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First Spoofhound Football Team 1922

Posted on April 26, 2026 by roger

This is a photo of the first Spoofhounds football team.  In 1921 L.E. Ziegler scolded his Maryville High School football team as “a bunch of Spoofounds.”  The name stuck as a mascot, and the 1922 football team was officially called … Continue reading →

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Allison Fisher Flies Planes Solo and Owns a Cessna in High School in Preparation for a Colorful Aviation Career

Posted on April 25, 2026 by roger

Allison Fisher and Gordon Miller, queen and king of the French Club Mardi Gras, AI colorized/enhanced from the 1970 Maryville, Missouri, High School Maryvillian Yearbook. Allison Fisher was flying solo in planes and co-owned a Cessna during her junior year … Continue reading →

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Maurice Chick’s 1953 Escapade That Landed the Original Spoofhound in the Nodaway Valley Bank Vault

Posted on April 24, 2026 by roger

Here’s an amazing 1953 story about Morris Chick, one of the players scolded by L.E. Zieger in 1921 as “a bunch of Spoofhounds,” who wound up with one of the plaster casts of a Spoofhound that was sold during the … Continue reading →

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The Hanamo (Holt, Atchison, Nodaway, Andrew – Missouri) Telephone Company

Posted on April 23, 2026 by roger

The Hanamo (Holt, Atchison, Nodaway, Andrew – Missouri) Telephone Company opened April 26, 1897 and was organized by H.E. Ralston

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Nat Towles and His Orchestra Arrive in Style Direct from Chicago Savoy Ballroom to Club 71 in Pumpkin Center

Posted on April 22, 2026 by roger

Club 71, from a DX gas station in Pumpkin Center, had to be one of the most exciting and eclectic music roadhouses anywhere.  It could be hosting square dances and fox hunt dances, and, seemingly most out of place, the … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin Center Fox Hunters Association 1941 (started 1928)

Posted on April 22, 2026 by roger

Above is an AI colorized and enhanced image of the article referenced below Men Who Promote the Fox Hunt – Nodaway County Tribune, September 4, 1941, Page 4. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/nodaway-county-tribune-pumpkin-center-fo/196061801/ ) J. W. Clayton, Fay Baker, Bert Icke, Chester … Continue reading →

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71 Club – Pumpkin Center (1938-1941)

Posted on April 22, 2026 by roger

The backstory of the 71 Club in Pumpkin Center is probably the most interesting of many interesting stories about nightclubs in Nodaway County.  The Club ran from 1938 to 1941 and was in a DX Filling Station.  The club offered … Continue reading →

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Containered H2O

Posted on April 21, 2026 by roger

I have never heard bottled water called “Containered H2O,” but this map says the phrase is an Upper Midwest term, including Atchison County north to South Dakota and the Kansas City metro.

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Heart Felt Christian Church Prayer in Wake of Turmoil

Posted on April 21, 2026 by roger

This very heartfelt post was posted on April 19 in the wake of the news of the double homicide and kidnapping.  

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Scenes and Background from KENREX NYC Production

Posted on April 20, 2026 by roger

Facebook Discussion

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