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

Mrs. Allen Beall returned from Helena, Arkansas.  

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

News was received of the death of J.P. March, former manager of the telephone company in Vicksburg.

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Mr. A.C. Sanders of Maude, Mississippi was in Warren County visiting relatives. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Hiram Day died. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Cooper announced the birth of a daughter, Melissa Anne. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Attorney R.E. “Gene” Parker was the guest speaker at the dinner meeting of the National Secretaries Association, Vicksburg Chapter. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Abraham Jr. announced the birth of a son, Christopher George, on Jan. 22.

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

An early morning fire seriously damaged Flowers by Ed, a shop located at 1805 Clay St.

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Swirling waters flung a river barge into the Old Mississippi River Bridge.

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

The American Red Cross was training a new group of volunteers in Warren County.