WASHBURN - Tank
N 36° 35.249 W 093° 57.440
15S E 414361 N 4049538
Washburn Water Tank Washburn Missouri
Waymark Code: WM1J1J
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2007
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I was out doing some work on the Trail of Tears today and decided to get this water tank along the way.
This is right on the trail it was known as Keetsville and Washburn was just a little west.
It is now just all known as Washburn.
In 1840 Judge Cureton moved to Washburn Prairie and bought the location where the town of Washburn is now located.
J. T. Keet laid out Keetsville but it was destroyed during the war - 1860 -1865. During the years of 1867-1869 it was rebuilt.
In 1868 a petition was passed to call the town Washburn.
It was presented by A. J. Stewart.
Washburn was incorporated as a town in 1880 by petition of J. M. McClure and others. A. J. Stewart, J. N. Brooks and J. M. Moore were names as trustees. Before that the town was called Keetsville. Washburn was named in honor of Samuel Washburn.
Just some of the History of this Town.
HAPPY.................................WAYMARKING
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