Page:History of Southeast Missouri 1912 Volume 1.djvu/315

 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 255 mill was rebuilt after its destruction by fire and is still in operation. The town has grown recently since the building of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. It is the shipping point for a con- siderable area of farming country and the town is supported principally by the farming interests. There is a large flouring mill and other business interests of the usual charac- ter; the town supports several church organi- zations, the largest and most flourishing being the Catholic church, and a public school. The population at present is 702.