The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1913-05-16
HOW STREETS
were NAMED

| names OF localities history iS Dest
preserved. The best index of the
early history OF a city is often to be
found in it, streets names, which are
lasting monuments to its early-day
citizens or to the political leaders
and military heroes of that time.
The name OF many a man, who has
played his part and passed on, has
lived and been spoken daily by other
generations because of its owners
connection with layout OF new
addition or the putting through Of
a new street, which action, though
trivial at the time. has outiived his
other deeds.
Among the names OF the streets OF
Marshall are those common to most
southern towns-Jefferson Washing
ton, jackson, Marion. etc.-inter-
spersed with the local names OF old
residents or OF adjacent localities.
The streets OF the original town.
laid ou, in 1889. were named at that
| lut' Du' Tue IthaihutT VI tue stit'Ns
were left unnamed until the late Sc
yenties.
North street. marking the north
md south division of the town. some
oi the eastern part. OF which Is iden-
.lcal with the old Santa Fe trail, re-
reived its name from the rather pro-
| al, raaanu nT tfa runnfnn Au tho
uorth side OF the courthouse square.
The southern boundary of the
quare was originally called Arrow
Rock streets. after the historic old
town OF Arrow Rock. the one-time
metropolis OF Saline county. from Its
being the original road to that place.
The name was latter shortened to
Arrow streets, by which name II Is
now known. Old settlers say that
the Arrow Rock road. after leaving
the present Arrow streets. struck off
In n northeasterly direction past the
site OF the Rock church to the pre-
sent Buckner corner on Brunswick.
running along what Is now Eastwood
street, to Salt Fork.
Morgan street. named when the
town was laid out. took its name
from the prominent Morgan family
of Lexington. Ky. from which local
lty so many OF our early settlers
hailed.
The time -honored street names OF
Washington and Jackson, which can
} be found In every self-respecting
town In the United States. were gi-
} ven to the two next streets south OF
, Morgan, at the same time. and Clay
. streets. In West Marshall also be-
longs to the school OF great names
Vest street was named after U. s
Senator George Graham Vest, seha'
; tor from Missouri In the confederate
. and United States Senates for nearl,
. thirty years. and one OF that power
full group OF great Missourians who
h controlled the politics OF the STATE
4 during the seventies and eighties ant
played a prominent part In nationa
5 affairs for quarter OF century.
Yerby street took its name from
!. the late Thomas ]. Yerby, a southern
gentleman OF the old school and
prominent citizen OF early day Salin'
who owned land In that vicinity. Th
next street on the south, on accoun
OF It's running through the highes
portion OF Marshall was called Sum
NIT. Mitchell street was named 70
William Mitchell. q former citizen
who owned property at the junctio
OF that street and Redman avenue
o Gordon and Rea streets, In the col
5. lege addition. were named In homo
OF James A. Gordon and p. II, Rea, [
whom much OF the credit OF securin
II Missouri Valley College to Marshal
and the laying out of college additio
was due, and whose names have bee
identified with nearly every civl
Improvement OF the past thirty year
and the street facing the collee
campus was appropriately name
College street,
Returning to the northern part
tcwn, Marion streets, in the origins
town, was named after Gen. Franc
Marion. of Revolutionary fame.
T. C. Rainey says that he name
Eastwood street, because OF its rul
ming east through wooded countr
Gas II was them to the timber ian'
OF Salt Fork, something OF retu'
to the old Saxon place-names.
Boyd street, took It's name fro
the late Samuel Boyd, leading a
'r- torney of Marshall OF the past gene
he alton. who at one time owned
sir large tract OF land, upon which
No laid out most OF north Marshall, Tv
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