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

Mayor J.J. Hayes learned the government fleet and the U.S. engineer office would remain in Vicksburg. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

N.C. Williams of Lake Providence was named director of the New Orleans Federal Land Bank. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Mrs. Preston Herring left for a visit to Trenton, Missouri. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Mrs. E.R. Jenkins was recovering from an illness at her home.

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander announced the birth of a son, Anthony Wayne. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Rice spent the holidays in San Angelo, Texas. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

The Warren County Sunday School Institute held its quarterly review at Oakland M.B. Church.

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

The Warren Central Lady Vikes and the Vikings each advanced to the third round of the Jackson Public Schools Pepsi Holiday Tournament. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

A keel-laying ceremony for another exploratory oil rig at LeTourneau meant welders would be needed for at least two years. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

Dykes Furniture closed its doors on Washington Street.