Goodman Ancestors
Add text
  • Home
    • Resource
  • Ancestors
    • GOODMAN >
      • JOSLIN >
        • HURST
        • PROFITT
      • HOWARD >
        • BOAZ >
          • MCNEELY >
            • EAGLE >
              • SWAIM
      • GUFFEY >
        • BRANSCUM
        • TURNER >
          • JAMES
          • GOODWIN >
            • TIPLADY
        • GOATCHER
        • BLACKBURN
        • EUDY
      • MCCOY >
        • MITCHELL
        • FREEMAN
        • DEVORE >
          • MARLOW
          • HATCHER
        • FORD
        • BROADAWAY
        • BAKER
      • LASSITER
    • GIFFORD >
      • KELLER >
        • WINGO >
          • JACKS
        • STAGGS
        • BOWMAN
        • LEINBACH >
          • LEVERING
          • FREY
        • NEIN
        • HOTTEL
      • SHIPMAN
      • GREEN >
        • ROCK
        • REDMON
        • NOLAND >
          • O'BRYAN
          • SMALLWOOD >
            • EVANS
            • NOREYS
            • HYNSON
      • PITTS >
        • WOODS >
          • HOLT
        • KENNEDY >
          • RUMMAGE
          • MONTGOMERY
        • STEELE
    • In-Laws >
      • BROCK >
        • KIDECKEL
        • MAGILVY
      • PAYNE
      • VOYLES >
        • TRAUT
      • GILLESBY >
        • TOY >
          • ROBERT
          • PROULX
        • HOPKINS >
          • OLIPHANT >
            • DE BRUCE
      • BROWNING
  • Shela's Blog
  • Photographs
    • Individual
    • Snapshots >
      • Before 1946
      • 1946-1964
      • 1964-1990
      • 1990-Present
    • In the news
  • Contact Shela

Tuckerman, Arkansas

8/3/2011

1 Comment

 
Picture
Downtown Tuckerman
The St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway ran from St. Louis, Missouri and Texarkana, Arkansas, as well as to southeast Missouri. The line was initially established to deliver iron ore from Iron Mountain, Missouri to St. Louis.  In 1872, the railroad was making it's way through Jackson County and by 1873 a train station was established in Tuckerman.  Tuckerman was supposedly named after a railroad official named Mr. Tucker.

D.C. and F.R. Dowell, living at Elgin at the time, saw the opportunity the Tuckerman Station could bring and built the first store nearby.  The post office was established in 1884 and Tuckerman was beginning to grow.  By 1889, the population had grown to 150. The town now had a post office, three general stores, two groceries, two drugstores, two blacksmiths, a wood shop, a hotel, two boarding houses, a school house, a church and two saw-mills.  The town continued to grow installing gas and water mains in the 30's along with asphalt being put down on Highway 67.  Population grew to about 2000 and has fluctuated in that area for many years since.

As with many cities and small towns alike these days, there is not a lot of business in Tuckerman these days.  The railroad quit stopping many years ago, businesses closed down and the one block main street of Tuckerman is just a sad shadow of what used to be.   I have many memories of this little town and it will always be a special place for me.

Picture
Downtown Tuckerman
1 Comment
Louanah (McNair) Templeton
3/3/2013 01:56:14 pm

I grew up on Denton Island, neighbors with Doyle and Bernice, Boyce, Una Jo and Janice. Found the history on Tuckerman to be very interesting. Enjoyed your blog.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    June 2015
    December 2014
    June 2014
    August 2013
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    August 2011
    July 2011
    April 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.