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History · Morehouse

A history of Morehouse,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Morehouse from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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6recent photos
From Morehouse’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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Morehouse was established as a lumber camp in the 19th century. It was known as "Little River" from 1877 to 1887. When a post office was established in 1893, it was named "Morehouse" after Albert P. Morehouse, who served as the 26th Governor of Missouri from 1887 to 1889.

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Timeline

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1940s8 items · Morehouse group labor homes, New Madr…LOC
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMorehouse group labor homes, New …, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Morehouse

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Jacqueline ScottJacqueline ScottSikeston · 6 miSunset ThomasSunset ThomasSikeston · 6 miNeal E. BoydNeal E. BoydSikeston · 6 miKenny HulshofKenny HulshofSikeston · 6 miAndrew J. HinshawAndrew J. HinshawDexter · 15 miElizabeth Ann NalleyElizabeth Ann NalleyCatron · 16 mi
By decade

Morehouse, decade by decade

1940s8 items
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1950s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today6 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Morehouse is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Morehouse has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lincoln School in Sikeston, 5.1 miles away.

Morehouse and the nearest listed places

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Lincoln SchoolMarshall HotelSikeston St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway DepotHenry Miller HouseStoddard County CourthouseDexter Gymnasium

Closest to Morehouse

Lincoln SchoolSikeston · Building5.1miMarshall HotelSikeston · Building6miSikeston St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway DepotSikeston · Building6miHenry Miller HouseBloomfield · Building13.3miStoddard County CourthouseBloomfield · Building13.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Lincoln School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Morehouse?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Morehouse’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Morehouse group labor homes, New Madrid County, Missouri (1940) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Richland📜 Sikeston📜 Canalou📜 Penermon

From Wikimedia Commons (6) and the Library of Congress (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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