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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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1965 Boys State Maryville Participants Flew to Event in 7 Private Planes

Posted on February 9, 2026 by roger

In 1965 Maryville Boys State participants flew to the event in Warrensburg on 7 private planes from Maryville Airport.

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Picking a Peck at Pickering

Posted on February 9, 2026 by roger

Pickering has long been a place to pick a peck of apples.  A 1976 history of Pickering notes: The Carmichael apple orchard (500 trees_ was west of Pickering, about four miles, and was planted in 1910 by Riley “Rile” Carmichael. … Continue reading →

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Alma Nash’s All Women Maryville Band Leads Suffragette Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue March 2, 1913 — Day Before Woodrow Wilson Inaugurated

Posted on February 9, 2026 by roger

Top Row: Edith Davenport, Helen Young, Mary Thomas, May Denny, Margaret Conway, Myrtle Lanning, May Shipps, Gerturde Kireh, Velema Lanning. Middle Row: Mary’O’Brien, Anna Dougan, Ora Quinn, Helen Rowley, Lela Caudle, Mrs. Del Thompson, Hazel Vandervoort, Grace O’Brien, Mary Q. … Continue reading →

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