At its highest peak the mine employed over three hundred miners and was run by a man known as Bill Taylor. The mine itself was of abnormal size and can still be clearly seen when entering Marceline from the north. Then more proud days for Marceline began as the new No. I can still remember the many people from far and near who had come to the dedication. In a meeting the people decided that the town should have a school, and such a school it was! Bright because it was new wood painted a gleaming white, and it looked like a mail package from St. There have been three constructions of the building, the first being in 1888, the second in November, 1911, and the third does not come to my memory.īy this time Marceline was climbing over that long hill toward the road to success and the town was thriving. Only a few steps down the street from the livery stable was the depot. He carried on a successful business for many years on almost the location of the present day Walsworth Building. Herbert brought the livery stable to Marceline. He set up shop on a lot located east of what is now the hospital, and at one time had such a thriving business that he had to employ five “smiths.” Not more than a year after Bill set up shop, a Mr. The time is 1889, and a man by the name of Bill Scandlin decided it was about time for the young town to have a blacksmith shop. By this time, the great “Iron Horse” had finally completed its long run through the northern part of Missouri. The two ran the store for many years, and I believe, they both passed away not too many years ago. The hardware store, which no decent town could be without in those days, was run by a partnership of Brown & Taylor. His hotel, which was also of wood frame construction, did good business, most of which came from train travelers. The first hotel was started by Bon Hottell, and constructed across from the railroad tracks where a small row of houses now stand. Hier’s grocery was built first of wood frame and then later of brick. Not long after old Fred came, the first Marceline grocery store was built by the father of the well-known townsman, Jim Hier. After he had established some business, he constructed a shack in which he sold his wares and lived part of the time. I attest the following to be as near to fact as’ my memory can serve me: The first building in Marceline was built by an old wares peddler named Fred Loeb in 1887 on what is now known as Kansas Avenue. My age now is 83 years, and I have lived in Linn and Chariton Counties all my life. I, Thomas Moss, was born in Chariton County, Missouri, June 8, 1880, the son of Leonard and Manda Moss on their farm near Mike.
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