MYSTIC
Historic Depot Steps
Poplar Bluff, United States
This stairway was built in 1910 by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad to serve its new depot. The depot and stairway were financed by a $50,000 bond subscription from Poplar Bluffians. Thousands used the steps as the gateway to and from Downtown Poplar Bluff during the era of passenger train travel. The railroad became Missouri Pacific in 1917 and Union Pacific in 1983.