WAY STATIONS of Missouri

[Gypsy Heart]

Many of the transportation corridors in Missouri had various stopping places along them. Some of these included (but are not limited to): boat landings (excluding ferries & fords), Pony Express, railroad & stage stations (sidings & switches), rural stores, taverns, or other types of stopping points. Like other types of businesses in the outlying areas, these locations often acted as a community center or gathering place here the locals could catch up on the latest gossip or commodity prices. Many times these way stations acted as a magnet for a small community that later faded away, or grew into busy little towns. SOME of the various way stations that once dotted the landscape of Missouri included:

NAME OF LOCATION COUNTY NOTES

ACID Franklin Co. RR switch

ASH LANDING St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

BACON Cass Co. RR switch

BECKERS LANDING Franklin Co. Boat landing

BECKS LANDING Lincoln Co. Boat landing

BELLEVILLE STORE Montgomery Co. Store & PO

AKA – Half Way House

BLATTNER STORE Warren Co. Rural store

BLYTHEVILLE Jasper Co Rural store & post office

CAHN STATION St. Louis Co. RR station
CALIFORNIA HOUSE Pulaski Co. Roadside tavern

CAMPBELLTON Clay Co. RR station

CHESLEYS STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

CLARDY St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

CLARKS STATION St. Louis Co. Electric RR car stop

COLEMAN St. Louis Co. RR station

CROSS ROADS Dade Co. Crossroads trading center

DELAWARETOWN Christian Co. Delaware Indian trading point.

DELAWARETOWN Greene Co. Delaware Indian trading point.

DRYDEN & SHARPS STORE Montgomery Co. Rural store

ELLIOTTSVILLE Monroe Co. Rural store & post office

EMERSON St. Louis Co. RR station

ENTIGHT STATION Lawrence Co.

ERNEST Dade Co. Trading point

EVANSTON SIDING Adair Co. RR siding

FAIRVIEW STATION St. Louis Co. RR station
FOREST HOME Lawrence Co. Trading point

FRAY Franklin Co. RR siding

FURNESS Greene Co. Trading point
GEBLER Gasconade Co. Rural store & post office

GERDEMANNS STORE Warren Co. Rural store

GERDEMANS STORE Warren Co. …SEE Gerdemanns Store

GLENROCK Henry Co. Trading point

GRAFTON LANDING St. Charles Co. Boat landing

GRANGE HALL Benton Co. Trading post, rural store, Grange Hall

GRANGE STORE Osage Co. …SEE Flora

GRIMSLEY(S) STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

GRUBE Franklin Co. AKA – Grubes Store. Rural store

GRUBES STORE Franklin Co. ...SEE Grube

HALFWAY HOUSE Montgomery Co. …SEE Belleville Store

HALLS STORE Johnson Co. Rural store

HOLLMANS STORE & POST OFFICE (#1) Warren Co. AKA – Holmans Store

HOLLMANS STORE & POST OFFICE (#2) Warren Co. AKA – Hollmans Post Office

HOLLYWOOD STATION St. Louis Co. RR station
HOLMANS STORE Warren Co. …SEE Hollmans Store & Post Office (#1)

HONSEVILLE Maries Co. AKA – Bert Rural store & PO

HORSE SHOE LAKE STATION St. Charles Co. RR station

HOWE Jefferson Co. RR station

HUNT St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

HUNTS SWITCH St. Louis Co. RR Switch

JEFFERSON Jefferson Co. RR station

JOHANNES Jefferson Co. AKA: Johanes, RR station

JOHNSON SPUR Benton Co. RR spur

JOHNSON STATION Gasconade Co. RR station

JONES LANDING Montgomery Co. Boat landing

KALLMEYERS LANDING Montgomery Co Boat landing

KELSO Franklin Co. RR siding

KERSTENS STORE Warren Co. Rural store

KINGS STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

KLUSMEIERS LANDING Warren Co. AKA – Klausmeir Landing

KLUSMEIR LANDING Warren Co. …SEE Klausmeiers Landing

KNAUSS St. Francois Co. Electric RR station

KROENUNG St. Louis Co. RR station

KURLBAUMS LANDING Franklin Co. AKA – Kurlsaum Landing.

KURLSAUM LANDING Franklin Co. ...SEE Kurlsbaums Landing

LAKE FARM Warren Co. RR watering station

LEICHLITER Monroe Co. Country store

LOCKHART Lawrence Co. RR station

MALLARD Henry Co. RR station

MAPLE LAKE STATION St. Charles Co. RR station

MAUNES STORE Franklin Co. Rural store

McDANIELS Ste. Genevieve RR siding

McNATTS STORE Lawrence Co. Rural store/trading point

McPEAK SWITCH Bates Co. RR switch

MENTOR St. Louis Co. RR station

MID WAY Bates Co. Filling station

NEEDMORE Dade Co. Trading point

NORTH WASHINGTON LANDING Warren Co. Boat landing

O'MEARA St. Francois Co. RR station

OLD BLOOM LANDING Maries Co. Boat landing

ORLEANS Polk Co. Trading point

OTTO SPUR New Madrid Co. RR spur

OWINGS STORE Montgomery Co. Rural store

PETERS STORE Gasconade Co. Rural store

PITTS LANDING Warren Co. Boat landing

PITZERS LANDING Warren Co. Boat landing

PLUMB TOWN Dade Co. Trading point

PORT ROYAL St. Louis Co. RR station

PORT ROYAL LANDING Franklin Co. Boat landing

PRIEURS LANDING St. Charles Co. Boat landing

QUACKENBRUECK Franklin Co. Covered bridge

REKATES STORE Warren Co. Rural store

RICHEY Maries Co. Rural store…AKA – Bucksnort

RIDGE FARM STATION St. Louis Co. AKA – Ridgefarm Station

RIDGEFARM STATION St. Louis Co. …SEE Ridge Farm Station

ROBINSON Cass Co. RR station

ROCKLAND SWITCH St. Louis Co. RR switch

SCUDDER St. Louis Co. RR station

SIMPSONS STORE Johnson Co. DEAD NAME – early name for Chilhowee

(1990 population - 345)

SOUTHBEND Lawrence Co. Rural store & post office

SPIES LANDING New Madrid River landing

STALEY Cass Co. RR switch

SWINK St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

TAPPEHORN LANDING Miller Co. River port

TAVERN ROCK Franklin Co. RR siding or station

THOMAS STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

THOMPSONVILLE Monroe Co. Country store

TUCKERS STORE Maries Co. Rural store

VAN HORN TAVERN Boone Co. Roadside tavern

VAN STUDIFORD STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

VAULT STORE Franklin Co. Country store

VENTURA Monroe Co. Country store

VOORHEES Camden Co. Rural store & post office

WEST ASHBY STATION St. Louis Co. Electric RR car stop

WEST BELTON Cass Co. RR station

WHITENER St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

WILDWOOD STATION St. Louis Co. Electric RR car stop

WORTMANS STORE Franklin Co. Rural store

WRIGHTSBURG Bates Co. Filling station

YEAGER SHOP Franklin Co. Blacksmith shop-voting precinct

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CALIFORNIA HOUSE Pulaski Co. Roadside tavern

hey gypsy its ironic to me that this is listed in your report me and gribnitz are trying to find this building for some good mding any more info you have on the place ?

[Gypsy Heart]

CALIFORNIA HOUSE Pulaski Co. Roadside tavern

hey gypsy its ironic to me that this is listed in your report me and gribnitz are trying to find this building for some good mding any more info you have on the place ?

The California House, built ca 1856 and operated by Bennett and Sarah Musgrave. The Civil War brought about fierce division among people of Pulaski County. Neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother and even members of the same household disagreed. In 1861, the Confederate flag flew above the court yard. In May 1861, the Union soldiers came to town, and on June 7, 1862 the flag bearing the stars and bars were cut down. The end of the Civil War found our county in chaos. Bushwackers were running rampant.

Was an old tavern in Cullen Township near Waynesville on the road from St Louis to Springfield. It was built in the 1850s by Hugh McCoin and named for the state of California.