Family and local history for Skidmore and northwest Missouri.
The Skidmore Lecture Course brought many different speakers and acts to town over the years. If you were in Skidmore, Missouri on February 4, 1913, you would have had the opportunity to experience “one of the greatest magicians of the… Read moreThe Morphets Entertain Skidmore, 1913
If you were in Skidmore, Missouri on this date in 1906, you’d be in for a treat. From the December 20, 1906 edition of the Skidmore New Era, page 1: A Good Entertainment. The Madrigal Lady Entertainers gave the second… Read moreMadrigal Ladies in Skidmore
If this were 1900, we’d be in line at Cook’s Drug Store to secure the best seats for the Skidmore Lecture Course. Earlier in 1900, we would have heard Spillman Riggs, and, of course, we’d still remember the Skidmore Lecture Course,… Read moreSecure a Good Seat
The lecture circuit took Mr. Sweeney to Skidmore, Missouri in 1899 as part of the town’s Lecture Course.
The Skidmore, Missouri 1900 Lecture Course featured Spillman Riggs, “humorist lecturer, whistler and musical impersonator,” at Cook’s Opera House.
The Skidmore (Missouri) Lecture Course gets off to a promising start in 1899.