Brentwood, Missouri

by Brentwood Historical Society

Book Overview

The mail coaches and prairie schooners traveling west in the late 1800s on the Manchester Trail would have stopped in what is today known as Brentwood. Maddenville, as the area was then called, was named after a prominent businessman who owned a grocery store, barbershop, rock quarry, and blacksmith shop. While some travelers took respite in Porta's Tavern and pressed westward, others never left the community that later grew, along with the railroad,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738520217
• ISBN13: 9780738520216
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.8"