tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600194516141354476.post5807653104735816746..comments2024-01-13T12:33:04.243-06:00Comments on Long Ago and Far Away: Frumet and Big RiverJaclyn Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817391994934792914noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600194516141354476.post-2005197554669933422024-01-10T12:41:58.172-06:002024-01-10T12:41:58.172-06:00Posted below is the Google Earth location where I ...Posted below is the Google Earth location where I knew the doubled sided "Frumet" sign to be located before it was removed some time in the 80s or possibly early 90s. I'm not exactly sure when the sign was taken down. I just noticed that it was gone sometime around then.<br /><br />The buildings that are there now look (from Google Earth anyway) as if someone has upgraded the property to a great extent, possibly incorporating the original building into the current dwelling.<br /><br />When I was frequenting the area on a regular basis years ago, there was a grown-over, seemingly abandoned small silver-painted building at this location, which I assumed was at one time the Frumet post office.<br />I may be wrong about that assumption.<br /><br />https://earth.google.com/web/@38.15971908,-90.69153323,184.62800087a,105.11296263d,35y,178.3432922h,0t,0r/data=OgMKATASmalljaw Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734720337042391056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600194516141354476.post-88102527461801173462024-01-01T14:13:15.933-06:002024-01-01T14:13:15.933-06:00To R. Frumet,
The old steel bridge can be seen o...To R. Frumet, <br /><br />The old steel bridge can be seen on Google Earth at this Google Earth page:<br /><br />https://earth.google.com/web/@38.15702369,-90.70220183,160.28469018a,78.33334415d,35y,0.7847087h,1.20096363t,0r/data=OgMKATA<br /><br />Smalljaw Chaser (Bob)Smalljaw Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734720337042391056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600194516141354476.post-76650972949020916962024-01-01T13:31:49.117-06:002024-01-01T13:31:49.117-06:00Hello,
There's an abandoned steel bridge a s...Hello, <br /><br />There's an abandoned steel bridge a short way upstream from the modern Hwy. H bridge that crosses the Big River at the location of the MDC Merrill Horse river access.<br />There is also a small road that leads to the bridge, a short way east of the Big River, with its entrance on the south side of Hwy. H.<br /><br />I used to visit the area in the 1970s and 1980s when this road was accessible, but in later years it had a cable installed across at its entrance, blocking access.<br />I recall seeing signage on the bridge, but I can't recall if it said Frumet or it was the bridge manufacturer's name.<br /><br />It's been a few decades since I've visited there, so I don't know if that road has grown over or if it's still visible.<br />The bridge can be seen by boat, but the signage on the bridge is not visible from the river without trespassing onto the property.<br />It may be possible to contact the property owner to get permission to visit.<br /><br />I have great memories of visiting the area as a teenager and young man, and still occasionally put my boat in the river and fish for whatever will bite my lures. <br /><br />Good luck to you.<br /><br />Bob<br /> Smalljaw Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734720337042391056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600194516141354476.post-80533353229446114392024-01-01T09:34:03.205-06:002024-01-01T09:34:03.205-06:00Looking for more information about this place, I u...Looking for more information about this place, I understand there was a steel bridge with that name on it too. <br />Any info would helpful.<br /><br />Thank you<br /><br />R. Frumet<br />Frumethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757175458237320990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600194516141354476.post-61028722683269433962023-02-01T10:24:13.236-06:002023-02-01T10:24:13.236-06:00Hello to fellow 'Frumet' friends and those...Hello to fellow 'Frumet' friends and those who may be inquisitive about the Frumet, MO area,<br /><br />I remember Frumet, MO as a teenager/young man in the 1970s and 1980s.<br />My buddies and I, residing in south St. Louis County, would frequently visit a friend's uncle's property/cabin on Ware Rd., off of Hwy. H, just barely west of where Frumet was located on Hwy. H at that time.<br />Long-time area residents may recall loud music and much target-shooting-gunfire emanating from the area back in the day.<br />That was us. Sorry if we disturbed anyone too terribly. <br /><br />Frumet had a single silver building with a single signpost, on the south side of Hwy. H, approximately 1/3 to 1/2 mile east of the location pointed out in the YouTube video, 'Frumet to Big River' that accompanies this blog, just east of Ware Rd.<br />The silver building might still be there. I'm not sure of that, though. <br />It's been some years since I've been in the area.<br /><br />The single signpost had 'Frumet' signs attached to each side of the same post in front of the one silver-painted building. <br />Driving past, if you blinked, you missed it.<br /><br />I don't know what year the 'Frumet' sign came down, but upon passing by that location in later years, I noticed that the 'Frumet' sign is no longer there.<br /><br />My group of friends spent many happy weekends at the cabin on Ware Rd.<br />We would frequently float and fish the Big River from Mammoth Access to Merrill Horse access and further downstream to Brown's Ford access.<br />'Big Don' Maglothin operated Pine Ford Canoe Rental out of the Pine Ford Grocery store, which was located a little way west of the Big River on Hwy. H.<br />I remember him as being a happy, easy-going guy. <br /><br />The oddity of the name 'Frumet' itself, and the single abandoned silver building with one signpost with Frumet slapped on each side of it has intrigued me throughout my life.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />BobSmalljaw Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510476138435118533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600194516141354476.post-76978737643085821732019-12-02T20:37:49.764-06:002019-12-02T20:37:49.764-06:00MY NAME IS MARK BRECKENRIDGE,MY GREAT GRANDFATHER ...MY NAME IS MARK BRECKENRIDGE,MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JOHN FRANKLIN BRECKENRIDE HIS SON WALTER BRECKENRIDGE AND HIS BROTHER FRANK MARRIED MCKEAN SISTERS.I KNOW THAT AREA VERY WELL.DMBRECKENRIDGE@MSN.COMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com