1. Wheatley School was Poplar Bluff's first African-American community school. In what year was it desegregated?

1964
1950
1958
1969

2. The Margaret Harwell Art Museum was originally:

The John Archibald Phillips House
The Dunn Hotel
The A.W. Greer House
The Moore-Dalton House

Poplar Bluff Public Library
Williamson-Kennedy School
Mark Twain school
Frisco Depot

4. What was the first mainline railroad linking Poplar Bluff to the rest of the country?

St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Frisco Railroad
Arkansas Railroad
Missouri Pacific

5. Why was the Frisco Railroad depot built in the Spanish Mission style?

To celebrate a new line to Mexico
To attract riders to its new line to Florida.
It was the most popular design of the time.
It was built on an old Spanish mission.

6. Who owned the first local/regional railroad in Poplar Bluff?

William Barron
Poplar Bluff Railroad Co.
Brooklyn Cooperage Co.
The City of Poplar Bluff

Art Moderne/Deco
Classical
Colonial Revival
Neo-Classical

8. What was the first movie shown at the Rodgers?

"Gone With the Wind"
"Red Canyon"
"The Sound of Music"
"High Noon"

9. Which of these was one of the last two movies shown at the Rodgers?

"Major League"
"The Lion King"
"The Last Picture Show"
"Titanic"

10. What was a "lizard" in the timber industry?

A lumberjack.
A raft made of logs.
A hollow log used as a boat.
A crude cradle for logs built from a forked tree.

11. What made commercial harvest of local timber profitable?

The arrival of rail lines.
The need for wheel spokes.
A demand for barrel staves.
All of the above.

12. Why were bricks beveled on Poplar Bluff's brick streets?

To keep horses from slipping.
To help with water drainage.
To look nicer.
To make the streets last longer.

13. What year were Poplar Bluff's first brick streets laid?

1870.
1923.
1909.
1913.

14. Why was paving of Poplar Bluff's first brick streets put off for two years?

It was too controversial.
It was too expensive.
People preferred gravel roads.
None of the above.

15. Why were original brick streets covered with asphalt in 1962?

To attract and save Downtown businesses..
To cover potholes.
To make the ride smoother.
To save money.

16. For what are most communities named in Butler County?

Industries.
Famous people.
People and trees.
Trees and colors.

17. For what is Qulin named?

Porcupines native to the area.
First initials of five daughters.
No one really knows.
The postmaster at the time.

18. Stringtown got its name from:

The manufacture of string there.
A row of houses there.
Its long, narrow shape.
The world's largest ball of string.

19. What was Poplar Bluff's first industry?

String.
Timber.
Bricks.
Agriculture.

20. The Butler County Historical Society Museum at 522 Cherry Street was built by:

The government.
A timber company executive who was also mayor.
A railroad engineer who was also a city councilman.
A local physician.

21. What happened to Butler County's first two courthouses?

They were razed to make room for larger ones.
They were destroyed by fire and by a tornado.
They were destroyed by floods from nearby Black River.
They were torn down to make way for a shopping center..

22. What was the main mode of travel for the first explorers of this region?

Boat.
Horseback.
Rail.
Buggy.

23. What was unique about the Hargrove bridge?

It was Missouri's only drawbridge.
It would pivot from the center.
It was Missouri's first toll bridge.
It was the longest bridge of its time.

24. What was required before the bridge could be built?

A county license.
A city permit.
A state proclamation.
An Act of Congress.

25. The Hargrove bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In what year was its restoration completed?

1980.
1985.
1990.
1999.