Nevada, MO history
NEVADA, MISSOURI
We're happy to offer three items from Nevada, Missouri. Previously they
were included on a CD-ROM, but with the modern internet it made sense to
discontinue the CD-ROM and offer the three items it contained at a substantial
savings to you.
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Nevada, Missouri Directory for 1905
Nevada, Missouri, located in
Vernon County, on the Kansas border, between Joplin and Kansas City, was
the subject of a city directory in 1905.
The historical volume, of around 180 pages, presents a picture of a rather cosmopolitan
community on what just a few years earlier had been the frontier.
Today, it is an important source document for any historian of the
frontier, for local historians interested in western Missouri, and particularly for family historians
and genealogists.
At the time this directory was
published, Nevada, MO was the location of Cottey College, a
college and conservatory for young women, and also of one of Missouri's
largest insane
asylums (as well as two private sanitaria). The community was
also served by two railroads,
at a time in history where rail service was vital to the health of a
community.
Nevada, in 1905, was clearly an up-and-coming community.
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Here are two sample pages from the Directory
(click on any of the thumbnails for a full-sized image):
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From the listing of residents |
From the RFD directory |
The directory, all
180+ pages, in PDF format, is now available for download for $4.50
Nevada, MO High School yearbook "Comet" for 1928
For a yearbook this old, the Comet is a remarkable one.
It's long for the time -- 137 pages -- and the photography is
startlingly good for a yearbook of that era. In a few
cases, the photos seem nearly to pop off the page!
Pictured are all those you would expect to find, including
faculty staff, individual seniors, and class photos for each
section of each class from grade 7 through 11. Sports and
other extracurriculars also are included -- and photographed.
There are also several pages of ads that provide a still
different look at Nevada, MO "back then."
We offer it as a download in PDF format for $4.00
Photos of old Nevada, Missouri
Finally,
we accumulated some old postcards of Nevada, Missouri and surrounding
Vernon County in the course of
this project. They include the Army camp, Cottey College, and
several downtown buildings. Together, they provide a view of an
attractive, bustling community circa 1900 -- give or take a few years.
The collection is 18 pages long, in PDF format, with two or three images per page.
We'll warn you that the postcards were originally created with a stippled finish
that didn't scan well, so the resulting photos are not all that we would
like to have to offer. However, in case you want to make sure your Nevada,
MO collection is complete, we offer them as a "dollar download" -- just
$1.00.
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