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Hargrove & Ruth Lumber Company Office
Hargrove & Ruth Lumber Company Office
Office of one of Butler County's early lumber enterprises, operating during the region's timber boom with connections to large spoke, handle, and logging operations along the Black River.
The Story
The Hargrove & Ruth Lumber Company was one of the early lumber enterprises operating in Butler County during the region's timber boom. The company maintained an office at 128 Vine Street in Poplar Bluff while its lumber operations were located southeast of the city along the Black River timberlands.
City directory listings from 1909–1910 identify the officers of the company as:
• Harvey I. Ruth — President and Treasurer • Charles H. Hargrove — Vice President • Harry Y. Mengel — Secretary
The firm operated a large spoke and handle mill and was connected with logging operations in the forests surrounding Poplar Bluff.
Associated People: Harvey Isaac Ruth, Charles H. Hargrove, Harry Y. Mengel, Charles M. Lombard (foreman).
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City Directory Listings
This address appears in the following historic city directory listings.Some listings predate or postdate this site — see the timeline badge on each card.
Mengel Js
128 Vine
Dunham Directory Co's Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Directory for 1906
Ruth Hi
128 Vine tela 54 and 3
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Mengel Js
128 Vine
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Ruth H I
128 Vine
Dunham Directory Co.'s Poplar Bluff Missouri City Directory for 1909-1910
Mengel Js
128 Vine
Dunham Directory Co.'s Poplar Bluff Missouri City Directory for 1909-1910
Buth H 1
128 Vine
Dunham Directory Co.'s Poplar Bluff Missouri City Directory for 1909-1910
Th & Mengel Realty Co
128 Vine
Dunham Directory Co.'s Poplar Bluff Missouri City Directory for 1909-1910
Ruth Harvey I
128 Vine tels 94 and 3 r 332 n Main
Dunham Directory Co.'s Poplar Bluff Missouri City Directory for 1909-1910
Uth & Mengel Realty Co
128. Vine tel 94
Dunham Directory Co.'s Poplar Bluff Missouri City Directory for 1909-1910
Hargrove & Ruth Lumber Co
se of city on Black River office 128 Vine tels 133 & 94 II I Ruth pres and treas CII Ilargrove v-pres II Y Mengel sec
Dunham Directory Co.'s Poplar Bluff Missouri City Directory for 1909-1910
Ruth & Mengel Realty Co
128 Vine
W. H. Hoffman's Poplar Bluff City Directory, 1911
Ruth H I
128 Vine
W. H. Hoffman's Poplar Bluff City Directory, 1911
Hargrove & Ruth Lumber Co
128 Vine
W. H. Hoffman's Poplar Bluff City Directory, 1911
Caldwell Roy
128 Vine
W. H. Hoffman's Poplar Bluff City Directory, 1926
Caldwell Cleaning & Pressing Shop
128 Vine Phone 794 (see right top lines)
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
CALDWELLS Cleaners and Pressers Ladies and Gents Garments
128 Vine Phone 794
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Possibly Connected People
These connections were automatically identified by AI from the site's historical text and have not yet been verified. They may be inaccurate or incomplete. They are shown for research purposes and will be updated as they are reviewed by our archivists.
Harry Y. MengelUnverified
LLM identified as "Secretary" — "City directory listings from 1909–1910 identify the officers of the company as: Harry Y. Mengel — Secretary"
CHAS HargroveUnverified
LLM identified as "Vice President" — "City directory listings from 1909–1910 identify the officers of the company as: Charles H. Hargrove — Vice President"
Harry RuthUnverified
LLM identified as "President and Treasurer" — "City directory listings from 1909–1910 identify the officers of the company as: Harvey I. Ruth — President and Treasurer"
Quick Facts
Era
1900s
Year Built
1909
Area
Downtown
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