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. Louis L. Herman entertained in honor of MRs. Bert Stein of New York.

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

Marine Corps First Lt. Robert Hogaboom was promoted to the rank of captain. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Lt. Billy Craddock was killed in action in the Philippines. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Kitty Crockett was selected Miss Rainbow of 1955. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Former Warren County resident Mrs. Bessie White died in Bremerton, Washington. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

1. Gilmore Martin was honored by the Vicksburg Jaycees as Outstanding Young Man. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Area teachers threatened to strike if a pay hike was not substantial enough. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Greg Bingham and his son Matthew participated in the open house at the Vicksburg Warren Humane Society’s new facility. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Two barges sank after striking the U.S. 80 bridge over the Mississippi River between Vicksburg and Louisiana. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

Merit Health system was officially formed by River Region Medical Center, five other hospitals and 36 affiliated clinics in Mississippi and northeast Louisiana.