Vandalia Area Historical Society

09/16/2025

09/16/2025

PRAIRIE DAYS 2025
Friday Sept. 26
to
Saturday Sept. 27

09/16/2025

Here are your personal escorts to PRAIRIE DAYS!

09/08/2025

2025 PRAIRIE DAYS INFO

04/06/2025

Do you have what we are looking for? The Vandalia Area Historical Society is looking for pictures of the Vandalia swimming pools, both old and new. We are also looking for pictures of the old Vandalia Drive-in. If you have any of these photos, could you please text a copy of them to Vicky Wright at 573-721-8074.

04/06/2025

Volunteers organizing unbound Vandalia Leaders in the old Leader office.

03/28/2025

Public school in Vandalia, Missouri ca. 1907.
Vandalia is a city in northeastern Audrain and extending into southeastern Ralls Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Vandalia was laid off by Aaron McPike and Judge Harmen Caldwell in 1870 and platted in 1871. The city was named after Vandalia, Illinois.[8] Aaron McPike transferred the lumber used to build the first homes from Louisiana, Missouri.---This was copied from Missouri Nostalgia, a private Facebook group.

03/27/2025

I wanted to share this. Leon is certainly a part of Vandalia history. Who worked for MFA with Leon?

02/24/2025

I didn't know this. A resource for your genealogy research.

Stuck in a rut researching your family history? Let us help! The Archives handles thousands of research requests every year. Just send an e-mail to archives@sos.mo.gov to get started. (Photo from MS482 Missouri Photograph Collection)

01/27/2025

This is unreal. Take a look at the Robo Scan. This will increase what is digitized at the State Archives. (The Missouri State Archives is located in Jefferson City.)