1923 Auld Lang Syne yearbook published by the Senior class of Salisbury High School. We have a few of these available for a donation.

Orphan train boys found homes in Chariton County Chariton Courier Thursday, June 30 1887

A few items from the Pleyer School south of Bynumville have found a new home in our schoolroom. The door handles on a board that shows the wooden dowels to…

Cowboy laundry is open for business – get his trail clothes washed and hung to dry, soak in a tub, then cross the road for a shave and haircut! The…

We now have the final years of the Salisbury Press Spectator, The Brunswicker, and the Chariton County Journal bound and on the shelves in the genealogy library!

Ever heard of the Doodle Bug? It was the name of the infamous, red, yellow and black, always late, self-contained engine, passenger car and mail car of the Santa Fe…

Pleyer school photos from early August. Not sure how the tables and benches were used – by students? Likely they were used for the pot luck suppers.

Pleyer school – What stories can you share about Pleyer school? Did your parents/grandparents talk about the ‘good ole’ school days? Pot luck suppers held there in the 1960s? Did…

A detective story from 1879 Chariton Courier Saturday March 8 1879

These pictures and news articles are from the Salisbury Business Women’s Scrapbook of the 1930s.