In 1927, Colonel J. B. Horace was named commander of the third battalion of the second regiment of the Liberian army of Grand Bassa County. Members of the militia living in St. John River City and surrounding areas were exempt from reporting to Edina and Buchanan for quarterly parades.
In 1938, the Edina-Buchanan Ferry Company was incorporated. It charged travelers a maximum of 12 cents for trips on the Mechlin, Benson and Saint John Rivers between Edina, Upper Buchanan and Moore’s Point. Company stockholders included Harriet Harmon, J. Allen Benson, J. Wallace Smith, Jannie Brownell nee White, C. C. Dougans nee Russell, Stephen J. Crusoe, T. Reuben Hill, Thomas R. Horace, Moses B. King, James E. Morgan and John S. Woods.
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