Description: History and Historical Photographs and Stories of Warrensburg, Knob Noster, Holden, WAFB, UCM, Leeton, Kingsville and Johnson County Missouri
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In the 1880s, Pittsville boasted a blacksmith, a mail carrier, a school, a carpenter, and two physicians, amid the area’s farmers. Also in that time frame, residents were beyond excited about the prospect of the railroad coming through town. The railroad was to be a branch of the Southwestern Railroad line and it was to commence at Brownsville and run to Kansas City via Pittsville. It was slated to cross the county road a mile-and-a-half north of town. Sadly, the railroad never came to fruition. Pittsville
A newspaper clipping in January of 1880 said, “Business is brisk in our city. Renters are finding it difficult to find homes for the coming season.” “Farmers are getting ready for spring work. Mr. Wm. Bradley sold his farm of 200 acres for $4,000, a very good price. The wheat crop looks exceedingly fine. The acreage shown in the township is very large. Corn ground is scarce, with the greater portion having been sown in wheat.” In the early years, the following did business in Pittsville – two physicians, Dr