Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-12-03
AUDRAIN COUNTY WEST OF MEX
IC0 Is FERTILE AND
PRODUCTIVE.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOTICED
In the Heart of the Ghost District
Cottonwood Springs Inter
esting Sights and Rec
objections.
BY RUFUS

Out West Monroe Street travels
Fred Berger, Rural Free Delivery
Carrier No. 8, each morning upon
leaving the Mexico post-ofice. On
this popular residence street we notice
much improvement which character
lie the present prosperous era of this
section. Crossing the railroad cross
ings at the west end the first delivery
is made at the home Of o. @. Willard,
present owner OF the William West
homestead. To tho west we pass
Highland Heights, the elegant new
home Of w. e. West. Next is the
home OF Jack Woolery, a popular
stock man. Bordering either side Of
the roadway is fields Of the Wilkerson
nursery, while to the left is the Will
kerson home. The next Of interest is
the Mexico Cemetery, 1.-THE blvonac Of
the dead" The Bennett homestead
TO the right and the home OF +. M.
Williams opposite. To the north is
the neat appearing home Of the
Hootons and lying to the north is Cot
tonwood Springs, made famous through
the press articles Of Col. Alfred Lar
kin Bennett, who yields a fluent
pen.
G. w. Peck lives to the right In a
improved farm and to the left resides
J.. H0rd Davis. Frank Brewer occu-
pies a neat new house as we proceed.
J. G. Fecht's and the former home
Of John O'Connor who has recently
removed to southwest Missouri,
are next In order and Marion Armis-
tead's neat home is to the right. We
are now in the heart OF what was at
one time the ''ghost district The
blood. curdling stories from the fertile
imagination of one who stands
high in metropolitan journalism fairly
reeked with terror and caused many
faint-hearted and superstitious per-
sons to seek another route when trav-
cling at night. Since the then young
newspaper man has left this section
the ghost has failed to show himself
and the section is now enjoying
! peaceful quietude.
A.. W. Parsons lives at a junction OF
a north and-south road and the next
home is that of r. f. Gulick. Next
Of interest Iis the Jesse school house
and to the north is the home Of j. s.
Alfrey. To the south is a neat and
attractive home where resides Carl
Lockrldge. To the right is the neat
little home OF l. B. Jesse and next In
order is the home Of #. Armistead.
The home of VIM. ]. Jesse, n OF the
Oldest ministers In the county, Is next
In order. To the south anc some dis
lance from the road is the fine home
of ], T. Scott. Next 10 order are the
homes of w. A. Davis and F. G. Pryor
and as we travel on west we pass the
home of James Kyle, who is quite
sick.
Thd home OF Clarence johnson Is
next on the route, and next we pass
the home of M. Jones. AS we turn 70
the north we pass the neat home OF
G. w. Wisdom and rs our route again
turns west we notice the substantial
home of G. ". Vanlandingham. To
the north some distance from the road
is the home Of W. e. Reed and next
in order is the old.fashioned home Of
#. Marlowe Shock. ]. e. Conkling TO
the south and E. Reed to the right
are the next patrons. The Blythe
farm is attractive and its bounding
acres lie to the north as the route con
tinues west.