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Monthly Archives: January 2026
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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How Clarence Thomas Freshman Year at Conception Propelled Him to the Supreme Court
The rise of Clarence Thomas from a poor boy in Georgia to the Supreme Court is tied to a series of momentous events during his freshman year at Conception Seminary in 1967-1968 in Missouri.
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Highway 275 Conference Named For Highway That Only Goes Through 1 Town in Missouri (Rockport)
The Highway 275 Conference has to have one of the strangest concepts of any conference in the country. It is named after a highway that goes through only 1 town in Missouri (Rockport).
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Tornado Hits Troop 75 Campout in April 1966
On April 29, 1966, a small twister leveled the campsite of Troop 75 near Burlington Jct. Nobody was seriously hurt, but Burlington temporarily lost its power and phone service. Area farms suffered damage, and livestock was lost
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Golf at Maryville Methodist Seminary
The first issue of “The Chautauquan” in 1908 features a photo of people playing golf on the grounds of the Maryville Methodist Seminary (which had been given to the state of Missouri to start what would become Northwest Missouri State).
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Sarah Caldwell Visits Maryville April 20, 1977
Sarah Caldwell (1924-2006), dubbed the “Orson Welles of the Opera” along with her mother visited Maryville on April 20, 1977 where she conducted the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Lamkin Auditorium (now Bearcat Arena).
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Arlington-Ream-Bainum Hotel, Fourth and Market
The Bainum Hotel at Fourth and Market first opened in 1880 as the Arlington Hotel. In 1897 it became the Ream Hotel. In 1916 E.H. Bainum bought it and made it the Bainum Hotel. The hotel was heavily damaged in … Continue reading Continue reading
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