Qulin Missouri, Elonzo E. Brown

Hello Mary	
Enclosed find a copy of a letter which my father Elonzo E. Brown wrote to the Qulin Historical Society 
sometime after the little cabin now called the Reynolds house was restored to the location where it
sits now.    This is the house my father was born in.  He took me there in his later days to show me 
his birthplace.
He had a stamp he used on all his mail as he did at the top of the mail I am sending you.


Thanks Daymon Brown



My name is Daymon E Brown, my fathers name is Elonzo E. Brown, he was born in
Qulin Missouri in 1905.

There is now a small cabin on a lot with a picket fence around it and an outhouse
which was the house my father was born in.  The house was built by the timber
company that my grandfather Edward Lawrence Brown  worked for. My grandfather rode
on horseback into the then 'virgin forests" of southeast Missouri and marked all
of the hickory timber that was marketable, he was a timber appraiser.

(See Photograph of E.L. Brown and wife Cora Mae Fischer- Brown)
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mahudson/history/brownpa-ma.jpg They were the first
occupants of the Reynolds house in Qulin, Missouri which was built for them by the
timber company my grandfather worked for.

The timber company built this house out of Missouri cypress which was located at
Qulin.

My grandfather Edward Lawrence Brown  & grandmother Cora Mae Fischer
were married in 1903 and moved into the house in 1904
and my father was born there in 1905.

The story my father told to me is that originally Qulin was known as RAGTOWN
because everyone lived in tents. My father said this house was the first one built
there, and it was moved from its original location and reassembled at its present
site.

My father said the town was originally named Melville but when they tried to get a
post office located there it was discovered there was another town in Missouri
with that name.  So a railroad man suggested they name the town Qulin. My father
said that there were railroad spurs running into the forest and they were given
letter names such as A-line, B-line, etc. The one @ Qulin was called the Q-line.
My grandfather would pronounce it Qulin.  

My father was there on site when the roof was being re-installed on the house, the
lady from the Qulin Historical Society talked to him about the house and asked
about its history.  He wrote her a letter but never mailed it, he died in 1995, I
found the letter and have it in my possession, excerpts of which I have just
written to you.

             [note] return to the Qulin site and view the "Letter written by Elonzo Brown"
Sincerely    

Daymon Brown   elmo_s1@earthlink.net