BY BARBARA BOOTH
The Stone County Historical Genealogical Society and Museum will conclude our travels through history on stops through North Stone County.
Brown's Spring was a small community in the north area of Stone County in the 1800s. One building was a church and also a schoolhouse known as Oak Hill. When the Missouri Pacific Railroad was being built through Brown's Spring, the workers and their families lived in tents. This was sometime before 1898.
Brad Field in Grant Township, five miles north of Crane on Hwy. 173 and 13, in the early beginnings was known as Wells Town and located a quarter mile west of the present site. The Charity School was located across the road. In early 1800s a small country store was in operation and maintained operation through the 1900s. The store was located on the north side of the road from the Charity (Bradfield) Cemetery. In 1886 a mail route was established which ran by the store on the way south to Crane, Galena and Flat Creek. Bradfield had its own post office with their own postmark by April 1896.
Jamesville was listed as a post office in 1897-1900. An old store building still stands and was built in 1880. Jamesville is located west of Highway M and U, at the bank of the James River. The mail was picked up in Jamesville and carried by horseback to Hurley, Oto and Galena.
Hotten Town has long been a favorite place for boating, swimming and camping. It is located on the James River east of Hurley.
Union City at one time was a booming community. There was a church, store and post office, mercantile store, two doctors and drug store, a milliner shop, blacksmith shop, flour mill and fruit drying business, hotel, and large tomato and bean canning factory. The historic original train depot still stands and is now a church. Union City is located close to Clever and the Christian County line.
Cross Roads, the first country store, was built in 1919. People came by foot, horseback, buggy and wagon. Later there was a gas pump for cars.
McCord Bend, known for the large campground area that brought people to camp and fish, was surrounded on three sides by the James River. The village organized into a village government after the development of Table Rock Lake is now a housing community along Table Rock Lake.
You are invited to stop by the Stone County Historical Museum, 103 S. Main St. in Crane, and research the many hamlets that are too numerous to mention and more in-depth research on the above history. We have a genealogist available to assist you on Friday afternoons.
Hours: Thursday & Friday: 10-4; Saturday: 10-2
Stone County Historical Museum to hold indoor yard sale
The Stone County Historical Genealogical Society and Museum will hold an indoor yard sale on Friday, August 23, and Saturday, August 24, in the Historic Building at 117 Main Street, Crane. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
Mark your calendar to help support this nonprofit raise much needed funds. The funds raised will help to complete the renovation of a newly purchased building. This will be the permanent new location of the Stone County Historical Museum.
Come tour Crane’s unique shops, find your treasures at the Historic Museum indoor yard sale, spend the evening enjoying the Broiler Festival for that famous barbecue chicken, then take in bingo sponsored by the Historical Society and Museum.
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