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As early as 1876, John Campbell was selling goods in “Old Town” which is the area around East Fifth Street,
near the cemetery. In 1878, he and John Goldsberry opened a store together, at which time “Old Town” was
plotted. Merchandise was hauled over the long, rough road from Salem, until the K.C.F.S.M. & B. railroad was
built through Willow Springs and West Plains in the early 1880s. After that, merchandise was hauled from Wil-
low Springs and West Plains until the Current River Road was put through Mountain View in 1886 and 1887.

After the completion of the Current River Road, Mr. F.M. Pullock, who owned 200 acres of land about the pre-
sent town site, succeeded in encouraging the change from the “Old Town” site to the present site by giving the
railroad company the depot site, which is where the Community Center now sits.

After the coming of the railroad, the town grew rapidly. The city was incorporated as a village in 1908 with the
following officers: F.J. McGrath, chairman; J.R. Stephenson, F.M. Gardiner, A.B. Hope and J.N. Meredith,
trustees. In 1916, the city was incorporated as a city of the fourth class. Dr. H.E. Ferrell being elected first mayor
under this organization in 1917.

Our heartfelt thanks to Jeremy Burks for sharing this information with us and helping us to update some of the location
names so readers could more easily understand. The original version of this was found in the 1919 Mountain View High
School yearbook, “The Hillbilly.”

Mountain View City Officials 2020

City Administrator Municipal Court Judge Sanitation Department Library
Mike Wake William T. Hass David Abbey Beth Smith
City Attorney Fire Chief Electric Department Airport
Charles Cantrell Stanley Murphy Josh Ennis Mike Wake
City Clerk Chief of Police Water Department Golf Course
Willa Kramer Jamie Perkins Larry Cattell Dennis Voyles
City Treasurer/ Animal Control Parks & Recreation
Court Clerk David Ripko Eddie Owens
Mary Woodruff, CCA Street Department Senior Center
Eddie Owens Charlotte Davis
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