Ripley Square has been the heart of Marceline since 1898. Over a hundred years ago, Ripley Square was described as one of the most beautiful miniature parks on the Santa Fe Railroad system. The City of Marceline and volunteers take great pride in its maintenance, and residents and visitors alike …
The Marceline Santa Fe rail yards were arranged with purpose. On the west side was the “westbound” track for trains that were not stopping at Marceline, and on the east side an “eastbound” track for trains to Chicago, which did not stop here. This practice remains today on the BNSF. …
Reve’ Mendenhall was born in 1929. Her parents were Ray and Marjorie (Cunningham) Mendenhall. They were originally from Bucklin and moved to Marceline in either late 1930’s or early 1940’s. In Marceline, they first lived on Walker Street and moved to a home on the corner of Hwy. 5 and …
The Chief Theatre opened on August 12, 1936 at 217 N. Main Street USA (then called Kansas Avenue.) “Welcome!We greet you, our patrons with a hearty welcome and eager hopes that this evening will be one of the happiest you have ever known and from the bottom of our hearts …
The “Marceline, Missouri – Past and Present Progress and Prosperity – Souvenir book” that was reprinted in 1975, contains this article about the new Lunch Room next to the Santa Fe Depot in Marceline, MO: Mrs. Mary Doyle’s Lunch Room – With a patronage coming from all classes of people …
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The Santa Fe Depot was dedicated on April 10, 1913, and is located at 120 E. Santa Fe Ave., Marceline, MO 64658. In 2001, the Walt Disney Hometown Museum opened in the Santa Fe Depot to showcase the history of Walt Disney’s life and times in his boyhood hometown of …
