Editing Washburn, Missouri (section)

=== O’Day 1880–1892 ===
[[File:Washburn train station.jpg|thumb|The Washburn train station was built by the Atlantic and Pacific Railway to transport passengers and freight in and out of the town. This photo taken ''circa'' 1910 shows the station at its peak. After passenger rail service was discontinued in Washburn in the 1950s, the station fell into disrepair and was razed in the 1960s.]] In the winter of 1879 and 1880, the Atlantic and Pacific Railway — at that time a franchise of the [[St. Louis and San Francisco Railway]] — built a railroad line between [[Pierce City, Missouri|Pierce City]] and [[Seligman, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seligmanchamber.com/history.asp|title=seligmanchamber.com|website=Seligmanchamber.com|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> This line ran about a half mile west of what was then Keetsville, but soon to be renamed Washburn. Instead of incorporating the Keetsville or Washburn name into the railroad stop at this location, the stop and the community that blossomed next to it was instead named O’Day, after the Irish-born John O’Day (1843-1901), a Springfield-based attorney for the railroad.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_barry.html|title=Barry County, Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945 - The State Historical Society of Missouri|website=shs.umsystem.edu|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> In the years that followed O’Day grew, adding two hotels, shops, a newspaper, dwellings and in either 1887 or 1888 a [[post office]], while also remaining codependent of neighboring Washburn concerning educational, religious and social life.<ref name="Goodspeed's History Pages 700">Goodspeed's History, Southwest Missouri, Barry County; 1888; Pages 700 and 701</ref>