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: 1925

Noted criminal attorney Clarence Darrow accepted an invitation to visit Warren County. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

W.L. Mattingly formally announced his candidacy for supervisor in the second district.  

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Capt. Florian Yoste arrived in New York after overseas service. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Capt. Edward Kember arrived in Warren County from Korea. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Mr. and Mrs. Landy Teller were home from Ole Miss. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

First Sgt. Ulysses H. Pollard graduated from the Army’s Sergeants Major Academy. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

The city and county governing boards adopted a resolution calling for the total consolidation of the two governments. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

An extended facility for the Vicksburg Warren Humane Society was set up to open on U.S. 61 South. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Several county roads were blocked as the Mississippi River reached flood stage.

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

Historian Terry Winschel published “Images of America: Vicksburg National Military Park,” a new book documenting the area’s history.