BRIEF HISTORY OF LEADWOOD |
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BRIEF HISTORY OF LEADWOOD |
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The town of Leadwood which lies in the northwestern part of the County was organized about thirty years ago and was then called Owl Creek from the name of a creek by the same name which ran near it. A survey in 1916 shows that the Bonne Terre Farming & Cattle Company was the owner of the town, it having possession of the surface of the streets, and alleys, telephone and electric lines, power lines and poles along the streets. There were one hundred and four town blocks at this time. A branch of the Mississippi River & Bonne Terre Railroad ran though the town from the northeast to the southwest. Big River runs near the town to the northeast and the Eaton branch along the northwest.
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