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Male Cheerleaders at Northwest Missouri in 1935

In 1935 Northwest’s Cheerleaders were all men (Louis Groh, Virgil Yates, Verne Campbell). From Northwest Tower.

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1941 College Leap Year Celebration

Note for 1980: will Nodaway County boys attending the Maryville Teachers College ever be the same after the strenuous event of Leap Week, which climaxed Friday night with a dance where styles were reversed? The figure on the left isn’t … Continue reading

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Lovers Lane, Maryville

From about 1900 to 1945, the section of what today is South Walnut between Lincoln and South Street was known as Lover’s Lane.  There were poems about the Lane, a stories about being one of the “beauty spots of Maryville…with … Continue reading

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Great Jesse James Bank Scare of 1881

In 1881 (or possibly 1882), Maryville had a scare that outlaw Jesse James was staying at Dr. David Mulholland’s home, next door to First National Bank President Joseph Jackson’s landmark mansion at Lincoln and Walnut.  Bankers were reported to have … Continue reading

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1965 Boys State Maryville Participants Flew to Event in 7 Private Planes

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

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. … Continue reading

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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

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. … Continue reading

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Burlington’s Doodlebug

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 … Continue reading

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Maryville Rollerdrome

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, … 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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