From Richard Crabtree on the Frisco Rails Across Missouri Facebook group. Here we are at the Frisco depot in Phillipsburg, Missouri. The community is 193 miles from St Louis, Mo. The Atlantic and Pacific (A&P) Railroad, Southwest Branch, later Frisco, came through the area in 1870. A post office called Phillipsburg has been in operation since 1871. The community was named after Rufus Phillips, a local merchant. Photo 1) Frisco depot in Phillipsburg, Missouri circa 1895. 1st row L-R Joe Lieb, Joe McElvane, Willie McMenus, Press McMenus, John McMenus, Jake Ball, Charlie Sutton. 2nd row L-R Bascum Lovett, Elwood Senn, John Bishop, Marion Bishop, Bill Hester, Lenore Tucker, John Wilson. Photo 2) Phillipsburg, Missouri in 1912. Photo 3) View of Phillipsburg, Missouri from Frisco section house. Photo 4) View of Odd Fellows Hall in Phillipsburg, Missouri from atop a Frisco boxcar at the Frisco depot. Photo 5) Frisco depot Phillipsburg, Missouri June 14th 1918. In the photograph is John McMenus, Station Master. Photo 6) Frisco depot Phillipsburg, Missouri 1960s Photo 7) Frisco depot Phillipsburg, Missouri blueprint - Missouri State university (MSU) Digital Collection.
