By 1867, the line had reached Arlington, across the Gasconade River from Jerome, and construction began on a railroad bridge. Fremont then began to resume construction to push the railroad westward.
In 1866, General John Charles Fremont gained control of the bankrupt Southwest Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, which before the Civil War had been constructed west from St. However, the area remained sparsely settled until after the Civil War. With its relatively broad river valleys in an otherwise rugged region of the Ozark Mountains, this area was attractive to some pioneer immigrants in the 1820s and 1830s. Jerome, Missouri is an unincorporated community located on the Gasconade River in western Phelps County. Railroad bridge over the Gasconade River between Arlington and Jerome, Missouri by Kathy Alexander.
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