c1910 RPPC Brookfield MO - CBQ Railroad Station Train Depot Linn Co Missouri For Sale

This c1910 real photo postcard is of the train station in Brookfield, Missouri.

Approximate size: 5.4 inches x 3.4inches

The Brookfield, Missouri train station has a rich history. In the late 19th and early 20th century, it was a bustling hub for freight and passenger trains. The records of the freight station in Brookfield, Missouri, include train agents and conductor’s records of trains on hand and trains passing through; their contents, destination, etc., from the years 1884, 1885, and 1891.
Missouri railroads date back to 1849 when the Pacific Railroad (predecessor to the Missouri Pacific) was chartered to connect St. Louis with points to the west. The railroad was conceived by the leaders of St. Louis who had hoped to see the railroad stretched to the Pacific Ocean, hence its name.Brookfield, Missouri has a rich history that dates back to the early 19th century. The seed of Brookfield’s beginning was planted long before Missouri was a state. In the Louisiana Purchase, the historical land deal successfully negotiated with the French First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte by Thomas Jefferson in 1803, the United States bought the land west of Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains from France. Missouri became a territory in 1812 and a state in 1821. The area that would become Linn County, where Brookfield is located, was still a part of the great unknown West occupied by Indians who hunted the abundant wildlife. The first white settlers recorded in Linn County were James Pendleton and Joseph Newton who settled in Locust Creek Township where they built a cabin.
The area that is now Brookfield was referred to as “The Scatters” or “Duffy’s Pond”. Brookfield was born out of the provision $200.00 in 1849 for the surveying of the county, then later the provision of 69,470 acres of land for the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. The first passenger train traveled from St. Joseph to Hannibal when the railroad was completed on February 13, 1859. The division headquarters of the railroad were relocated from Thayer to the east to what is now Brookfield.
Major Josiah Hunt oversaw the laying out of the town. John Woods Brooks of Boston led the surveying. Brooks left permanent reminders of himself and his wife May Fields by naming the first four streets crossing Main Street John Street, Wood Street, Brooks Street, and Boston Street. Streets running parallel and east of Main Street were named for the neighboring counties: Linn Street, Macon Street, Shelby Street, and Monroe Street. The streets running parallel and west of Main Street were named Livingston Street, Caldwell Street, and Clinton Street.

Please inspect the pictures, as they give the best representation of condition.May have discoloring, edge or corner wear, marks, creases, fading, smudges, corner or edge bends, tears, or corners missing.

(C15 inventory number)

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