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Missouri Pacific Railway: St. Louis, Kansas and Arizona Railway: MP: 1879 1880 Missouri Pacific Railway: St. Louis and Kansas City Railway: MKT: 1895 1897 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway: St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad: RI: 1884 1905 Kansas City Rock Island Railway: St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway: WAB: 1872 1879
Location of Barry County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barry County, Missouri.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Barry County, Missouri, United States.
Cassville is a city in Flat Creek Township, Barry County, Missouri, United States. According to the 2020 census , the population of Cassville was 3,190. [ 4 ] Cassville is one of the primary markets and job centers for an estimated 14,000 people living in the surrounding area. [ 5 ]
Because the railway ran only 4.8 miles one-way, the railway had to rely on steam power to travel uphill back to Exeter. Since Exeter is the highest point in the county, it was able to use gravity to coast back downhill to Cassville [7] During its economic height, a hotel called The Palace was also built in Exeter as well as a flour mill. [8]
Cassville Ranger Station Historic District is a national historic district near Cassville, Barry County, Missouri. It encompasses five frame and limestone buildings constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936:
Cassville R-IV School District – Cassville [12] Eunice Thomas Elementary School (PK-02) Cassville Intermediate School (03-05) Cassville Middle School (06-08) Cassville High School (09-12) Exeter R-VI School District – Exeter [13] Exeter Elementary School (K-08) Exeter High School (09-12) Monett R-I School District – Monett [14]
The North Missouri Railroad was a railway company that operated in the states of Missouri and Iowa in the mid-19th century. Incorporated in 1851, at its peak it owned or leased nearly 500 miles (800 km) of track. It was reorganized as the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway, a forerunner of the Wabash Railroad, in 1872.
The railroad's predecessor companies in St. Louis date to 1797, when the town was still part of Spanish Upper Louisiana. James Piggott was granted a license to operate a ferry between St. Louis and Illinoistown (now East St. Louis, Illinois). In 1819, Piggott's heirs sold the ferry to Samuel Wiggins, who operated the service with eight horses ...