Melton, the Clayton and Lilly families, and Mrs. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1945.Ī Methodist Church near the Agee School (q.v.) organized in 1925 by Rev. "Place Names Of Five Southern Border Counties Of Missouri." M.A. A drainage ditch in Poplar Bluff and Coon Island Townships, extending through the farm of Louis Ackerman, of Dutch descent, who was a soldier in the Spanish-American War. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |