Historic Castor Springs – Part 2

In the June 5 Jena Times, this column gave information about the early history of Castor Springs, the first settlement in the north LaSalle area.  The article covered the time from the 1830s until the end of the Civil War.  The hotel and springs, built by the B.F. Anderson family, had fallen on hard times after the death of Mrs. Anderson in 1863.  At that time, Commodore Perry Kees, a local merchant took over as postmaster until the Post Office was closed aft...