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Pemiscot County Historical Society

Name: Pemiscot County Historical Society
Address: 707 W 13th Street, Caruthersville, MO, 63830, US
Telephone: +15733332480
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This is the official place online for the Pemiscot County Historical Society. Membership is open to all. Cost is $10 a year.

The Pemiscot County Historical Society is located in the Caruthersville Missouri Public Library Historical Society room. Meetings are held each month except December, June and July on the third Friday of the month at 1:30. An appointment can be made to use the historical society room at Caruthersville Public Library by emailing [email protected] or calling the Caruthersville Public Library at (573

) 333-2480. Four quarterlies of past historical features are part of the membership. Checks can be mailed to 707 West 13th Street, Caruthersville, MO. 63830. Digital county newspapers from 1891-1966 are located on the Caruthersville Public Library website (cville.lib.no.us or just Google Caruthersville Public Library) under “Online Resources”. The society can be contacted for genealogy and historical information or questions via email or at the address listed above. Membership fee of $10 is requested to allay costs.

04/25/2025

Thirty years ago, in spring of 1995, Casino Aztar sailed into town. Many people turned out at the riverfront to watch for the boat's arrival. The casino's jobs came at a fortuitous time for the city, as the Brown Shoe Company had closed in March of 1994, causing unemployment to rise for a time to near 20% with almost 400 jobs lost. The casino at that time brought just over 400 jobs, helping the city's economy to recover. Casino Aztar became Lady Luck Casino and is now Century Casino, and Caruthersville boasts the first land-based casino in the state, after beginning as a riverboat casino, sailing a short distance up and down the Mississippi River for a few months.

04/23/2025

The Spring and Summer 2025 Quarterlies have been emailed for the first time. Be sure and check your Spam or Junk files to approve the delivery of your material. Let us know if there is a problem. This is our first time doing this and it has been a process:)

04/21/2025

The Spring and Summer issues of the Pemiscot County Historical Society quarterlies will be delivered by email for the first time to members very soon.

In case you overlooked your renewal letter or would like to join, all we need is your name, address, phone number, and most importantly, your email address. Include a check or cash for $10, which will give you a one year membership, which includes four 20-pg issues of historical stories and pictures. Please mail to Pemiscot County Historical Society, 707 West 13th Street, Caruthersville, MO 63830 or drop it off at Caruthersville Public Library.

Please help support our efforts in preserving and sharing our history.

04/18/2025

Who remembers Levee Landing, located north of Hayti beside the levee in the Concord area? For several years, this restaurant was the "go to" in this area for great food.

04/11/2025

From June 20, 1901 - This describes all of the services and amenities that the county offered at the turn of the 20th century. It is interesting to note that Caruthersville grew from 350 in population to 2500 in five years. This was because so many moved from Gayoso into this city during that time, as that city, the former county seat, was being taken by the Mississippi River.

04/04/2025

The "new" Cottonwood Point Methodist Church officially opened formally for worship in the early 1950s. It was built on the firm foundation of an older church built in 1894.

03/28/2025

In 2000, a new clock, new flower pots and banners were brightening up the Hayti downtown square for Spring. Improved streetlights were added later that year. Even in February of 1909, The Hayti Herald described how the city was beautifying their "court square", It was to be a "beauty spot and ornament for the entire town and everyone will share their part of the benefit".

03/21/2025

The 'winningest" CHS football team (to that point - 1938) shows Coach Jack Hopke, whom Hopke Field is named for, with his undefeated Tigers. The team won 8 of 8 games played and were scored upon only twice.

First row, left to right: E. Murphy, L. Crawford, Harold Hinchey, J. T. Holt, B. Mick, Charles Ross, Coach Hopke, H. Lafferty, Harry May, P. Neal, Jack Tipton, and Joe Tipton.

Second row: C. McCoy, John England, Claude Stewart, B. Green, C. Malugen, H. Magee, W. Crawford, G. Lafferty, Bob Gaither, C. Cunningham, and D. George.

Third row: C. Sutton, M. Hoffman, S. Sutton, B. Tipton, George Moody, A. Tilman, Jack Neeley, G. Michie, D. J. Merideth, B. Randolph, and Fourth row: Carl Ulmer, Roy Davis, and Charles Hendrix.

03/14/2025

Here is an unusual sight - a horse being ridden in the middle of traffic on 3rd Street in the late 1950s. On the right, you can see the Majestic Hotel and the Slentz Used car lot.

03/07/2025

. Before 1967, area banks were open on Saturdays to better accommodate farm workers who came to town. However Fair Labor practices mandated the 40-hour work week and farm labor had become mechanized, so it was decided that Saturday bank access was no longer needed. (Note that minimum wage in 1967 of $1.40 per hour!)

02/28/2025

Pemiscot County swearing in for new sheriff Charles Albert Faris in 1976. Shown here are Presiding County Commissioner D. J. Merideth, Faris, County Court Judge John Dunavant, and County Clerk John Alford.

02/21/2025

The bridge pilings in the early stages of construction shown from the Tennessee side in the top photo and while under construction in 1973. The bottom photo shows the bridge when it was about 50 percent completed. The bridge opened to traffic on December 1, 1976.

02/14/2025

This photo shows the Cooter School 5th and 6th grade class in 1928. Students are identified as follows:

Bottom row, left to right: Paul Wright Arien Michie, Woodrow Hall, Max Coleman, Thurman DeBakey, Paul Frazier, Louis Funderburk, Lawrence Cooper, Connie Wright, Chester Gestring, "Bussie" Barger

Second row, left to right: "Grinner" Fowler, Vera Wright, Altheria Watson, Francis Vaughn, Juanita Byrd, Lorene Gilliland, Dorris Barnett, Freda Revell, Eugenia Crice, Sue Brooks, Louise Freeman, Helen Holly, Katherine Barger, Douglas Mullins

Third row, left to right: Walter Holly, Montie White, Ruby Polk, Vernell Neil, Clyde Bonds, Vera Wingfield, Virginia Frakes, Edyth Byrd, Mary Frances Coleman, Clara Bonds, Elizabeth Lucas, Irene Wilson, Paul Barber

Top row, left to right: Mrs. Artie B. Barnes, teacher, MIldred Harris, Ruby Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Huey, Virgie Travis, Russell Corbin, Edward Thompson, Richard Young, Colbert Costman, Lloyd Barnett, Buddy Barnett, Lawrence Coleman

02/07/2025

"The Pleasure Spot of Steele" - The Pastime Pavilion opened in 1926. The proprietors at the time stated that the dance hall would be run with very strict rules and that anyone coming to the place of amusement "must come with the intention of behaving, or expect ejection". The dance floor accommodated thirty-six couples at a time and the floor was filled at every set. "Officers are continually on the ground to see that no rough stuff is pulled and that no booze is bartered nor drunk", according to the July 15, 1926 issue of The Steele Enterprise. Large dances were held with people from all over Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas attending.

01/31/2025

Walmart on Highway 84 in Caruthersville opened its doors in March of 1977. This photo shows the parking lot soon after opening. The store closed in January of 2017.

01/24/2025

A wrecked riverboat at Cottonwood Point in 1894… the steamer “Ohio”.
The Ohio was a stern-wheeler built at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1879 as the Clifton. She was 251 × 39 x 5.5 feet; 716 tons. This stern wheel Clifton was sunk by ice in the mouth of the Kentucky River on January 21, 1881.
She was raised, rebuilt and renamed the Ohio on October 4,1881. The Ohio ran in the Cincinnati - Memphis - New Orleans trade along with the DeSoto, Buckeye State, Granite State and others under the White Collar Line.
Sank on the "old mill foundation" while ascending the Louisville Falls, Captain Don Marr, Master in 1890. Settled below the K&I bridge along the Kentucky shore, Pink Varble at the wheel. Was loaded deeply at the time and was raised.
Enroute from Memphis to Cincinnati on February 17, 1894, she struck a stump in backing out from the landing at Cottonwood Point, Missouri. She then sank, proving a total loss. The boat was valued at $25,000.The cargo that was damaged, $9,000. No lives were lost. (This is back when newspapers weren't published on a regular schedule - only issues from April and August are shown for 1894.)

01/17/2025

April of 1965 brought the announcement to Steele that Jim Caffey, owner of Caffey's Supermarket, would be moving to a new location as soon as building was completed. The store had been located on 132 Main Street, next to Sam Hamra's Store, but it would be moving into a new building at 739 South Walnut Street, constructed as the beginning of a shopping plaza on the site of a former cotton field. The new store opened in December of 1965 with more modern conveniences and lots more parking.

01/10/2025

Tyler, MO, July 10, 1917 - H. M. Bruce's General Store

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707 W 13th Street
Caruthersville, MO
63830

Telephone

+15733332480

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