Editing Arkoe, Missouri (section)

==History==
The first community in the Arkoe immediate area was Bridgewater which was about a mile north of the current Arkoe. Nodaway County's first railroad (starting out as the Missouri Valley Railroad before becoming the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad and ultimately becoming part of the Burlington Northern route)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maryvilleforum.com/features/rickman-offers-nodaway-county-railroad-history/article_516c4ad8-43dd-11e8-bea2-6b71b35ec398.html|title=Rickman offers Nodaway County railroad history|first=SKYE POURNAZARI The|last=Forum|website=The Maryville Forum|date=April 22, 2018 }}</ref> built two bridges across the 102 river within 1,000 feet of each on an elbow bend in the river and the county built a road bridge between the two in the same location. The railroad plotted the community of Bridgewater by the bridges in 1870 and the post office opened there. Dr. Perry H. Talbott who granted the right of way through much of the land in the area insisted that the town site be located on his property and on September 16, 1874, he and S.K. Snively laid out Arkoe. Nelson Wilson who had opened a merchandise store in Bridgewater in 1871 moved the building to Arkoe and became its first business in 1874. Other businesses followed including the railroad which moved its depot from Bridgewater to Arkoe. 
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myZEAQAAMAAJ&q=Bridgewater | title=The History of Nodaway County, Missouri: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Nodaway County in the Late War...history of Missouri, Map of Nodaway County, Etc. Etc | year=1882 }}</ref>

On September 18, 1880, Dr. Talbott was shot and killed at his home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2013/01/the-talbots.html#more|title=The Talbotts|publisher=Murder by Gaslight|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref> His wife, Belle, and his sons Charles Edward and Albert Perry were initially suspected and arrested for his murder. Eventually, Belle was released and the sons were tried for their father's murder. Both were convicted and sentenced to hang. They were executed in the Beal Pasture (today Beal Park), on the east side of Maryville, on July 22, 1881. News accounts estimated the number of people present at the hanging at over 10,000. The Talbott brothers' hanging is said to have been the first "legal" hanging in Nodaway County.

Arkoe formally incorporated in 1906.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.susancronk.com/p/the-history-of-arkoe-missouri.html | title=Where in the World is Arkoe Missouri? }}</ref>

The Arkoe post office closed in 1953.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Nodaway | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=November 24, 2016}}</ref>

The Arkoe rail line closed by 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/561989917/|title=St. Joseph News-Press 28 Jan 1979, page 13|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>