US Army, 1945-1946
My dad, Warren Haley, son of Earl and Jessie Riley Haley, was born August 13, 1925 in rural Marceline. He was in the 11th Army Air Force, Cargo Resupply Unit, serving as crew chief of supply drops.
His unit was in the South Pacific, island hopping through New Guinea, the Philippines and … > More >
00:00:00 Dave Tavres
OK so November 22nd, 2022 at 2:00pm in the Downtown Marceline Foundation offices. Jack White, I’m Dave Tavres.
How old are you now?
Uh, 87.
And how long have you been in Marceline?
Since 1939.
And what … > More >
Mr. Vogt came to Marceline with the Santa Fe building the telegraph line in 1887 until he was made line repairer at Streator, Illinois and then he transferred back to Marceline September 3, 1888 as line repairer.
Miss Louisa Cooper came to Marceline in the spring of 1888 to live with her sister Mrs. Jenett … > More >
Note: The following article containing a history of the first 50 years of Marceline was reproduced from the 1938 Golden Jubilee edition of the Marceline News. Floyd C. Shoemaker, secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri, has written the following interesting and complete history of Marceline. Mr. Shoemaker is a Linn County product, having … > More >
