Historic Depot Steps - Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 36° 45.248 W 090° 23.614
15S E 732677 N 4070766
Marker for historic set of steps leading to railroad depot in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMHN3Z
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Historic Depot Steps

This stairway was built in 1910 by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad to serve its new depot.  The depot and stairway were financed by a $50,000bond subscription from Poplar Bluffians.  Thousands Used the steps as the gateway to and from Downtown Poplar Bluff during the era of passenger train travel.  The railroad became the Missouri Pacific in 1917 and Union Pacific in 1983.

Marker Presented By:
 Butler Conty Historical Society; Retired Railroad Employees (NARVRE);
 Mercantile Bank; Rotary Club; Commerce Bank; Mr. & Mrs. J.T.
Edwards; Kiwanis Club; Downtown Dev. Corp. and Missouri Pacific
Women's Club 

Poplar Bluff Historical Commission 
1993 

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