Essex
1873年,杰克·威克在铁路旁建了一座简单的木制酒馆. and a grocery store was built near the saloon by R. B. Jones the same year. Wicker and Jones bought their property from John R. Swain who gave the railroad land to build on. 斯温在铁路附近布置了地块,并把它们卖给潜在的企业主和家庭, by 1874 twenty people had moved to Essex. In 1875, John A. 1882年,柯林斯在埃塞克斯建立了第三家公司,销售日用品, 柯林斯是买球app软件移民协会的副会长。.
By 1933 Essex was a booming little town with 600 residents. It had four stores, a hardware store, a grocery store, three restaurants, two grain elevators, two cotton gins, one drug store, two blacksmith shops, a bakery, two insurance companies, a bank, and several automobile related shops. It also had two doctors. After the timber was all cut, the land cultivated, and tractors became common, 随着工作越来越难找到,埃塞克斯的人口开始减少. 到1985年,大约有400名居民,到2021年居住在那里的人数大致相同.
Looking west down N. Main St. 右边的街道是柏树(图片由Caleb Bartlett提供).
R. A. Davidson Drug Store
埃塞克斯旅馆坐落在铁路的南侧. It was originally managed by Mary Ada Travis (Mother of O.M. Hux), who ran a hotel in Idalia before moving to Essex.
1926年和1928年,埃塞克斯酒店的老板是亨利·科卢(Bloomfield Vindicator, May 4, 1928). In 1927 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dillard operated the hotel. 科卢后来成为埃塞克斯镇的警长,1943年,他在护送18岁的厄尔·米勒去监狱的途中意外射杀了他. 米勒因为骑马在人行道和教堂的台阶上走来走去而被捕。Dexter Statesman, February 12, 1943). |
L. D. Black Store, N. Main St. (Courtesy of Caleb Bartlett)
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1920年密苏里州埃塞克斯的桑伯恩火灾保险地图(密苏里州档案馆)
Essex School
埃塞克斯的第一所学校始建于1874年,是一间小木屋(原来是一座教堂). 第一位老师是比尔·汤普森,月薪一美元. It was one room, mostly filled with pews for the students, with a table for those students old enough to write. 大约在1876年,另一所只有一个房间的学校取代了原来的小学校. It had no glass in the windows, 只是用皮革条固定的百叶窗,以便在暴风雨时保持关闭. The blackboard was a smooth board painted black. Improvements were eventually made to the school, like glass windows, and the building was used until about 1890. In 1906 the population of Essex had grown to 560 people, 那年建了一所新校舍,那是一所两层砖砌的学校,有四个房间. Until 1911, Essex only had an elementary school, that year, one year of high school was added to the curriculum, then in 1914, another year was added. In 1919, Essex had a complete school system from elementary to high school, in 1924, the state officially approved of the organization. School lasted four or five months.
Essex News
Attempted Murder
May 26, 1881 - "W. T. Hoffman, who attempted to kill O.B. 米勒在埃塞克斯,买球app软件,并逃到德克萨斯州,已被逮捕并带回审判." (Iron County Register)
July 6, 1881 “上星期六,金尼尔警官和马哈尼警官在俄亥俄州大堤上逮捕了一个黑人,因为他藏有武器. 他们把他关进监狱,打算星期一对他的罪行进行审判. But with Monday also came the information that the negro was W. T. 霍夫曼于周六上午从密苏里州买球app软件埃塞克斯越狱. where he was under bond awaiting trial for murder. Coroner J. H. Hambleton, of Stoddard county and J. A. Collins, Huffman's bondman, 昨天来到这里,离开后把那个黑人带到了布卢姆菲尔德, with our officers, two hundred dollars, which was the reward offered for his capture. Huffman was out on bond, 但他的手下变得不满,县治安官试图逮捕他. 随后发生的一场战斗导致黑人通过铁山铁路逃到这座城市." (The Daily Cairo Bulletin, July 6, 1881)
May 26, 1881 - "W. T. Hoffman, who attempted to kill O.B. 米勒在埃塞克斯,买球app软件,并逃到德克萨斯州,已被逮捕并带回审判." (Iron County Register)
July 6, 1881 “上星期六,金尼尔警官和马哈尼警官在俄亥俄州大堤上逮捕了一个黑人,因为他藏有武器. 他们把他关进监狱,打算星期一对他的罪行进行审判. But with Monday also came the information that the negro was W. T. 霍夫曼于周六上午从密苏里州买球app软件埃塞克斯越狱. where he was under bond awaiting trial for murder. Coroner J. H. Hambleton, of Stoddard county and J. A. Collins, Huffman's bondman, 昨天来到这里,离开后把那个黑人带到了布卢姆菲尔德, with our officers, two hundred dollars, which was the reward offered for his capture. Huffman was out on bond, 但他的手下变得不满,县治安官试图逮捕他. 随后发生的一场战斗导致黑人通过铁山铁路逃到这座城市." (The Daily Cairo Bulletin, July 6, 1881)
Murder
February 28, 1882 - Col. Solomon G. Kitchen, 在埃塞克斯逮捕了托马斯·迪克森(有时拼写为迪克森),据信他两年前犯了谋杀罪, two miles south of Essex. 迪克森为一个在小镇南部务农的人工作,他和他一起挖一条沟,把一根原木埋进去,这样就能在那个地方种地了. Dixon struck the man with an ax and buried him under the log. 迪克森偷了三匹马、一辆马车和400美元(《买球app软件》,1882年2月28日). On May 2, 1884, Thomas Dixon was hanged in Bloomfield, Missouri in front of 4,000 spectators for the murder of James McNab. During his brief speech just before he was to be hanged, he professed his innocence (Sacramento Daily-Union, May 3, 1884).
Killed at a Dance
March 12, 1898 - "Sam Rodgers, a half-breed Indian, 在亨利·斯皮托夫家的舞会上被连续开枪打死, three miles southeast of Essex, Stoddard county." (The Cape Girardeau Democrat March 12, 1898)
March 12, 1898 - "Sam Rodgers, a half-breed Indian, 在亨利·斯皮托夫家的舞会上被连续开枪打死, three miles southeast of Essex, Stoddard county." (The Cape Girardeau Democrat March 12, 1898)
Killed on the side of the Road
June 7, 1935 - The body of a thirty-six year old Grey Ridge man, Elzy Knight was found about a mile and a half west of Buffington. 买球app软件的官员认为,奈特的头部被“棍棒”击打,并被毒品带到路边的沟里,然后被淹没, 然后他被放回到高速公路上,让他看起来像是被车撞了. 大家都知道他的皮夹里有很多钱,但只有1美元.10 was found on him at the time. Police arrested three people on suspicion in the crime, Millard Owens, twenty-eight, an unemployed laborer, and Blackie Corey, about thirty, a day laborer at Sikeston, and Claude Comstock, a forty-three year old employee of International Shoe in Sikeston.
June 7, 1935 - The body of a thirty-six year old Grey Ridge man, Elzy Knight was found about a mile and a half west of Buffington. 买球app软件的官员认为,奈特的头部被“棍棒”击打,并被毒品带到路边的沟里,然后被淹没, 然后他被放回到高速公路上,让他看起来像是被车撞了. 大家都知道他的皮夹里有很多钱,但只有1美元.10 was found on him at the time. Police arrested three people on suspicion in the crime, Millard Owens, twenty-eight, an unemployed laborer, and Blackie Corey, about thirty, a day laborer at Sikeston, and Claude Comstock, a forty-three year old employee of International Shoe in Sikeston.
The First Airplane in Stoddard County
1919年,埃塞克斯人买下了买球app软件拥有的第一架飞机. Frank McMullin, Ran Landley, Marvin Wyatt, James Faulkner, Leonard McMullin, Jack Langley, Riley Willis, Leo Reed, D. W. Fogle, and Ottie Miles. They purchased it in Montgomery, 它将被用于商业和娱乐目的(Bloomfield Vindicator, October 31, 1919).
Churches in Essex
埃塞克斯的第一座教堂是由卫理公会教徒于1884年建造的.C. Chasteen and five other members. Service was held when the weather and high water would allow. 一般浸信会于1901年在埃塞克斯成立(在此之前,卫理公会和浸信会使用同一座教堂)。. 基督教会成立于1916年,会众不到100人, this brought the total number of churches up to three.
Located on Wamble Curve, south of Essex on Hwy 114. Destroyed by a tornado around 1910 (Arnold Collection).
Oxen near Essex, Missouri (Courtesy of Caleb Bartlett)
Sawmill Near Essex, Mo (Courtesy of Caleb Bartlett)
最近在密苏里州埃塞克斯附近疏浚的沟渠(由Caleb Bartlett提供)
Essex Baseball Players (Courtesy of Caleb Bartlett)
Frisco
A small settlement in the northern part of Elk Township. 1896年,一家邮局在这个被当地人称为平胡克的社区成立, 因为人们认为山脊和伐木工用的针钩很像. This place is not on the Frisco Railroad, 但塔克法官表示,之所以这样指定,是因为社区的人们希望诱使铁路官员在社区中修建一条轨道.
Venson
A small community located south of Frisco in western Elk Township, named after John Venson, a local land owner and prominent citizen there.