People of Mountain View Missouri

Mountain View, Missouri

Mountain View Mo.

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Arthur's Locker Plant March 1958 (Courtesy Eve Taylor)
Remember getting a candy bar before or after school.

Crazy Cabins ( Courtesy Eve Taylor) Nov. 1957
Gene Lebaron delivering milk to the Crazy Cabins Cafe.

Pop Emebry (Courtesy Eve Taylor) December 1956
Pop was the owner of the Crazy Cabins Cafe.

Mabel's Cafe (Courtesy Eve Taylor) March 1958
Wayne Wade chowing down.

Bandstand (Courtesy Eve Taylor) 1948-50?
Yours truly and sister Nancy setting on the steps of the old city bandstand.

Officer Anderson MHPD 1957 (Courtesy Eve Taylor)
Entering the Crazy Cabins Cafe

Cyprets Chevrolet Dealership 1969 (Courtesy Eve Taylor)
Check out the big turkey

Granny Turner
(Courtesy Judy Kenaga)

Everyone remembers Granny Turner.

To enlarge click on small photo

Nappy Franks Wagons (Courtesy Judy Kenaga)
This is Rick Simpson with Nappy's wagon Jan 1963

Mabel Culpper's Cafe !957-58 (Courtesy Eve Taylor)
L to R Eve (Antrim)Taylor, Mabel Culpepper, Mrs. Havins, Nancy Conner, Phylis Thomas, Tom Antrim

Buck Nelson (Courtesy Clyde Antrim)
During the 50's
Remember Buck Nelson? Put us on the map. The text is unreadable but I put on a website for you folks that
want more. T he man who went to mars

Nappy Frank in 1st World War Uniform

I believe this is Shorty Castle. It is at a house across from the present city hall.

Courtesy Larry (Butch) Rikard
Infront 1953 of Rikard's Cafe & Service
Station on Hwy 60 (now Old Hwy 60 or
East 5th St.)

Courtesy Larry (Butch) Rikard
From left to right are Clyde Elam, William C. ( Bill)
Rikard, William E. ( Pop) Rikard

Courtesy Larry (Butch) RikardThe picture with
two men standing at gas pump at Rikard's
Service Station (approximate year 1950-1951 )
are from left to right are William C. ( Bill)
Rikard, William E. ( Pop) Rikard

Courtesy Larry (Butch) Rikard
The picture with Repair Garage, Backhoe, Old
Sale Barn in back ground. The repair garage
burned down 1960. Sitting on tractor is William
C. ( Bill) Rikard and sitting at backhoe controls
is William L. ( Butch ) Rikard. The picture was
taken March 1958.

Courtesy Larry (Butch) Rikard The picture taken of the interior of
Rikard's Cafe in March 1947 when our family moved to Mtn. View.
Standing behind the counter from left to right are
Cordie Rikard, Geneva Rikard.

Courtesy Larry (Butch) Rikard
Cordie Rikard in a store downtown (could be Richard
Brothers Store?) was taken during Centennial Year 1961

Courtesy Larry (Butch) Rikard
The picture with three ladies from left to right are ( Dorothy Rikard Tomevi of Peoria,
Illinois, Cordie Rikard Geneva Rikard Wills. Taken in Park Street Market, owner Hershel
& Geneva Wills ( The old Fred Kelly Grocery Store ) on 5th St. were taken during
Centennial Year 1961.

Pop Rikard about 1953 with old highway
department bldg. across the street from the old
station, to the right you can see the concrete
ramps to the old lube rack.

Carrie Rikard in front yard with
Rikards Station, New Highway
Department Bldg., Drive Inn Theater
Screen in back ground.

1954 Looking East from in front of cafe is Carrie
Rikard, Dorothy Tomevi Rikard, Cordie Rikard. In the
back ground showing the Old Gormely Tavern and
the small houses along hwy60. I think the Williams
family lived in one of the houses at one time.

1958 Bill Rikard Backhoe Machine
ready to leave for Fort Leonard
Wood Army Base in front of Rikards
Station.

Bill Rikard cleaning windshield old station.

1961 Bill Rikard gasing up 1955
Chevy old station with Kenny Carr's
Semi in back ground.

Pop Rikard standing in front of
the large rose bush that grew
to the top of thecafe(HWY60)
in 1952.

Posing in front of old station Clyde
Elam,?,Bill Rikard, Pop Rikard.

Clyde Elam with Pop Rikard standing infront of old
station.

Rikard Service Center, East 5th St., opened June 1965. These pictures were taken in 1967-1968.

Pictures of 1960 centennial below courtesy of Dale Humphrey

Courtesy: Dale Humphrey

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Blue Springs on Jacks Fork 1996
(Courtesy Angela Voyles)

This was my Grandma Marie sister Nina (Ford)
Bradley, her kids, Carol & Donald, along with my
mom Diana Hansford (Courtesy Angela Voyles)

This my mom Diana along with her cousin
Faith (Ford) Collins at Pilgram Rest
Church 1973 (Courtesy Angela Voyles)

My Grandpa bought mom a brand new red car.
That year she was the only one at Liberty with a
brand new car on the parking lot. This is her & her
cousins Carol & Donald (Courtesy Angela Voyles)

Behind Miller photography. My grandparents rented a house in
town while they built one on the farm. Marie, Susan
Ledgerwood & Diana (Courtesy Angela Voyles)

Not sure where this is but Great Grandma Jessie
(Conley) Ford & Abbey family are in photo Pal &
Ida Abbey, girls Betty & Nancy & grandson.
(Courtesy Angela Voyles)

This is my mom, downtown MV 1957 Diana Lee
Hansford Pruitt Bradley (Courtesy Angela Voyles)

My favorite aunt Nina Sue
(Ford) Bradley & Diana
(Courtesy Angela Voyles)

Downtown MV 1956(Courtesy Angela Voyles)

My Grandma's brother & sister Richard
Lee Ford (Tinyman) Nina Sue (Ford)
Bradley (Cazylady) around 1940. Uncle
Richard has his eye put out at a very
young age but he has done anything else
has done or better! (Courtesy Angela
Voyles)

Richard Ford Garage, this garage was at his home at the end of Delp on
dirt road. I'm sure anyone who knew himcan remember how well of a
machanic he was! (Courtesy Angela Voyles)

This photo was taken at Varneys, not sure who the man is
but girl is Nina Ford. (Courtesy Angela Voyles)

This is either Terry or Jerry Orchard along
with my Grandma Marie Hansford. She use to
babysit them. She worked at Louselle's
laundry. She washed & ironed clothes all day
for people.(Courtesy Angela Voyles)