The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The surrounding area is farmland, settled by ranchers and farmers before the Civil War. Homesteaders from Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee and other eastern states came because of an abundance of cheap land.
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Start Beaumont’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaumont’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Beaumont, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Beaumont is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Beaumont has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank in Glencoe, 0.1 miles away.
Beaumont and the nearest listed places
Closest to Beaumont
Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water TankGlencoe · Built 18860.1miBeaumont HotelGlencoe · Built 18790.1miBeaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Retention PondGlencoe · Built 18860.4miNorth Branch Otter Creek BridgeOtter Creek · Structure8.7mi
Westside Service Station and Riverside MotelEureka · Built 192016.9miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.