 Bolivar was hit hard by the Great Depression of the 1930s.The following losses during the depression and the years ensuing have not been replaced in many instances.Bolivar has lost six brickyards, two large coal companies, restaurants, flour and feed mill, railroad station, express station, two banks, lumber yard, opera house, movie house, dentist office, The Bolivar News, Cornet Band, swimming pool, bakery, jewelry store, furniture store.