An exterior view of the lost depot near South Gifford, Missouri. According to some history I uncovered on the depot, this once served a local line that ran between St. Louis and Iowa. A depot in a far-flung town like South Gifford was there to collect surface coal from local farmers. Once the easily gathered coal supply withered, so withered the rail line. This line was out of business by the late 1920s or early 1930s.
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