Show ENDS toi athens of missouri by court order edinburg dies a natural death when railroads pass it by noted for beauty and an excel lent college trenton mo edinburg known over the state before the war as the athens of missouri and for many years the rival of trenton as a tra ding point and political center where many men afterward prominent state affairs received their first col leplate training was recently by an order of the county court the order marks the last step in the little town s retrogression since the chicago rock island quincy and omaha kansas city railways passed the village by the story of the settlement growth and decline of the village of edinburg Is full of interest the town came into existence in 1838 when isaac J harvey built a store there not so favorably situated as trenton the growth of the town did not compare with that of the county seat until after 1850 at the half way mark of the century grand river college was established in edin burg then came an era of prosperity the tame of the school grew and in tors of the best were numbered in the faculty the pretty little town was in itself an attraction to students and the name of edinburg became widely known business boomed the town took on a thriving air and the county seat feared tor its own growth then came the war and progress stopped the luster of the classic school became dim after the war there was a revival of learning in edinburg and the prospect was fair again until the chicago rock island pacific railroad came through in 1871 and marked trenton as the fu ture city of the section business projects were killed in ed enburg and the village lost ground but the fame of the school still lived grand river college another railroad came through from quincy and edinburg s hopes quicken ed that it would reach that place when this failed however the doom of the village was sealed steadily since then the town hae lost in population and business A few years ago the college itself was re moved to gallatin in order to secure railroad advantages in december 1909 the petition tor was presented to the court J G me wald was appointed trustee tor the incorporation to settle up its affairs and classic edinburg Is no more |