Men, women and children are photographed in front of the Bartow Hotel in northern Pocahontas County. According to the history of Bartow, as written by Jessie B. Powell, a number of speculators purchased land in and around Bartow about 1900 in anticipation of the “boom.” They divided the land into lots, streets and alleys. They built houses, a store and this hotel. Unfortunately for the investors, the lumber mill went to Dunlevie and the tannery went to Frank. (Pocahontas County Historical Society Collection; ID: PHS001183)
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