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Maryville’s First Stand-Alone School 1857-1867
In 1857, with Maryville’s population hovering around 500, the school moved from the log cabin courthouse at 2nd and Main to a newly built one-room school at Market and Fifth Street. In 1867, with Maryville’s population nearly tripled to 1,682, … Continue reading
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Cooper Cup Competition for “Best Class of the Year” at Maryville High School from 1924 to 1963
From 1924 to 1963, the “Cooper Cup” was awarded to the Washington high school that racked up the most points in an internal competition that, each year, decided which class was best. The winner was chosen by the superintendent, principal, … Continue reading
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Bomber Crash Between Tarkio and Burlington Jct 1944
On November 16, 1944, a bomber crashed midway between Burlington Jct. and Tarkio. The crew of 13 parachuted out alive, although some cattle died. The story is probably much bigger than the Army wanted to let people know, and … Continue reading
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Gov. Lloyd Stark Dedicates Horace Mann School and Wells Library 1939
On October 7, 1939 the Horace Mann School and Wells Library were dedicated by Gov. Lloyd Stark in a ceremony on the lawn between the two buildings. Prior to that time, almost all classes, from nursery through college, were held … Continue reading
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Maryville Leadway Foods vs. Beverly Hills 20th Century Fox 1941
In 1939, Bohm Townsend, via Townsend Grocery, organized one of the most amazing and colorful basketball teams in Maryville history — made up mostly of former Spoofhounds and Bearcats, and played its home games at Washington School and in the … Continue reading
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Harold Ensley Nodaway County Visits
Before Harold Ensley’s Gone Fishin’ Show became nationally syndicated, he made frequent appearances in Nodaway County in the 1960s and 1970s, including two Spoofound athletic dinners at the First Christian Church and giving the West Nodaway commencement address. He made … Continue reading
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KenRex Drama Desk Winners: Jack Holden, Outstanding Solo Performance, and Outstanding Music in a Play, John Patrick Elliott
Ken Rex, the off-Broadway play about Ken Rex McElroy in Skidmore, won two Drama Desk Awards on May 17. It was nominated for a third award Outstanding Sound Design of a Play for Giles Thomas.
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“In The Garden of the Shah” With A Cast of 86 at Washington School 1928
In December 1928, Maryville High School put on a production of “In the Garden of the Shah,” which starred 86 actors – nearly the entire school population. Photos of the show, which appeared in the 1929 Maryvillian Yearbook, also featured … Continue reading
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Sears Kit House, Magnolia “Mansion in a Box” Rankin House in Tarkio, and Robinson House in Maryville
Two of northwest Missouri’s most famous and iconic houses — the Ted Robinson house (623 West 3rd) in Maryville and the Rankin house in Tarkio (106 South 10th) are Sears kit houses. Both are The Magnolia, dubbed “Mansion-in-a-Box”. Both were … Continue reading
1916 Bearcats Football Team
Colorized photo in the first Tower Yearbook (1917). This is also the first Bearcat team since football was discontinued after one season in 1908. That caption in the opposite order we expect today. The first row is the top row. … Continue reading
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