Monthly Archives: January 2026

Actor Smiley Burnette Visits Maryville in August 20, 1957

Posted on January 8, 2026 by roger

Little Kenneth Townsend is paid a nickel by Hollywood Walk of Fame Actor, Composer, Singer Smiley Burnette for posing for a picture. Kenneth and the other youngsters in the picture were named winners in the western costume contest in downtown. … Continue reading →

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Luona-Linville-Stephenson Hotel at 2nd and Main

Posted on January 8, 2026 by roger

The Stephenson Hotel dates from 1881 when it was the Luona Hotel. Around 1889 it became Linville Hotel and in 1952 it became the Stephenson’s Hotel. It was the bus stop Continental American Bus Lines

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Mutz Service Station 1956 – Douglas Dempsey Propietor

Posted on January 8, 2026 by roger

The original on this advertisement is from the Maryville Daily Forum, May 1, 1956

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Cattle Herding Still Going On

Posted on January 8, 2026 by roger

Cattle herding is still going, although on a much smaller scale. This cartoon is based on how my mother and father met in the 1930s, while he was moving cattle in front of my mother’s house on the Maitland-Skidmore road.  … Continue reading →

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David Rankin Herded Cattle 227 miles from Biggsville, Illinois, to downtown Chicago in 1847

Posted on January 7, 2026 by roger

David Rankin owned 24,000 acres in northwest Missouri around Tarkio, herded cattle from Biggsville, Illinois, 227 miles to downtown Chicago in 1847.  Rankin and John Bilby were major rivals in the early 1900s, owning vast tracts in Missouri and across … Continue reading →

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Northwest Missouri Administation Building Fire of 1979

Posted on January 7, 2026 by roger
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One Room Schools By Nodaway County Townships

Posted on January 7, 2026 by roger

Here’s a 1911 article that mentions many of the one-room schools in Nodaway County.  This is not comprehensive, but it is a good source for searches.

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Robert Bohlkon Presided Over the Rebuilding of the Theatre Destroyed in the 1979 Administration Building Fire.

Posted on January 7, 2026 by roger

Robert Bohlken was chairman of the speech and theatre department at Northwest Missouri State University from 1970 to 2000 — a period when the historic 1910 theatre in the college’s administration building was destroyed in a dramatic fire in 1979.  … Continue reading →

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John S. Bilby Operated 1,000,000 Acres of Land Out of Quitman, Missouri

Posted on January 5, 2026 by roger

When John Sliker Bilby moved to his 44 Ranch on the west side of the Nodaway River near Quitman in 1868, he and his sons would drive cattle 100 miles from the train station at Council Bluffs to his property.  … Continue reading →

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Charles & George Bellows Parkdale Farm

Posted on January 5, 2026 by roger

Charles & George Bellows were brothers who operated the Parkdale Farm in the southwest corner of Maryville from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.  Their farm was most famous for its shorthorn cattle.  They are on the Nodaway Stairway of Stars.

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