▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 7 4 . ▁The ▁plat ▁was ▁file d ▁for ▁record ▁with ▁R . W . ▁Hamilton , ▁Circ uit ▁C ler k ▁and ▁Rec order , ▁two ▁months ▁later ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁March . ▁A ▁somewhat ▁pros pective ▁but ▁non eth eless ▁partly ▁critical ▁historic ▁description ▁reads ▁" St . ▁Louis ▁& ▁C . ▁R . ▁R . ▁has ▁a ▁station ▁here , ▁and ▁Brad ley ▁is ▁desert ed , ▁and ▁its ▁glory ▁has ▁p aled ▁in ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁youth ful ▁compet itor ." " ▁The ▁source ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁town ship ▁had ▁one ▁school ▁building ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁at ▁the ▁considerable ▁cost ▁to ▁the ▁tax pay ers ▁of ▁about ▁$ 1 , 2 0 0 , ▁with ▁architect ural ▁expert ise ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁taste ▁and ▁culture . ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁early ▁days ▁it ▁bo asted ▁one ▁hotel ▁kept ▁by ▁Mr . ▁B enson , ▁and ▁its ▁reputation ▁may ▁be ▁infer red ▁from ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁his ▁hotel ▁the ▁passengers ▁north ward ▁or ▁south ward ▁on ▁the ▁rail road ▁turned ▁for ▁their ▁d inners . ▁One ▁church ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁town , ▁ere cted ▁by ▁the ▁Bapt ist ▁society , ▁known ▁as ▁" Lo oney ▁Spring " ▁Church . ▁Judge ▁Brad ley ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Richard ▁Brad ley ▁had ▁both ▁been ▁past ors ▁of ▁this ▁church ▁along ▁with ▁George ▁Gordon . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁strong est ▁religious ▁organization ▁in