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Chief Ca-Ha-Qua (Red Fox) Trail Around Nodaway Lake
In August 1971, the 5 mile Chief Ca-Ha-Qua Nodaway Scout Trail, built by Troop 74, opened at Nodaway Lake, with the Mic-O-Say dancers commemorating it. AI used to colorize black-and-white photos often makes them brown. The sign was white. While … Continue reading
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Brother Damian, the Conception Weather Monk
From the 1970s until 2002, Brother Damian Larson at Conception Abbey was a fixture on the radio and in the newspaper as the “weather monk” who gave forecasts. Brother Damian was killed in the Abbey on June 10, 2002, when … Continue reading
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146 Tons of Dust Deposited on Maryville in March 1935 Dust Storm
The Forum reported a March 1935 Dust Storm deposited 146 tons of dust on Maryville’s then area of 2.28 square miles (based on a sampling of how much had fallen in a 2×3 square foot area). Numerous dust storms hit … Continue reading
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Male Cheerleaders at Northwest Missouri in 1935
In 1935 Northwest’s Cheerleaders were all men (Louis Groh, Virgil Yates, Verne Campbell). From Northwest Tower.
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First Missouri Theatre Destroyed by Fire April 28, 1944
The Missouri Theater on the west side of Main between First and 2nd was destroyed in a fire on April 28, 1944. The theater palace was designed in 1926 by the Boller Brothers, who also designed the Missouri theatre palaces … Continue reading
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Townsend’s Faustiana Farm Nickel Plate was also the name of wholesalers’ coffee and tea products, as well as the name of the sports teams it sponsored
Townsend’s Faustiana Farm Nickel Plate was also the name of wholesalers’ coffee and tea products and of the sports teams it sponsored, per the Maryville Daily Forum, December 12, 1922.
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Maryville Business College
The Maryville Business College was organized in 1906 by E. S. Cook and George H. Meek. It was incorporated as the Western School Company when a sister campus started at the Creston Business College in Creston, Iowa, in 1908. The … Continue reading
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Postcard – RPPC
Maryville Sanitary Swimming Pool – Part RPPC Postcard Collection (colorized version)
NWMSU Homecoming Parade on Game vs. Springfield Before Dec 30, 1960 Townsend Wholesale Grocery Fire
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
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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