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A wood-frame depot was built on this site in 1866 and burned in 1901. In 1903, this building was built for the Missouri Pacific R.R. and was called the "finest in the state." In 1915, the Wells Fargo office here was robbed, and the night man was shot in the arm. Three weeks later, a gun battle in the waiting room killed a police officer and one bandit; the other robber was severely wounded and later hanged by a mob. In 1988, the Union Pacific R.R. gave the depot to the city, and in 1991 the Community Betterment Association took a lease to develop a museum and small business.
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Pleasant Hill, Missouri · United States
