Pertle Springs James H. Russell Sr. and family camping at Pertle Springs August 27, 1897 at the Stewart Cottage

ID: 258 ~ Source: https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/imc/id/18340/rec/2
Mary Miller Smiser Photograph Collection P0719 State Historical Society of Missouri ~ Creator: Stone & DeGroff ~ Date: August 27, 1897

This file appears in: Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri The Cottages

This file appears in: Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri The Cottages

Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri The Cottages

By University of Central Missouri Department of History

James H. Christopher, developer of Pertle Springs, acquired some unoccupied housing lots on the north side of the park in 1885 that he sold to several individuals, who built their own cottages near Pertle Springs and then rented them out to…