Argentine prospers (1 янв 1882 г. – 1 янв 1888 г.)

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1882-1888 Argentine prospers: By the end of 1882, the prosperous little town of Argentine consisted of approximately 50 buildings between what is now 21st and 23rd Streets. New lots in the town ranged from 125-300 dollars each. The first church was organized in 1882. In 1884, the first post office opened. In August of that year the first city elections were held with G.W. Gulley being elected Mayor; George Simmons, Assistant Mayor; A.J. Dolley, Police Judge; Charles Duvall, Marshall; and J. H. Holderman, City Clerk. Later that month a school bond issue was passed. Seven thousand dollars were appropriated to build a school house. Like may frontier towns, Argentine had its wild and rough era. The town had scores of saloons and only a handful of churches. Brawls between smelter and railroad hands were common. Horse and poultry rustling was an early problem. George Simmons organized a horse league to chase these rustlers. When caught, violators suffered severe penalties. They were taken before a justice of the peace who would then pronounce a sentence of either 20 years in the penitentiary or hanging. Legend has it that rustling was soon no longer a problem. The smelter's phenomenal success stimulated the rapid growth of the town. In 1884 the first post office was opened and three years later the first bank. In 1888, J. T. Thayer, a building contractor, built the East End of the city. Wealthy smelter and railroad officials along with the socially prominent families of the community lived in this exclusive residential area. At that time the East End was perhaps the most beautiful residential addition in the greater Kansas City area and was comparable on a much smaller scale, to the Quality Hill, Hyde Park, Parkwood, and Westheights residential developments of a later era. It was in this area between Tenth and Sixteenth Street that T.J. Enright, Charles Green, Hugh J. Smith, J.C. Harmon, W. W. Mack, Dr. O. B. Blachley, and the Steffens, Fleming, Berns, Landrey, Larson families, among others, were to make their homes.

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