COMING SOON!
Marceline History - Through The Eyes of a Newspaper Journalist
Chronicles of Marceline, Missouri
COMING SOON!
This chronicle of Marceline, Missouri dates back to 1887, and includes old and new photographs of the town. The articles in this book start before Marceline even got its name. Read what a newspaper journalist had to say in 1897 after he went on a tour of one of the mines in Marceline. Discover what it was like when the first and last depots in the town were built and how the fire department got its start. Also, read up on the many businesses that called this town home, including the infamous “Hole-in-the-Wall” restaurant. Look over the newspaper articles and maps to learn about the many locations of this historical restaurant.
Take a step back in time, and enjoy reminiscing and learning more about Marceline's rich history.
Marceline History Highlights
- 1887 - The Santa Fe Railroad surveyed, plotted, and layed
out the town of Marceline
- 1888 - The first wooden depot in Marcline was completed.
- 1888 - W. A. Cannon established the first lumber yard in the city.
- 1888 - The Railroad Hotel was built.
- 1888 - The first newspaper of Marceline was printed by the Marceline Journal.
- 1888 - Marceline's first opera house was built on Santa Fe Avenue.
- 1889 - Kansas & Texas Coal Company opened their mine in Marceline.
- 1894 - The first classes attended the Central Grade School.
- 1900 - Marceline got its first fire engine.
- 1902 - Block 157 was converted to Ripley Park.
- 1902 - Opera house was moved to southwest corner of Kansas and Howell Avenues
- 1905 - Prairie Oil and Gas built in Marceline.
- 1905 - The construction of the Allen Buiding began.
- 1906 - The railroad constructed the Santa Fe Reading Room.
- 1908 - Park school opened for the fall school year.
- 1911 - Brick paving for Main Street began.
- 1912 - Santa Fe Country Club was built.
- 1913 - The brick depot was opened with a large celebration.
- 1913 - Santa Fe Lunch Room building was built.
- 1914 - The Marceline Sanitarium opened and changed merged into Mercy Hospital in 1915.
- 1915 - A high school building was built next to the Central School.
- 1915 - Marceline's Odd Fellow Lodge was built
- 1915 - Plans were approved for the concrete and steel viaduct over the Santa Fe tracks on Gracia Street.
- 1920 - Marceline Carnegie Library opened as a result of the Andrew Carnegie
Foundation building grant.
- 1922 - B. B. Putman Memorial Hospital was built.
- 1923 - Masonic Lodge building was completed.
- 1929 - The Central Grade School was torn down.
- 1929 - Construction of the current Marceline High School was started.
- 1929 - Uptown Theatre building was built.
- 1932 - Lincoln School building on Wells Street was erected by Floyd Newman.
- 1936 - The current post office was built.
- 1956 - Walt Disney was in Marceline for the dedication of the swimming pool, in the Walt Disney Municipal Park.
- 1956 - Walt and Roy Disney held the Midwest premier of the feature film, "The Great Locomotive Chase".
- 1957 - Cater Opera House was completely gutted by fire.
- 1960 - Walt Disney Elementary School opened.
- 1960 - Park School was torn down.
- 1963 - St. Francis Hospital was built north of town.
- 1968 - Country Club burned to the ground.
- 1998 - The world premiere of "The Spirit of Mickey" was held in the theatre.
