Mrs. Lula M. Rucker lived in Salisbury, a small city of about 1800 citizens in north central Missouri. The town was booming at the end of the 19th century, boasting mills, tobacco barns, dozens of merchants, two newspapers, and an opera house. Rail connection, on the Wabash line, to Chicago permitted notable entertainers to visit … Continue reading Lula Orders Seeds or Plants – Salisbury, Missouri (1911)