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Charles S. Henderson establishment

Commercial
1850s
c. 1851
Corner of Second and Vine streets, Poplar Bluff
Verbatim Passage from Source
"The only mercantile establishment then in the place was a small cabin made of hickory poles, on what is now known as the corner of Second and Vine streets. This place was kept by Charles S. Henderson"

— Source: A VIEW OF A GROWING TOWN OR POPLAR BLUFF AS IT WAS, AS IT IS, AND AS IT WILL BE (referenced c. 1851)

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A mercantile business dealing in whiskey, tobacco, and animal skins in early Poplar Bluff.

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