By Katie Oreskovic Staff Writer
The unincorporated town of Moselle, Mo., is deemed a ghost town by many, which is reflected by streets lined with hollow homes, whose crooked shutters and fragmented possessions embody a time when the town once bustled with community and life. Abandoned spaces are museums of past experiences and memories from an unreachable point in time. For Moselle, its timeline of untold stories began in 1849.
The town came to life surrounding the creation of an Iron furnace. Despite the consistent operation of the furnace until 1874, only a post office and a few homes are still in use today.
“The furnace was built in 1849… Iron ore was smelted in it and pig iron was made.” According to the State Historical Society of Missouri, “On July 25, 1856, a post office was established at Iron Hill, which is about one mile west of Moselle… the office was discontinued on July 24, 1860. On the same day a new post office was established at Moselle,”
It is unclear how or why those who once called Moselle home relocated elsewhere. Now, the buildings that once fostered human memories stand in skeletal form as nature creeps its way in through a ribcage of shattered windows.
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