Hello Frisco Folks Here is a photograph that I came across of the The Frisco depot in Carl Junction, MO. Take care, Rich Ship It on the Frisco!
From Richard Crabtree on Frisco Rails Across Missouri: He we are a the Frisco depot for Carl Junction, Missouri. Lead mining was carried out here before the war, but no large deposits were found until 1870, one of which led to the founding of the city of Joplin, Missouri. A second set of railroad spur lines was built to connect the boom-town to pre-established rail lines, and to the Kansas coal mines, which fueled the smelters for separating the metal from the ore. Several towns arose as way stations for the new spurs, including the creation of Carl Junction. In April of 1877, Miami County, Kansas merchant, Charles L. Skinner platted Carl Junction with 81 lots, seven streets and four alleys. Skinner chose the name Carl, after his original German first name, which he had changed when he immigrated to America. The town was situated to take advantage of the junction being created by E. R. Moffett and John B. Sergeants' proposed Joplin and Girard (J&G) Railway where it crossed the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf (KCFS&G) line nine miles northwest of Joplin, MO. Later, both lines were taken over by Frisco. The first train ran through Carl Junction on the newly completed line July 20, 1879. The Frisco depot was built there in 1874. A railroad section facility, switching yard, coal and water chute, a depot and an office were constructed about a decade later and employed 42. Photo 1) Frisco depot for Carl Junction, Missouri Photo 2) Frisco depot for Carl Junction, Missouri blueprint - Missouri State University (MSU) Digital Collection Photo 3) Carl Junction, Missouri Sanborn Map - Missouri University (MU) Digital Collection Photo 4) Carl Junction, Missouri 1904 Click here for current view: https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4...
