Deering Branch - Stations and Mile Posts - Talipoosa to Pascola, MO M.P.----Station-----------Built---Aband---P. C.-------County 199.6---Tallipoosa-------1900---1930------SLM&S---New Madrid 205.9---Frailey-----------1900---1934------SLM&S---New Madrid 207.8---Garver------------1900---1934------SLM&S---New Madrid 209.9---Hitchcock--------1900---1934------SLM&S---New Madrid? 210.3---North Wardell---1900---1934------SLM&S---Pemiscot 210.4---Wardell-----------1900---1935------SLM&S---Pemiscot 211.3---Keokuk------------1900---1935------SLM&S---Pemiscot 212.3---Tully---------------1900---1935------SLM&S---Pemiscot 212.7---Ewell's-------------1900---1935------SLM&S---Pemiscot 213.3---Potts---------------1900---1935------SLM&S---Pemiscot 216.4---Pascola------------1900---1935------SLM&S---Pemiscot Predecessor Company 1) SLM&S - St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern Railroad Notes 1) Connects with Brooks Junction, MO to Leachville , AR branch at Tallipoosa. 2) Connects with the Caruthersville Branch, Hayti to Kennett, MO at Pascola.
I am curious what the source is for this information. I am writing a history of the St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern (SLM&S) Railroad as I live in a community through which this railroad passed. I know that Louis Houck did not complete this portion of the railroad contract made with the Himmelberger-Luce, later Harrison, Lumber Company. As a result, the lumber company had to reach an agreement with the St. Louis and Gulf (SL&G) and the Frisco for the completion of this line in 1903. The line seems to have been finished in late 1903 or 1904. However, it was abandoned a long time. The information here has 1934 to 1935 which may indeed be correct, but the source would be helpful if someone has it. Does anyone have this branch on a timetable? I have it on a couple of maps from 1910 and 1918, but can someone check and see when it drops of the Frisco maps? Thanks for your help. Thanks. GenBap
According to "The Manual Of Information for Guests on the Investor's Special July 12-13-14, 1955", "published" by the Frisco that year, the Deering Branch was retired during 1934-35. For further precision perhaps, the Springfield Library's digital collection of the Frisco Employees' Magazine would help. Notations on abandonments were sometimes noted.
GenBap , Roger Taylor has a "master" list of abandonments on the website at the following link. http://www.frisco.org/vb/showpost.php?p=8403&postcount=22 I found his document and drilling down further from the branch list and Karl's information. It notes the abandonments proceeded as follows: 1930 - Tallipoosa to Frailey, MO - 2.59 miles 1934 - Frailey to Wardell, MO - 8.11 miles 1935 - Pascola to Wardell, MO - 6.4 miles I am one River Division folk who will look forward to hearing more about your research efforts!
Ah, the sources! I got them form a variety of places. 1) A 1926 passenger timetable that I purchased from the Frisco Museum in 1990. The mileposts are from that timetable, only a employee timetable would list the actual mileposts. Good luck finding a pre-1930 employee timetable. I have never seen one. 2) Frisco Museum All Aboard magazine June/July 1990 and Feb./March 1991 ran a series on the River Division that has a lot of good information in it. Although the station locations are somewhat vague. Frailey, for example, is listed as TH205, which means it is near MP 205. That is why I used the 1926 employee timetable for the mileposts, for an exact location. I was a little surprised that the second line from Hayti to Caruthersville, abandoned in 1906, was not included. 3) Frisco Museum All Aboard magazine April/May 1991, page 10, published an abandonment map listing the dates and mileage. 4) Frisco corporate records from the University of Missouri (MU) a) #424, Box 36, has an Memoranda of predecessor companies as of 10/15/1907. b) #519, Box 46, has a construction and abandonment list as of 3/17/1939. 5) There are probably more that I cannot remember off hand. The University of Missouri lists one item on the St. Louis, Morehouse & Southern, 544, Box #48, Minutes from the board of directors meetings from June 8, 1899 to Feb.25, 1904. Everything you mentioned in your second paragraph is listed in the overview. I also use Terra Server, Map Quest and Map Tech to locate the abandoned lines. http://gazetteer.midwestplaces.com/ lists some of the locations along with GPS coordinates which was a big help locating De Camp, MO. I posted a lot of this stuff years ago and it needs to be updated. However, the website changed the format last year and I had to register under a new handle, so I cannot edit it. I cannot believe I forgot to add the connection with Deering Branch. Good luck and let us know where we can get a copy when you are done. Roger R. Taylor Raytown, MO
Thanks for all the helpful information. I have been to Rolla and have all the minutes from the St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern (SLM&S) as well as information concerning its sale to the St. Louis and Gulf (SL&G) and then shortly thereafter to the St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern (SLM&SE). I have also been going through all the Houck correspondence at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO. I have finished 1899, 1900 and am presently going through 1901. Their Houck collection is extensive. He was building a couple of lines during this time - a couple in the same general area. The St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern and the Clarkton Branch of the St. Louis, Kennett and Southern which would meet at Tallapoosa (Tallipoosa). Tallapoose was apparently named after a town in Georgia where a Mr. Sturdivent lived, with whom Houck had an on going correspondence during at least 1901 and perhaps beyond. If anyone has specific information relating to Risco, MO I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks again for the sources and information. Mark Powell Risco, MO
