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Image: COBBLESTONE STREET, BOONVILLE, COOPER COUNTY, MO

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Description: THE FIFTH STREET COBBLESTONE PAVEMENT IS A SURVIVING VESTIGE OF BOONVILLE'S COMMERCIAL PROMINENCE DURING THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD. LOCATED ALONG A STEEP HILLSLOPE CALLED WHARF HILL, THE COBBLESTONE STREET ENHANCED A THRIVING RIVER TRADE BY SERVING AS THE PRINCIPAL ARTERY BETWEEN THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE RIVERFRONT WHARVES.
Title: COBBLESTONE STREET, BOONVILLE, COOPER COUNTY, MO
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Author: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD
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