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. But a hard freeze in 1941 put it out of business, as all the trees were killed. James Alexander and James L. Neal also had an 80-acre orchard, and John Carmichael had a 15-acre orchard.  This image is colorized from a 1910 Magic Lantern slide.

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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. Evans. Bottom Row: Esther Eversole, Elizabeth Nash, Orleana Hepley, Thelma Young, and Vernice Thomas. (ALTHOUGH NOT CAPTIONED, ALMA NASH IS STANDING IN WHITE IN THE MIDDLE – SIXTH FROM LEFT IN TOP ROW)

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Burlington’s Doodlebug

Posted on February 8, 2026 by roger

Burlington Doodlebug in Amazonia, Missouri.  This train is on the St. Joseph/Amazonia/Barnard/Maryville/Hopkins/Clarinda/Creston route.  self-propelled railcar most commonly configured to carry both passengers and freight, often dedicated baggage, mail or express, as in a combine.[1] The term has been used interchangeably with jitney. The name is said to have derived from the insect-like appearance of the units, as well as the slow speeds at which they would doddle or “doodle” down the tracks.  They were the last effort at passenger service on non-mainline tracks.  They have considerable charm and were famous for the loud whistles.

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Maryville Rollerdrome

Posted on February 8, 2026 by roger

Maryville Roller Drome – “First and Only Plastic Floor in America” at Fifth and Main. Maryville Forum (Maryville Hi-Lights high school newspaper section), November 22, 1947, caption reads: “We skate at the Maryville Roller Rink,” exclaim Jack Ward, Joy Corbin, and Doyle Watkins.

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Pickering History

Posted on February 8, 2026 by roger

Here’s a history of Pickering from the 1976 Forum Bicentinal

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The Pickering Cottonwood Direction Tree

Posted on February 7, 2026 by roger

A 1976 history of Pickering, Missouri, notes that everyone there gives directions using a cottonwood tree south of Pickering at the intersection of County Route OO/192nd Street and Missouri Highway 148.  The tree was cut down in 1975.  The article incorrectly refers to County Route M (the road is in the southern part of the county near Barnard). 

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Church of Christ, Scientist on South Main

Posted on February 7, 2026 by roger

Here’s an image of the Church of Christ Scientist. This is based on a 1976 story of the Countryside Christ Church acquiring it on February 4, 1970.  It was at Main and Jenkins.

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Alma Nash in First All Women Theatre Orchestra in 1923

Posted on February 7, 2026 by roger

Maryville music school teacher Alma Nash is pictured in 1923 playing drums with the Reiter Sisters’ Orchestra, which was claimed to be the first all-women orchestra at a theatre.  In this case, it was Shubert’s newly acquired Missouri Theatre in Kansas City (now known as the Folly Theatre at 12th and Central).

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Media Coverage of Jalen Sundell (Maryville Class of 2018) in Super Bowl LX

Posted on February 5, 2026 by roger

Media coverage of Seattle center Jalen Sundell (Maryville Class of 2018) in the Super Bowl LX in 2026.

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