The Bookmobile in 1954 made many stops to keep children and adults supplied with books during the summer months.
A short introduction to Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Harry Blackstone, master magician, entertained guests at the Colonial Hotel while waiting for his car to be repaired. He and his wife had a minor car accident on their way to Texas. They were then on to Hollywood to make a movie.
The United Spanish War Veterans, Ozark Camp No. 9, urged all Spanish-American War Veterans to display the Stars and Stripes on Flag Day, 1908.
Newspaper articles give interesting background on the 1880 Federal Census; including the amount of pay enumerators received.
Hank Billings, author, and Betty Love, photographer, give a behind the scene glimpse of the Springfield Airport in 1961.
For many Americans, the 1950's were a golden age of driving. 
For African Americans, travel along Route 66 was a challenge that required them to pack their own provisions because they could not count on receiving goods or services, regardless of how much money they had.
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A short history of the Greene County Roller Mill that was later known as the Rothermel Brothers Milling Company.
What did it take to be a Kiltie? This short article covers some of the requirements sophomore girls needed to meet to become a member of the marching group in 1953.
The obituary of Fern Elaine Nance Shumate gives a history of a local journalist and author and a glimpse into her full life.
Lon Warford reflects on his forty-five year service with City Utilities, from 1908 to 1953. He gives an inside look at the care needed to maintain the old carbon arc street lights.
A Dade County deed filed forty-six years after the land was sold, was filed in the recorder's office in 1896. Bledsoe Holder had originally received the land for his military service in the War of 1812.
Austyn Olin ‘Aut’ Swenson, founder of the Swenson Thrillcade auto show, died in 1986. In his life he drove in auto shows, was an Air Force instructor, founded Austyn’s Greater Flying Circus and pioneered a 100 mile auto race in Florida in 1935.
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Special Papal permission was given to have mass at midnight on December 31 in 1899 and 1900, to celebrate the Holy Year decreed by the pontiff.
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