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Clemens Station: RR Station S. of Saverton, named for Sam Clemens aka Mark Twain

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Clemens Station: RR Station S. of Saverton, named for Sam Clemens aka Mark Twain

Posted: 4 Nov 2000 5:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 25 Jun 2002 2:04AM GMT
Surnames: Clemens, Twain
Clemens Station:
a flag station and small shed, on the
CB&Q RR (Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR)track
where Fools Creek flows under it to empty into the Mississippi River. Named for
Mark Twain. [page 194 of Ralls County, Missouri by Goldena Roland Howard].

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This RR station was in SE Saverton T, on the Burlington RR and was named for Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), by Mr Henry Miller, general manager of the Burlington RR. Before the railroad, the place was a boat landing named Taylor, after a pioneer family who came early to the township.
State: Missouri
County: Ralls
Variant Name(s) Taylor
USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Hannibal East
Latitude: 393811N
Longitude: 0911504W
[behind Central Stone Quarry]
[behind Centenary School]
[Taylor Cemetery nearby]

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