Golf at Maryville Methodist Seminary

Posted on January 12, 2026 by roger

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

Posted on January 10, 2026 by roger

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

Posted on January 9, 2026 by roger

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 an arson fire and was condemned by the Maryville City Council and was torn down.  History at theclio.

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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. Others are, left, Don Townsend, Coralee McClurg, Kirby Hatcher and Gary Sparks.  He is on the Nodaway Stair of Stars

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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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David A. Easterla Room at Prestigious Morrill Hall at the University of Nebraska has 2,600 ice age bones found on river bottoms from northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa

Posted on January 8, 2026 by roger

In 2021, Northwest Missouri professor David Easterla donated 2,600 ice age bones from river bottoms in northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa, including bones of dire wolves and mastodons, to the prestigious University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall.  They are displayed in the David A. Easterla Room at the Hall.

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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.  The Victorian house is 125+ years old, and the house and most of the outbuildings are still in use on the road.  Here are posts folks made about their recent cattle-herding experiences.

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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 the United States  

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Northwest Missouri Administation Building Fire of 1979

Posted on January 7, 2026 by roger
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