1719 N. Missouri Ave.
Moudy’s “Big M” Drive-In was located at 1719 N. Missouri Ave. (where Preferred Bank is now.)
… > More >Moudy’s “Big M” Drive-In was located at 1719 N. Missouri Ave. (where Preferred Bank is now.)
… > More >The Chief Theatre opened on August 12, 1936 at 217 N. Main Street USA (then called Kansas Avenue.)
“Welcome!
We greet you, our patrons with a hearty welcome and eager hopes that this evening will be one of the happiest you have ever known and from the bottom of … > More >
From an obscure beginning in a one-room Marceline office in 1937, the Walsworth firm has enjoyed phenomenal growth during each of the years it has been in business and today is recognized as one of the leading publishers of quality yearbooks in the United States.
Walsworth Brothers, a partnership of Don, Bill, and Ed Walsworth, … > More >
The first telephone exchange in Marceline was built about 1896. Four years after it went into operation, it was purchased by the Western Telephone Company of Princeton, Missouri. Ira B. Hyde and his sons, Arthur and Ben, owned a substantial part of the Western Telephone Company and were actively engaged in managing the company.… > More >
Charles Kienast, who was our local cigar manufacturer, was a native of Illinois, having first seen the light in La Salle county, that state, October 25, 1862. In 1869 his parents removed to Marshall County, Kansas, and he grew up on the farm to the age of seventeen, doing the usual work of … > More >
The Myers Clothing Company which was established in 1896 came into being through the business insight and integrity of Sam Myers. He came to Marceline from his native France and in 1906 was joined by his brother Carl and family from Alsace Lorraine and the firm of Myers Brothers, was established.
Upon the death … > More >
FIFTH PAPER OF CITY ONCE SERVED BY 4 WEEKLIES, ONE DAILY
During the lawless days of 1888, Marceline had three newspapers. There was The Marceline Mirror, The Marceline New Deal, and The Marceline Journal.
The Journal is believed to have been the first paper, started early in 1888 by the efforts of … > More >