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First real bridge across Black river
Transportation
1860s
c. 1868
Poplar Bluff
Verbatim Passage from Source
"The first real bridge across Black river was built of hewed timbers in 1868 by Daniel Kitchen and was a toll bridge, situated about where the present city bridge now stands."
— Source: Deem's History of Butler County Missouri (referenced c. 1868)
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What We Know From This Source
Toll bridge constructed by Daniel Kitchen.
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