Does anyone know when the Joplin Children's Home started taking children in? Could it have been as early as 1885? Marlow ----- Original Message ----- From: katharan plemmons <katharan@hotmail.com> To: <MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:17 AM Subject: [MOJASPER] Children's Home, Joplin, MO > The records of the Joplin Children's Home are in the Genealogy room of the > Joplin Public Library....and I don't believe it was ever called the > Washington School children's Home.....the home was located at 3rd and > Comingo in east Joplin, about two blocks from Washingtom School...the > original house was torn down in the 1980's and a new building was put up to > house the Boys and Girls Clubs of Joplin... > > I lived across the street from the place for 20 years and my children > attended the school and played at the Club.... > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > >