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Advertisement for the Elsberry Picnic
L.T. Baskett and Sons Grocery and Hardware Store
Black and white photo of Baptists Church in Elsberry
An ad for the Enterprise store in Elsberry (1906)
The tearing down of the Burlington Railroad Depot
Methodists Church in Elsberry
Black and white photo of steam engine going through Elsberry
Elsberry Swamp
In 1879 most of present day Elsberry was a swamp. Standing here at 3rd and DuBois then you would have been looking at Lost Creek as it crossed over DuBois, Broadway and then on to what is now Hwy 79. It flooded every spring and made this area “below…
Cannon, Goodman & Company
(Southeast corner) Across the street was the two store Foley building. It had a millinery shop on the bottom and a community center above. Broadway does not look today as it did when originally built! There have been five major fires along Broadway…
Falmouth Hotel
Built in 1836 in Falmouth, Missouri, it was one the finest hotels on the River. The hotel was owned by Mordecai Watts in 1879 and he moved it to Elsberry piece by piece in wagons. The old stone steps on the south end of the porch are from Falmouth…