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Alexander Doniphan managed greatness despite life of personal tragedy
By Linda Emley I’ve written several stories about Alexander William Doniphan, but every time I turn a page of Ray County History, I find a new story that gives us…
When the chips were down, judge did the right thing
By Linda Emley After the Masonic story a few weeks ago, I’ve been looking for the answer to who was the mystery man on the hill, the one that Rev.…
In old Albany, strangers paid for slurring Confederate general
By Linda Emley In 1877, the Edward Brothers of Missouri printed an Illustrated Map of Ray County that listed the town of Albany, population 150. It was 1 mile north…
One thing leads to another, like the mystery man on the hill
By Linda Emley I was reading a 1917 Richmond Missourian newspaper on Saturday looking for an obituary. It’s impossible for me to read an old newspaper without skimming the other…
War of 1812 brought more to Ray County than National Anthem
By Linda Emley O say can you see by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through…
When FDR passed through, Ray Countians flocked to listen
By Linda Emley My Grandmother Schooler saw President Coolidge when he came to Kansas City and dedicated the Liberty Memorial in 1921. My parents saw Gerald Ford at Monticello on…
The doctors Cook devoted themselves to Ray County’s health
By Linda Emley Found this in the Richmond Missourian, Feb. 19, 1910: “Dr. Cook Interviewed. Dr. T. B. Cook, Ray County’s popular Representative in the Legislature, was in town yesterday…
Physicians have been part of Ray County since the beginning
By Linda Emley We recently moved the “Doctor’s Room” to a new location at the Ray County Museum. During this process I realized that I don’t know much about the…
On Iwo Jima, two flags and more than one what-would-have-beens
By Linda Emley Joe Rosenthal’s picture of the flag raising at Iwo Jima won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for photography. It’s the only photo to win the same year it…
Two Iwo Jima flag-raisings: one for real, another for show
By Linda Emley Many of us grew up watching John Wayne movies and loved all 250 of them. One of my favorite “Duke” movies has a Ray County connection. His…
