Description
In West Plains, now known as South Hill, where the Federal soldiers had headquarters after the town was destroyed. Captain B.F. Hines of the Federal Army bought the location and built a good home soon after the Civil War. The city water plant is now situated there. (Mr. & Mrs. E. Dixon) Pottenger, Cora Ann. "Place Names Of Five Southern Border Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1945.