Randolph County was part of Howard County during the territorial days between 1860 and 1820. After Chariton County was created in 1820, Randolph County became a part of Chariton County until 1829. Randolph County was carved from its neighbor to the west, Chariton County, in 1829. Eight years later, a chunk of northern Randolph County helped create Macon County. In over 150 years, Randolph County as it now exists, has bid farewell to the native Fox and Sac Indians, endured war among families and neighbors, given birth to a magic city and watched industries come and go. Sometimes known as Little Dixie, the area was settled by… Read the rest

The Randolph County Historical Society joined many groups and organizations in the area in a salute to our military veterans in November with special displays in the museum at 223 N. Clark Street. This special month-long display highlighted uniforms, caps, pictures and interpretation of events surrounding WW II.

The permanent display of items related to the military and favorite son, Five Star General, Omar Bradley may be seen on regular opening days of the museum: Saturday, 9-Noon, Monday, 10-Noon and Thursday 1-3 p.m.  Group visits to the museum may be scheduled at other times by appointment.

Other displays at the History Museum include a small railroad display… Read the rest

News from the History Center and Museum  -  3Nov, 2009

Research

They’re starting to bring in their used Christmas decorations for the Annual Used Christmas Decoration Sale at the History Center. Do you have some that has just been lying around waiting to get pitched? You can bring it to good use by bringing it by and letting us sell it in our sale. The sale is one of the three fund-raisers that the Historical Society has each year. The Decoration Sale, the White Elephant Sale, and the Ice Cream Social help pay our largest expenses at the Center – gas and electricity. Anyway, the sale will be Saturday morning, November 7… Read the rest

BRICK FACTORY

Do you have a picture of the brick factory that we could copy? Every so often we find a curious void in our collection at the History Center. This week it is the lack of any good picture of the Moberly Paving Brick Company that was located on South Williams just south of the Sterling Price Apartments. More dwellings are going to be built at the site, so the ground there is being cleared of trees that have grown up in the past 50 years.

We have two old pictures from an old 1909 Chamber of Commerce booklet that are very dark and show very little detail. Jimmy was the one that… Read the rest

Well, it’s not really Bloody Bill, but one of his latest biographers, Tom Goodrich, will be speaking about him at our annual dinner meeting at Heartland in Moberly. We expect this to be one our most enlightening programs in several years. Hope we see you there. The dinner starts at 6 PM on Sunday, September 18. The dinner is open to everyone and the cost is $10.00.

William ‘Bill’ Anderson grew up in the Huntsville community from his birth in 1840 until he was 14. The family moved to Lyon County, Kansas in 1854. His exploits as a Confederate guerilla during the war between the United States and the Confederate States, won him the title… Read the rest

‘Mother Hen’ Juanita Vanskike brought 10 of her ‘Mischievous Chicks’ to the Historical Center and Museum at 223 N Clark in Moberly. They had a guided tour of the old Sycamore bordello. Following the tour they viewed items in the museum.

RALPH GERHARD MICROFILM RESEARCH CENTER

The collection of microfilm at the research center continues to grow thanks to Chris Parrish, who met such an untimely, early death from cancer. Chris was a long time member of the Randolph County Historical Society and traveled from St. Louis to attend the annual meeting of the Society for many years. He was a devoted family history researcher and he had amassed a huge collection of… Read the rest

RALPH GERHARD MICROFILM RESEARCH CENTER

The collection of microfilm at the research center continues to grow. Chris Parrish, who met such an untimely, early death from cancer, was a long time member of the Randolph County Historical Society. He was a devoted family history researcher and amassed a huge collection of research materials. He had asked his wife Marge to donate his microfilm collection to the Society at his death. We now have the microfilm. In his personal research library were 87 microfilm rolls of birth, marriage, census, and other records from Randolph county and 8 other counties in the surrounding area.

They are a wonderful addition to the Research Center.

SPORTS NEWS

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HISTORY QUERY

This is from Sue Snider concerning Malinda Paris Jones. “Am looking for more info on this lady and family. She was born in 1826 in Randolf Co., Missouri and died 1915 in Nebraska. Married to a John White in 1845. Thanks, Sue” Let us know if you can help.