Baptism on Mill Creek By Elmo

Posted on January 4, 2026 by roger

Source Image: Published in Maryville Daily Forum March 10, 1976
Mill Creek on Wikipedia

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Maryville’s Catholic Church is First St. Gregory’s in World

Posted on January 4, 2026 by roger

In 1961, Maryville’s two Catholic Churches, St. Patrick’s and St. Mary’s, merged into St. Gregory Barbarigo.  The merger was spurred by St. Patrick’s being physically condemned.  The new church was named for St. Gregory the bishop in the home diocese of Pope John XXIII.  At the time, it was reported as the first church in the world to be named for St. Gregory.

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History of St. Patricks Parish

Posted on January 4, 2026 by roger

History of St. Patrick’s Parish in Maryville

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History of St. Mary’s Parish

Posted on January 4, 2026 by roger

St. Mary’s Church is now St. Gregory Barbarigo

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F.W. Crow Photographer

Posted on January 3, 2026 by roger

F.W. Crow was took many iconic photographs of Maryville in the early 1900s.

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Mineral Springs Sanatorium – Burlington Jct. 1888-2000

Posted on January 3, 2026 by roger

This is a gallery of images for an article on Burlington Jct. Mineral Springs Sanatorium (1888-1920), while I work on the story.

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Profile Samuel Corken – Burlington Jct’s Most Colorful Character

Posted on January 3, 2026 by roger

Burlington Jct’s most colorful character was Samuel Corken, who operated a sanitarium 1888 and 1920 and marketed mineral water cures from water called “Nek-Roc” (Corken spelled backwards). Here’s a 1911 profile of his early days.

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Oil Wells at Burlington Jct.

Posted on January 3, 2026 by roger

In 904 and again in 1924, there was an oil boom in the Burlington Jct. Area. Both times proved to be busts, but they were exciting at the time.

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1st Deed in Nodaway County was to Cole Younger

Posted on January 3, 2026 by roger

On July 6-11, 1908, Cole Younger, a member of the James-Younger gang, hosted a carnival on the square around the Nodaway County Courthouse. During the visit, the outlaw revealed that his family was a party to the very first deed filed with the Nodaway County Recorder of Deeds on May 14, 1845.

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Railroad Maps

Posted on January 2, 2026 by roger

Nodaway County had four railroad lines at its peak. Three of the lines followed the three rivers in the county — 102 River (Burlington Railroad coming from south at St. Joseph and Savannah); Nodaway River (Burlington Railroad – coming from the main Kansas City-Burlington line at Amazonia up through Maitland and Burlington Jct); Platte River (Great Western & Chicago coming from St. Joseph/Savannah through Guilford, Ravenwood Parnell). The fourth railroad, Wabash, cuts diagonally northwest to southeast. It crosses the three other lines at Burlington Jct. (Nodaway Burlington), Maryville (which opted to keep the Wabash and 102 Burlington stations separate), and Conception Jct. with the Platte River Great Western. Below are map resources.

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