Lutesville High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Lutesville, MO)

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• o • Seventh and Eighth Grades Fifth and Sixth Grades

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 o o The Old Lutesville and the New LUTESVILLE is situated on the west side of Crooked Creek, about a half mile from Marble Hill. It was laid out as a town in 1853 by Eli Lutes, in whose honor the place was named. In order to secure a station on the Belmont Branch of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, Mr. Lutes gave to the railroad company ten acres of ground for station purposes, the right-of-railway through the town, and one-third of the lots. The first passenger train passed through here August 29, 1868. Then there was only four or five houses. The first school was taught by Ex-Congressman R. Smith in a small frame build- ing. The school house was situated where the residence of Mr. Henry Lutes now stands. The first merchant in town was C. E. Rowe, who began business in a small box house, and continued until the time of his death. Eli Lutes was also one of the early merchants. The first Mayor of the town was F. S. Frautwein. In 1910 there were five general stores and the usual number of smaller business establishments. Also one stave factory, which had been in operation for years, and a flour mill. The Bollinger County Bank, with a capital of $25,000, was incorporated in 1891, and the Peoples Bank of Lutesville with a capital of $12,000 was incorporated in 1903. There are three churches in the town, namely: The Southern Methodist, which was erected in 1872, the Northern Methodist in 1894, and the Presbyterian in 1905. There are now five general stores, two garages, two hotels, Home Bakery, variety store, livery barn, flour mill, saw mill, and a clay mill, which was erected in 1918. The school grew very rapidly and four years of high-school work was approved in 1917. There are one hundred and forty residences in the town and the present popula- tion is about six hundred.

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o • o o Third and Fourth Grades First and Second Grades