October 23, 1884

The Pacific & Great Eastern Railroad Co., which built a line to Wyman twelve miles east of Fayetteville (Washington County), incorporated. The line was doomed when the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. built a branch line to St. Paul and Pettigrew in Madison County. The St. Paul branch provided transportation for a great amount of hardwood for processing into railroad ties, furniture, handles, and various other wood products.