64. Joplin Stockyards
(1931; demolished)
(Turkey Creek & Range Line)

Thirty thousand people attended the grand opening of the Joplin Stockyards on August 27, 1931. The 80-acre complex included a brick hotel, filling station, garage, café, hay barn, auction barn, dairy barn, two mule barns and a barbershop. The quarter-of-a-million-dollar investment, financed by Joplin businessmen, contributed significantly to Joplin's economy. On the first day of business, more than 2,800 head of stock passed through the stockyard gates.