west plains first settler was a hunter named adams
the black burn was built in 1876 and burned down in 1885
WEST PLAINS WAS CALLED BOOM TOWN not west plains when west plains stayed out of the civil war it had been taken and renamed it west plains
before it was west plains it was called boom town
the railroad took four years to make
the bank was built in 1889
the Howell county gazette building was made for news to get out and
one of the buildings destroyed in the dance hall explosion