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Postcard – RPPC

Posted on February 12, 2026 by roger

Maryville Sanitary Swimming Pool – Part RPPC Postcard Collection (colorized version)

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NWMSU Homecoming Parade on Game vs. Springfield Before Dec 30, 1960 Townsend Wholesale Grocery Fire

Posted on February 12, 2026 by roger

Photos from Northwest Missouri homecoming parade before Dec 30, 1960, fire at the Townsend Wholesale Grocery Store on Fourth Street

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Corwin-Murrin Billboard at Maryville Sanitary Swimming Pool

Posted on February 12, 2026 by roger

Billboard for the Corwin-Murrin Clothing (Maryville’s oldest at the time)  at the Maryville Sanitary Swimming Pool (which is diagonally across from the old Washington School at First and Vine at what today is Autumn House).  The pool was privately owned.

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1941 College Leap Year Celebration

Posted on February 12, 2026 by roger

Note for 1980: will Nodaway County boys attending the Maryville Teachers College ever be the same after the strenuous event of Leap Week, which climaxed Friday night with a dance where styles were reversed? The figure on the left isn’t … Continue reading →

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Lovers Lane, Maryville

Posted on February 12, 2026 by roger

From about 1900 to 1945, the section of what today is South Walnut between Lincoln and South Street was known as Lover’s Lane.  There were poems about the Lane, a stories about being one of the “beauty spots of Maryville…with … Continue reading →

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Great Jesse James Bank Scare of 1881

Posted on February 11, 2026 by roger

In 1881 (or possibly 1882), Maryville had a scare that outlaw Jesse James was staying at Dr. David Mulholland’s home, next door to First National Bank President Joseph Jackson’s landmark mansion at Lincoln and Walnut.  Bankers were reported to have … Continue reading →

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David Mulholland, Pioneer Doctor

Posted on February 11, 2026 by roger

David Mulholland (1830-1882) was a pioneer doctor in Maryville.  He married to one of the daughters of Nodaway County founder Israel Newton Prather.

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Joseph Jackson, President of First National Bank

Posted on February 11, 2026 by roger

Joseph Jackson (1842-1921) was one of Maryville’s influential bankers (president of First National Bank).  He was also a wounded Civil War hero.  His mansion at Lincoln and Walnut still stands.

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Kroger Opens at Mary Mart Shopping Center in 1957

Posted on February 10, 2026 by roger

Kroger, which had operated on the east side of the square since 1948, opened Maryville’s first mall supermarket as the anchor tenant of the new Mary Mart Shopping Center in March 1957.  It featured an 800-car parking lot, Value Stamps, … Continue reading →

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Della Behm’s Mary Mart Shopping Center

Posted on February 10, 2026 by roger

Della Behm as the Maryville investor in the Mary Mart Shopping Center and owned the Knotty Pine Motel.  She earlier owned Della’s Style Salon in downtown Maryville before focusing on developing the south end of Maryville.  In 1955, she announced … Continue reading →

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