The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-22
Something About High HiiI.

High Hill continues to be one OF
the most modest, quiet and unpre-
tcntious railroad towns In Mont
gomery county, and from a busi-
ness point Of view would be hard
to excel by any place Of It's size.
Situated upon a billy incline and
overlo okiDg n beautiful farming
country for many miles around, 1t
Is a location hard to surpass.
While Its modern convenicnces "a
to electric lights. granitoid side
walks, gas, sewers, city water and
first-cla ass hotels are not the best
In the land, yet there are many
co comfortable and happy homes
with fellowship and comforts with
In and without which are amply
suited to the desires and wishes OF
many who have no desire for city
life. Some new residences are be-
ing built and others repaired, while
some there are which have long
since outlived their usefulness.
But the same old Boonc's Lick
wagon road runs through the town,
and very few strangers realize that
this was once the great overland
highway from st. Louis to Topeka
and the west for California
Early historians also tell us that
the noted rebel guerilla, Bill
Anderson, on n OF his periodical
raids during the civil war, visited
this place and mistreated some OF
It's loynl citizens. Still more. one
Of the first county seats OF Mont
gomery county was located In 1927
at Lewiston, one mile west Of High
Hill on the Boone's Lick road
The town has long since become
extinct, and where once wan dis
pensed law and justice In now pro-
duced corn and pumpkins, and il
known ~ the old Pickett farm
During those years n negro man
was hung for killing his white
master. So I'm these respects
High Hill has IA history that
no other town In the county has,
and Is worth talking about at least.
Then again, the old reliable grist
mill OF l.. u. Miller 4 Son. IL still
there, grinding away for money OF
Tor toll wheat, corn and oats. and
not only honest millcrs are they,
but genial, hospitable Missouri
gentlemen, with whom II must bc
n pleasure to deal. An honest
miller II said to be one of Gods
noblcst pieces of handiwork, and
many beautiful culogies have been
published Of him In prose and
verse. Further down the street G..
y. Miller day by day pcrsevcres
in the Tor public duty Of dispcn-
mail to the males and females
alike, as also helping the govern
mcnt to get rid of its sur
plus postage stamps. Under the
same roof is also compounded and
administered to these and other
patrons castor oil, asafctida, cos
mctics, and their companion COM
moditics all OF which are supposed
to appeasc the troubles Of body
and mind-from a material point
of view. A. w. Gcrdemann, fur
Their down the street, IL one of the
cold and reliable" merchants that
AL well regulated towns are suppo-
: ed to have. and with whom all the
men, women and children there
abouts are on the most familiar
terms. His stock comprises al
most everything and more that a
person can think OF or the imag-
nation conceive In the way of the
ne ccssarics OF lie. G. w. Hollen-
beck has opened blacksmith,
horscshoeing and wagon repairing
shop just below Gerdemann's, and
guarantees all his work to be of the
best. +. M. Craig is still selling
groceries at the old stand across
the street, and where you will al
ways receive courteous attention.
The old town seems nuite lost with.