If you have not
pre-registered for the 5K Walk/Run and want a T-shirt the registration form has
to be turned in to the address on the form by May 20. Also you need to send the
$20.00 with the registration. Walk/Run
people will need to be at the museum at 8:30 to get your shirt. If you want to
do the Walk/Run and you don’t want a shirt you will still have to register that
morning. The fee is $15.00. You do not have to be pre-registered for the CORN
HOLE TOURNAMENT. If you have a question call 417 395 2594 or text 816 590 1029.
The CORN HOLE REGISTRATION will be at the museum starting at 10:30. Two people
team is $25.00. The winning team will get a nice prize.
Corner of
Prairie and Main Streets: After the
Civil War Papinville was really growing. There were many houses and businesses being built.
Some of the businesses that were going strong were drug stores, several
merchantile, blacksmith shops, butcher shops and at one time there were five
doctors. Papinville was the only place they could cross the Marais des Cygnes
with big loads in 1873.Papinville even had their own Post Office until 1906. We
now get our mail out of Rockville. The telephone was operated in Charlie
Burch’s house from 1904 to 1955 then KLM took over. There were small hotels and
there were two churches. At one time they said that Papinville population was
almost 700. To look at it now it is hard to believe Papinville was that big.
Corner of
Main and Water Street: Across the street
from the metal/wooden bridge was a hotel. It was a two story house, but the
people that lived their rented out
rooms. A number of steamboats and keel
boats would come up the river to deliver supplies to the businesses in Papinville and also to Harmony Mission
when it was in operation. This was known at the time as Government Riverboat
Landing and where the American Fur Trading Company was located. Between 1867
and 1869 The Tom Stephens, a stern-wheeler boat, made as many as six trips from
St. Louis to Papinville.
Next week
the stories will be about the old walking bridge built in 1884. This bridge was
deeded to the Papinville Historical Association. There is a stone on the east
side of the bridge that you can read as you go across the bridge. The other story
will be about the Missionaries traveling the Marais des Cygnes River to Harmony
Mission, which is located about a mile up the river. You will walk on the road
next to the river up to the Bates County Drainage Ditch .
Until next
week for the rest of the story. Hope you are enjoying the stories. You will be
getting a booklet of the stories and a map with your historical walk so you
will know what was located in that area as you walk along the historical
walk\run. Hope to be able to list more activities for the Papinville fun day. Let’s keep the history going for the next
generations.
Registration
forms can be found on Facebook click Papinville
History and print out your form. Forms are also at the Butler and Rich
Hill Citizens Bank.
Submitted by Phyllis Stewart