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Carrie Nation’s Plans for the Parnell Picnic 1907

Carrie Nation, the temperance crusader famous for her hatchet, only had one scheduled visit to Nodaway County — to attend the Parnell Picnic on September 27, 1907.  She was supposed to meet Homer Cook, president of the Maryville Normal School … Continue reading

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Nodaway County’s Lafayette High School

In August 1921, Nodaway County had a Lafayette High School near Guilford.  It was billed as the only rural school district in Missouri to do this without state (most one-room schools sent their students to towns for high school).  The … Continue reading

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Maryville Baseball Comets Beat Battery C During 200 Mile March from Fort Leavenworth to Des Moines

On July 26, 1907, members of Battery C, Fifth Field Artillery marched into Maryville late at night as part of a 200+ mile march from Fort Leavenworth to Des Moines after overnights that included Lake Contrary in St. Joseph and … Continue reading

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The Pickering Cottonwood Direction Tree

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 … Continue reading

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20 Japanese and 2 Americans from Camp Clarinda Injured at End of World War II at Clearmont

On September 5, 1945 — three days after the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri — 20 Japanese soldiers and 2 American guards were injured on US 71 by Clearmont when a POW transport truck from the Camp Clarinda POW … Continue reading

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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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