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How the Maryville High School Newspaper Hi-Lights Got the Only Published Photo of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Strange Maryville Visit on Feb 13, 1959
A lot of strange events occurred during Eleanor Roosevelt’s February 13, 1959, lecture at Northwest Missouri, and Eleanor herself clarified items in her daily “My Day” column that reporters covering the event missed. And the Maryville High School newspaper “Hi … Continue reading
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Northwest’s “Vet Village” After World War II Started with 6 Clarinda Camp POW Barracks
Northwest’s “Vet Village” north of the Administration on Maryville’s highest point, which they called “College Heights,” started with the six barracks from the Camp Clarinda World War II POW camp. The Vet Village was dismantled with the 1968 construction of … Continue reading
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Maryville Country Club Course Designed by James W. Watson Who Designed Mission Hills Course
Initial plans in 1921 for a golf course in Maryville called for a partnership with the college, with the course to be designed by James W. Watson, who designed the Mission Hills Golf Course. The initial course plan called for … Continue reading
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1928 Proposal to Build Towering War Memorial on Maryville’s Highest Point
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1921 Watson Designed Golf Course Still on Topo Map on Northwest Missouri Campus
Incredibly, the 1921 proposed J.W. Watson-designed golf course for the Maryville Golf Club is still on the latest published USGS topo map. It was supposed to extend from the original Methodist Seminary on 1st and Memory Lane, around the west … Continue reading
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20 Japanese and 2 Americans from Camp Clarinda Injured at End of World War II at Clearmont
On September 5, 1945 — three days after the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri — 20 Japanese soldiers and 2 American guards were injured on US 71 by Clearmont when a POW transport truck from the Camp Clarinda POW … Continue reading
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Sonic Booms of 1962
In March/April 1962, B-58 Hustler nuclear bombers from the Strategic Air Command cris crossed the skies over Maryville at Mach 2, which produced sonic bombs as they did mock nuclear strikes on New York, Los Angeles, Omaha, Lincoln, St. Louis, … Continue reading
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Hula Hoop Contest on Grounds of Nodaway Courthouse October 1958
On October 4, 1958, 135 contestants competed in a Jaycee Hula Hoop Contest on the grounds of the Nodaway County Courthouse. They were divided into age groups of 0 to 9 and 10 to 100. The endurance contest was called … Continue reading
1878 Horse Race with Eugene Field, Gen Custer and Trump
The 7th Annual Nodaway County Fair featured horses named Eugene Field, Gen. Custer, and Trump. The headline of the horse racing was the Trump race (and Trump won).
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Truman Road or North College Drive
In the 1950s through 1975 Maryville had a strange battle over the street name for the road going north from Administration Building over whether it should be called Truman Road or North College Drive.
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