Vandalia Area Historical Society

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.)

01/26/2025

A little Missouri history for you.

01/25/2025

...and the card party winners were:
(left to right) Mike Ray, Susan Callahan, Norman Heim, Melissa Hager

01/25/2025

Great fun was had by all at the 2025 Soup and Card Party!

01/19/2025

We will have FOOTBALL STREAMING during the card party!🏈🏈🏈

Get ready for a fun day at Vandalia Area Historical Society.
Choice of Chicken salad on croissant or ham and cheese sandwich, served with your choice of chili, chicken noodle soup or broccoli cheddar soup.
Lunch will be catered by Marlene Fischer and desserts all prepared by Vicki Wright. Guaranteed you can't beat the great taste of the food that will available.
You are welcome to eat-in or carry-out.
Card party will be 10 point pitch. You are not required to play to enjoy lunch.
Let me know if you would like to purchase tickets.

01/18/2025

For the history buffs, this is live in Columbia or will be streamed on Facebook.

Join us for the first of our Thursday Evening Speaker Series for 2025! Next Thursday, January 23rd William Ambrose and Chris Dunn will present “Rediscovering the Trail of Tears in Missouri”. This event will be held in person in Jefferson City, and streamed on Facebook Live. Ambrose and Dunn will discuss how modern research has changed what we know and understand about the Cherokee removal from 1838-1839.

More information here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1GGx5tEVNb/

Shown here is Trail of Tears State Park in Jackson, MO, from our Division of Tourism photograph collection.