Editing Cardwell, Missouri (section)

==History==
On January 1, 1893, the [[Paragould Southeastern Railway]], originally a tramway, began construction to extend its mainline from [[Paragould, Arkansas]] eastward into the Missouri Bootheel.<ref name=ICC>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yqUIjbBgY-IC&q=Paragould |title= Valuation Docket No. 142, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, et al|date= April 26, 2024|accessdate=March 26, 2024}}</ref> By November 1894, the line had been graded to the new townsite and it was being advertised in local papers that plotts were being sold.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1894-11-08 |title=Cardwell, Mo history |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-dunklin-democrat-cardwell-mo/160771975/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |work=The Daily Dunklin Democrat |pages=4}}</ref> On January 19, 1895, the first train was reported to have arrived in Cardwell, and [[plat]]ting continued into the following year by the Bertig family of [[Paragould, Arkansas|Paragould, AR]], and a post office was established soon after.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html |title=Dunklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071947/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html |archive-date=24 June 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1938-04-19 |title=Cardwell, One of Newest Towns in County Started as a Saw Mill Town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-dunklin-democrat-cardwell-one/160770901/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |work=The Daily Dunklin Democrat |pages=52}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Post Offices |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Dunklin |access-date=29 September 2016 |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n62 165]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1895-01-17 |title=First Train Expected at Cardwell, MO on Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-dunklin-democrat-first-train-e/160772323/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |work=The Daily Dunklin Democrat |pages=4}}</ref> A school district was established for Cardwell in 1899, and that July a contract was let for the construction of a two story brick school building.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1899-07-14 |title=Cardwell, Missouri |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-dunklin-democrat-cardwell-mis/84790169/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |work=The Daily Dunklin Democrat |pages=3}}</ref>

In 1902, the Paragould and Memphis Railroad, a "tap line" built a link between Cardwell and Manila, AR. This line was mostly used to haul lumber.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tap Line Case 234 U.S. 1 |year=1914 |url=https://ttarchive.com/library/Articles/Paragould-Memphis_ICC-Tap-Line.html |work=Texas Transportation Archive }}</ref> In 1904, the city of Cardwell was formally incorporated.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Douglass |first=Robert Sidney |title=History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests |publisher=The Lewis Pub. Co. |year=1912 |location=Chicago}}</ref>