Phillips County Museum News for Wednesday, August 14, 2024

In the early to mid-1900’s many towns and communities could be found on Phillips County maps. One of those towns was Lovejoy, which was located approximately 30 miles northwest of Malta. In 1910, W.C. Lovejoy from Indiana was looking for a place to homestead. After several long days of looking for land, Mr. Lovejoy said, “This is it. I’m tired and I’m not going any farther.” The place he stopped at became the town of Lovejoy. In 1911, W.C.’s oldest son, Harry moved to the area and built a store that sold groceries, clothing, and hardware. Soon a post office, grocery store, hardware store, men’...