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Downtown Eldon Historical Society
reviving downtown eldon's railroad ties
Apr 20, 20242 min read
Barbershop Memories - Photo Scavenger Hunt
Let's Do a Barbershop Photo Scavenger Hunt!
Do you have a photo, newspaper clipping or story about a Downtown Eldon Barbershop? Leave a co
Mar 19, 20242 min read
When Did Eldon Get a High School?
I find it interesting how things evolve. From a one room house to our current Eldon School District, we've come far in the last century....
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Do You Know Where the "Big Brick" Is?
In January, 1883, a building which became known as “The Big Brick” was completed for Hart & Graham. That building still stands…the...
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Introducing "Vacationland" - Lake of the Ozarks
Continuing my search for old maps and came across this one mentioning Lake of the Ozarks as "Vacationland" Lithographed in Aurora,...
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Homes For all Westard Expansion
Cover of the Pamphlet What Brought People to Missouri? The Railroad Ties... Very interesting publication from 1870, published by the...
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Missouri Pacific Train Depot and Livery
Photo Provided to me by Zack of Capone’s Speakeasy & the Green Chili I am assuming this photo is circe 1904 (there are electric lines)...
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Downtown Eldon Sanborn Maps
Check out this map that Miller County Museum shared with me… it shows what buildings were standing and occupied by 1913, along with what...
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Rock Island Trail State Park
Doing some research about the Hiking and Biking Trail that is planned to pass through the old Rock Island Corridor of Eldon. New...
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Miller County Plat Book
I am still finding many holes in the history of Eldon start. Who was R.S. Harvey before he sold land to George Weeks. How did George...
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Railroad Through "Beckers Cut"
“Emil Becker of Spring Garden had a contract with the new railroad to open up the dividing ridge between the Osage and Missouri rivers,...
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Railroad Strike of 1887
Eventually the railroad came to downtown Eldon and brought capital… I’m guessing that is when it boomed… by the 1930s you have the Craft...
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Petticoat Junction - Shady Rest Hotel
Petticoat Junction is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970.[2]The series takes...
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Rock Island Line Jubilee 1922
The band then gathered the crowd downtown to hear Mayor C. O. Brockman give credit to the Rock Island for the development in Eldon. R....
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"Good Roads Days" 1913
The Mayor Declared... August 20 and 21, 1913 "Now all you fellows that are keen to get out please meet the board of aldermen, the...
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It Is Electric in 1904
At the appointed hour the street and every house that has been wired glowed with a brilliance that shows the public spirit of enterprise...
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Rock Island Rail Road 1903
The Tracks Come Through There is quite a bit to learn about the Railroads... and the years leading up to when the first tracks passed...
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R. S. Harvey
It seems R.S. Harvey had a lot to do with the cultivation of Eldon. Here are some details that stand out... 1891 Harvey Built 101 S....
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1882 Plat Filed
The town of Eldon was platted March 15th, 1882. George Weeks decided to layout and plat a new town, Eldon Town Company, to surround the...
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1865 George Weeks arrives in Missouri
Downtown Eldon's Founding Father George Riley Weeks, a Civil War veteran, came to Miller County in the 1860s from the State of Vermont....
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Before Downtown Eldon
Ozark Bluff Dwellers The only way to be true to the history of Eldon... is to go back in time... before it was colonized by Europeans....
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