Care to hazard a guess as to whose home this was? This famous personage also had a residence in Key West, so Marianna and I were very pleased to be able to visit the landlocked home he returned to throughout his very busy life. The iron fence had to be installed at his retirement as 10,000 people (half the population of the town) turned out to welcome him home.


His very first job was at Clinton's Soda Fountain Shop where he served up Phosphates and Sundaes before and after school. This Soda Jerk's favorite treat was a Chocolate Ice Cream Sundae with Butterscotch Sauce, no nuts, no whipped cream. (We added whipped cream to ours!)

After trying his hand at a Haberdashery shop in a nearby city, he became involved with the 'Pendergast Machine' and returned to this town, working just across the street at the Courthouse and eating his lunches at Clinton's still.


This proud Missouri Son never forgot his dirt farming roots, though he did marry his Sunday School Sweetheart who was definitely from the upper class - at least according to her mother! They moved in with her mother at 219, and she stayed with the married couple and their daughter for the rest of her very long life.

So in the tradition of Cay's Cajun Cottage Under the Oaks Mystery Literature Locations, place your best guess in the Comments and check back tomorrow for the answer!