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 378 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI capital stock of $10,000. The town is lighted with electric lights and among the important buildings are the "Woodman hall and three church buildings. It is on the main line of the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern and has a population of 287. Sabula is a little village on the main line of the Iron Mountain Railroad in Iron county. It has a population of 70. The old village of Belleview is situated west of Middlebrook and is an inland community having no railroad communications. It was lor a long time famous as a place of residence, the surrounding country being esteemed un- usually healthful and is also very beautiful. Other villages in Iron county are Granite- viHe, Bixby, Hogan, Mann, Munger, Pippin and Tolu. Annapolis Annapolis in Iron county was settled about 1872. It was incorporated in 1902, but the incorporation was allowed to lapse. The first mayor was C. Hart. Among the early settlers were John Thomas Jackson, James Christo- pher and R. A. Clarkson. There are four gen- eral stores, a saw mill and a planing mill in the town. It has the usual number of hotels, restaurants and other minor interests and its present population is 160. Festus Festus is situated on the St. Louis & San Francisco and the Mississippi & Bonne Terre railways in Jefferson county, about thirty- five miles from St. Louis. It was laid out in 1878 by W. J. Adams and for several years known as Derby City. It contains a number of general stores and other business establish- ments and a good system of public schools, Catholic, Christian, Methodist and Presby- terian churches and a flouring mill. It is only two miles from Crystal City and many per- sons who are employed at that place make their homes in Festus. It has a system of electric lights and its present population is 2,556. The Citizens Bank was organized in 1889, and has a capital stock of $35,000. The Farmers and ^Merchants Bank, with a capital of $15,000, was organized in 1903. House's Springs and IMorse Mill are two small village communities in Jefferson county whose names perpetuate the memories of fa- mous pioneers of that county. Both were set- tled very early in the history of that section and both were the scene of Indian attacks dur- ing the early days. Pevely I'evely in Jeffei'son county is a station on the Mississipjji river and Bonne Terre Rail- road just south of Riverside. It has a popula- tion of 247. It is supported by farming country and its railroad interests. It has a school, several stores and a church. The Bank of Pevelj' was organized in 1906 and has a capital stock of $10,000. Victoria, with a population of 150, Plattin, Riverside, Rushtower, High Ridge, Gruliville, Frumet, Silica, Selma, and Wickes are other small villages. Valles Mines on the Missis- sippi river and Bonne Terre Railroad in the south part of the county is one of the old min- ing locations of this county. It bears th'e name of the pioneer French family long fa- mous in the history of Ste. Genevieve district. Mine LaMotte Mine LaMotte, a village in Madison county four miles north of Frederickton and two miles from the Belmont branch of the Iron Mountain, is one of the oldest settlements in Southeast Missouri. "We have elsewiiere given the history of the mine situated here which is