The Bank of Pocahontas
The Bank of Pocahontas built this building and opened for business in 1910 and for a time, thrived along with the small community anchored on the Bowman Mill.
As so many others did, the bank shuttered its windows and closed for good in 1929, leaving behind a legacy, a building, and a town that had lost some of its bustle.
Today the building houses a bakery and cafe, called The Pie Safe, with a decidedly hometown Americana feel to it.
We would love to see your selfies with the giant pie out in front of the building!
The original Mosler bank vault is still there, though it keeps treats safe these days instead of cache deposits.
You don't have to enter the business to retrieve the cache, and you may retrieve it and sign the log during off business hours, but please restrict your searching to daylight.
Pocahontas Missouri
Pocahontas was founded in 1858. Sharon, the current owner of the old Bank of Pocahontas building, told me the story of its naming. She says that a Mr. Green who had opened a general store and a Post Office here needed a name for the post office. He had some time previously fallen in love with a Native American and wanted to name the town after her. He could not, however, pronounce or spell her name, and decided instead to name the town, in her honor, after Princess Pocahontas.
When I got home, I found this story printed in the Southeast Missourian in an article about the town's 155th-anniversary celebration.
FTF Honors to dnkleimbach & McClippy