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 >
W. A. Campbell, one of the original settlers of Marceline, came here when the town was started in 1888.
He moved his family, wife and one son, from Green City to Marceline to make his home. Later three more children were born, two girls and a boy.
Of the four children only one W. … > More >
Mary (Harris) Campbell Turner died in Vancouver, WA, Thursday, June 25, 2015.
Mary was warm and giving, funny and kind. She was loved by everyone who knew her. Her family will always be grateful for her life. They will gather in Brookfield in October to celebrate and remember her. The family hopes that many who … > More >
Lydia Belle (Bloss) Moore, age 78, of Brookfield, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. A funeral service will be Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield with Pastor Bill Montgomery officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield. Visitation will begin Friday … > More >
W. F. Kucharo and Floyd Newman to Contribute the Necessary Materials and Labor For the Project
After about fifteen years of patiently waiting in the basement, the old Central school bell is to be brought to light and given an honorable discharge. The bell lost its job, through no fault of its own, when it … > More >
The old Central School bell is silent but not forgotten. It has been about fifteen years since the bell has reminded loitering children they must hurry or they would have to “stay in” for being tardy.
Perhaps some of these very kiddies, now grown up, who sometimes failed to heed its warning are the ones … > More >
Reve’ Mendenhall was born in 1929. Her parents were Ray and Marjorie (Cunningham) Mendenhall. They were originally from Bucklin and moved to Marceline in either late 1930’s or early 1940’s. In Marceline, they first lived on Walker Street and moved to a home on the corner of Hwy. 5 and Hayden Street in the early … > More >
HISTORY OF MARCELINE, METROPOLIS OF LINN COUNTY.
The decade from 1880 to 1890 will go down in history as the greatest ten years of railroad construction on the American continent. Jt was during this period of unparalleled industrial progress that the … > More >
