. History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. of $25,000. and the 286 HISTORY OP SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Cotton Exchange Bank, organized in 1900,which has a capital stock of $30,000. Thetown is the county seat of Dunklin county andone of the principal buildings is the courthouse, which occupies a commanding site inthe center of the square. The business con-nected with the courts is one of the featuresof life in the town. The Dunklin Democrat,a Democratic newspaper edited by E. , is one of the best county papers i
. History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. of $25,000. and the 286 HISTORY OP SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Cotton Exchange Bank, organized in 1900,which has a capital stock of $30,000. Thetown is the county seat of Dunklin county andone of the principal buildings is the courthouse, which occupies a commanding site inthe center of the square. The business con-nected with the courts is one of the featuresof life in the town. The Dunklin Democrat,a Democratic newspaper edited by E. , is one of the best county papers inthe section. It has a large circulation and in New Madrid county to Dunklin countj% itsterminus being Clarkton. The first settler inthe town was Dr. Skaggs. Other early settlerswere John Timberman and his partner, Wil-liam Muse; they operated the first store inthe town. Dr. Van H. Harrison was one ofthe first physicians and R. W. and T. were merchants. The town grew rap-idly for a time as it was surrounded by a finefarming coimtry and its population soon grewtc three hundred. It built the first good school. Court House, Kennett considerable influence. The town has a goodsystem of public schools, there being at pres-ent two buildings—the Central school and theShelton school. There is a fully accreditedhigh school and this institiition is one of themost popular in the town. Clarkton Clarkton, in Dunklin county, was foundedin 1860 and was named in honor of Henry , who was one of the contractors of thebuilding of the Plank road from Weaverville building in the county. Its prosperity wasvery greatly checked, however, by the build-ing of the St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas rail-road from New Madrid to JIalden. Most ofthe business of Clarkton was moved either toMaiden or Kennett, and for many years thetown was at a standstill. Only one or twostores were conducted during this period, theprincipal one being that owned by MichaelHubbard. About 1895 a railroad was builtfrom
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