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St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company Yards
Transportation
1880s
c. 1884
Southern part of Poplar Bluff
Verbatim Passage from Source
"In the southern part of Poplar Bluff, at a point just below the yards of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, may be heard a perfect buzz of Manufacture."
— Source: A VIEW OF A GROWING TOWN OR POPLAR BLUFF AS IT WAS, AS IT IS, AND AS IT WILL BE (referenced c. 1884)
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What We Know From This Source
Railway yards used as a landmark for locating factories in the southern part of the city.
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