(rshsdepot) Help in identifying a Midwestern depot.

[Art Marsh <artmarsh_@_yahoo.com>]

First I would like to say I am sorry for any
duplicated posts.

I found a depot photo postcard on eBay that neither I
nor the seller can identify. It was mailed from
Oronogo, Missouri in 1919. Oronogo was a junction
point for the Frisco and KC, FS, & M (Frisco)
Railroads in 1895. I verified this using a map of that
time. But I am fairly certain that this was not a
Frisco or KCFS&M depot. I do have a picture of the
Frisco depot taken a few years after 1919. 

There are two other railroads that pass withing 15
miles of the town. The KCS mainline to the west and
the MP which passed to the east through Carthage. The
MP also later had a branchline that ran from a point
north of Carthage, northwest to Purcell, MO and on to
Asbury, MO where it linked up with the KCS. It is also
possible that this was an KCS branch instead of a MP
one.

For certain, there was a branch that dropped southward
-From Purcell and stopped at Oronogo. But other than
seeing it on an USGS map as an abandonment, I have
found no other map with these branchlines depicted.

Is there anyone who recognises this depot or the
style? Here are some links to help you find what I
have found.

Depot: placed in the Files area of friscofans, Frisco,
and railroad_depots_west Yahoo groups. And at

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=1167825265

The maps I looked at are at:

USGS
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.asp?S=14&T=2&X=115&Y=1287&Z=15&W=2


1897 Missouri Map

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

Select "Subject index" then
"Railroads--Missouri--Maps"

Thank you.

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