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

The concrete river landing work in Warren County was completed. • Services were held for Mrs. Lula Coats. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

Jodie Hullum died. • Jesse Smith, who was ill at home, was reported to be improving.

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Henry Frohm was a patient at Mercy Hospital. • Alline Smith was visiting relatives in La Mesa, California. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Services were held for John Lyles. • Edward Meredith accepted a position in Mobile, Alabama.

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Mrs. Vivian Reed was elected president of the Vicksburg Art Association. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Charles H. Smith Sr. died. • The City Minister’s Union held a meeting.

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Mrs. Annie Stewart Bloomer Cook died in a house fire.

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Work began to restore the historic Pemberton Headquarters building. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

The Mississippi Department of Transportation project offices moved into Ceres Research and Industrial Interplex in Flowers. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

Despite heavy rain across the area, Vicksburg and Warren County escaped major flooding.