The following is an article written by a member for the local newspaper

MYETTA

A fun old story told about how a town received its name. This article was written in 1975 by a Vice President of the Camden County Historical Society for inclusion in a column of the local paper.

In the early 1800's Timothy B. Rucker purchased a parcel of land from 0. B. Avery for the purpose of building a store. It was stipulated in the sales contract that "If spirits were sold, the sale of the property would revert back to the Avery's".

Rucker built his store on the property located on South highway 5 directly back of the property now owned by Aubrey Denny.

As the story has been passed down, Rucker left his girl­friend, Etta, in Indiana and always referred to her as "My Etta". The people of the area heard this expression so frequently that they began calling the small community, which now included a post office, church and school, Myetta. The story never told what happened to Etta, but later Timothy Rucker was married to Charlottie King and they had six children; Samuel W., who spent his entire life in this general area, Rose Ernry, better known as Dode, Susan, Ivy, Alice and Rosie.

Rose Emry Rucker was the father of John Doll of Camdenton and Susan was the mother of Lonnie McGuire, also of Camdenton. Samuel had several children some of whom live near here. Those include Floyd Rucker, Zella Webster, Bertha Burrage of Camdenton, and Della Hawkins of Eldridge.

Written by Frances Bledsoe

Camdenton, Mo.

                                              Myetta School and Myetta Church

(Myetta was located south of Camdenton off State Highway 5)