Recent growth started with highway project

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Several days ago someone posted an old photo of Poplar Bluff on Facebook. It was a photograph of the Highway 67/53 intersection that was taken in the 1950s. At the top you could see the building that is currently Maya’s Restaurant. There were a lot of comments on the past use of the building — a soda bottling company, a radio station, just to name a few. There was even a billboard to the right for the Dunn Hotel which was located in Downtown Poplar Bluff. Looking at the photo made me realize how Poplar Bluff has changed over the years.

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