OLD PHOTOS OF EAGLEVILLE, MISSOURI
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These photos are in no particular order, except the "fire" ones.
Will try to organize them someday. Maybe!!
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 Eagleville Fire 1900 |
 Eagleville Fire 1900 |
that wiped out one-half of the north side and one-half of the east side of the square.
Businesses destroyed were: The Citizens Bank, Brock's Restaurant, McMullen's Barber Shop,
Young's Grocery Store, Lockwood's Drug, Dr. Downings's Office, Green's Harness Shop,
Woodman's Hall, A printing plant above Brock's Restaurant, just bought by Miss June Heath of Bethany.
 Eagleville Fire - 1913 |
 Eagleville Fire 1913 |
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Fire Discovered at 3:00 am Sat. Morning Destroys About One-Third of The Business Buildings. Destroyed: The Knowles Building, The Masonic Hall, C.E. Anderson's Furniture Store, a store room belonging to W.R. Evans, the Pearson Store, Miss Rose Terry's Millenery Store. A restaurant owned by Wm. Travis, a blacksmith shop & garage owned by Mr Paslak. While fighting the fire, C.E. Fisher was seriously burned. Mr W.B. Pearson also received burns.
 Eagleville Fire 1921 |
 Eagleville Fire 1921 |
On Friday night, August 10, 1921 between 10:30 and ll:00 pm, another fire broke out on the north & northeast side of the square in Eagleville. Businesses destroyed were: The G.D. Cramer Store, Cramer & Son Furniture Store, Thoming and See Drug Store, and the office of Dr. S.D. See. Businesses damaged were: The Shearer & Frazier Garage, The A.B. Eisenbarger Ford Repair Shop and their residence, The Eagleville Hall, which contained the Post Office, & Dr. Tabor's Dentist Office. The Anderson Building which contained The Anderson Millinery Shop and the C.L. Riley Drug Store.
There was also a fire in 1892 that we don't seem to have any photos of. Five businesses were destroyed. They were: Two store rooms owned by A.W. Allen and occupied by Miller & Son Hardware & James Hopkins Bakery. W.S. Lark's Meat Market, A.L. Deckard's Blacksmith Shop & Hubbard & Wyant's large implement house.
This fire was on the south half of the southeast corner of the square.
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The Eagle post office was the second post office in Harrison Co. It was opened in 1853 in a log cabin store operated by John Haynes. He acted as postmaster about 2 years. In April 1881 the towns name was changed to Eagleville. Above is a picture of the post office located in the Opera House in the late 1800's, and one of the first mail wagons owned by a Mr Fisher.
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In 1843, the William & Catherine (Cook) Lacy family built the first log cabin in the vicinity of Eagleville. Lacy families have lived in the community every since. The log cabin is still standing in the west part of Eagleville.
John Banks married the Lacy's daughter, Mary. They & their family are pictured in front of the cabin at left. The photo on the right is as they appeared in later years. Their children were: Cassie (Mrs. John Swigart); Etta (Mrs. Herb Gray); Harve; Lulu (Mrs. Ralph Hurst) and Nora (Mrs. Art Warner)