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 

Frank C. Wilcoxon returned from a meeting at Estes Park, Colorado. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

M.J. McAuliffe received a patent for an umbrella tent.

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Maj. Thomas Murphy was in Warren County after serving in the European Theater of operations. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Recommended plans for the proposed new building for the First Baptist Church were presented to the congregation. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Talulah Bankhead starred in “Die, Die My Darling” at the Joy Theater. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Airman George L. W. Culllen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Cullen of Port Gibson, completed the U.S. Air Force’s personnel specialist course for electronics engineers. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

D.Y. Singleton Sr. and Jim N. Brown Sr. died. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Kattrina V. Miller of Vicksburg completed the Student Leadership Institute on the campus of Mississippi Valley State University. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed an opinion supporting a criminal investigation of two Vicksburg Police Department officers accused of sexual misconduct with a minor. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

The American Queen Steamboat, which routinely docked in Vicksburg, celebrated 20 years on the Mississippi River.