Family and local history for Skidmore and northwest Missouri.
“When Skidmore undertakes to do a thing, there is no half-way business about it.” Skidmore Standard, October 13, 1899, page 5. In honor of the 2021 Skidmore, Missouri Punkin Show, here are a few notes about the very first Punkin… Read morePunkin Shows Past
We’re wishing our friends from Skidmore and the surrounding area the very best for the 2021 Skidmore Punkin Show. Here’s an ode to Punkin Shows past from the September 19, 1907 Skidmore New Era, page 1: Punkin Show Days.Punkin Show… Read morePunkin Show Days
From the Skidmore Standard (Skidmore, Missouri), September 30, 1902, p. 1: Punkin Show Ends in PiesMaryville Papers Comment Nicely On Show and Skidmore People.There where the punkins grow,‘Neath the Skidmore skies,The punkin men have had their show —The punkins now… Read morePunkin Show Ends in Pies, 1902
It takes a village to put on a Punkin Show. We remember the hardworking Skidmore citizens who made the 1902 Punkin Show happen, particularly in the “tent putting up and taking down” and “fancy work” categories. From the August 8,… Read morePunkin Show Committees, 1902
W. J. Skidmore, the editor of the Skidmore Standard, generally kept his political and other opinions out of the paper. There were a few exceptions: the availability of parking downtown (in the form of hitchracks), the condition of sidewalks in… Read morePunkin Show Plans, 1902
It takes a village to put on a Punkin Show. According to the June 26, 1903 Skidmore New Era (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1, here were the sponsors lined up to help. A calculator we checked showed that $10 in 1903… Read morePunkin Show Sponsors, 1903
If we had a time machine, we could compete for some excellent prizes at the 1910 Skidmore Punkin Show. From the Skidmore New Era (Skidmore, Missouri), page 5: Special Premium List for the 12th Annual Skidmore Punkin Show. Frank Manchester… Read more1910 Punkin Show Premiums
Civic pride and pumpkins were on the line at the Second Annual Skidmore Punkin Show in 1900. From the report in the October 5, 1900 edition of the Skidmore Standard, it sounds like the town had plenty of both. Immense… Read moreImmense was the Punkin Show, 1900
From the October 13, 1899 Skidmore Standard report of the first annual Skidmore Punkin Show: PUNKIN SHOW. Wednesday a Big Day in Skidmore. A Fine Display From the Best of Missouri’s Farm Products. Fine Weather and a Big Crowd. Now… Read moreTales from the First Punkin Show
Let’s look in on the Punkin Show as it appeared in the September 19, 1902 Skidmore Standard: The Punkin Show in Full Blast. Skidmore is clothed in gala attire just now and the whole town is turned over to the… Read morePunkin Show in Full Blast, 1902