Old Post Files is a regular feature within the pages of The Vicksburg Post’s print edition and digital e-edition. This feature looks back at some of the happenings from the pages of The Vicksburg Post over the past 100 years. Enjoy.

100 YEARS AGO: 1924

Elizabeth Wilson of Memphis was in Vicksburg visiting Irene Jones. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

Mrs. D.E. Cunningham was named Worthy Matron of Acacia Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Mrs. Bessie Cockrell was ill at Mercy Hospital. • Capt. Sam Melsheimer, who had been serving Burma with the U.S. Army, returned to the United States.

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Services were held for Port Gibson resident Mrs. Annie Delaughter.

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Debra Leigh Williams died. • William H. Brook passed away. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

The Vicksburg mayor and aldermen rejected bids on the cleanup of the Sprague. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

Walter and Jean Hylander, owners of Rosswood at Lorman, were in the Christmas tree-selling business. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

James Andre Hendricks was convicted of manslaughter. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

Claude V. Cooper recalled his memories of Pearl Harbor and World War II for The Vicksburg Post.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

The Christmas Parade of Lights drew more than 1,000 spectators to downtown Vicksburg, city officials announced.