This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Vandalia Timeline Highlights Key Employers and Growth
Vandalia features major industries including Harbison-Walker a large refractories firm and Elzea Egg Co with automated processing. The city also hosts Agri-business balance, C. E. Refractories, and a growing Bobbie Brooks garment plant employing around 400. Infrastructure includes its own electric water and sewer systems, a dialing telephone company, and a 1970s upgrade plan with a $200000 project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Garment Manufacturing Co
Midwest
Elzea Egg Co
Harbison-Walker
Dresser Industries
C.E. Refractories
Vandali
Farber
Walsh Refractories
Agri-business
Pete Steiner
Steiner
Blue Ribbon Weekly
Pete
Bill Hungate
Central Electric Cooperative
Pike County
Ray Callanan
Board of Public Works
Wayne Scott
Vandalia Telephone Co
Allied Telephone Co
Little Rock
Ark
Tommy Blevin
The
Telephone Company
Blevin
Floyd Chinn
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Kansas City
St. Louis
New York
Bolivia
Merle Carlson
Robbie Brooks
Carlson
Bobbie Brooks Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Bobbie Brooks
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Arkansas
Missouri
L. and R. Garment Manufacturing Co
Lewie E
Rosa Adams
Bil Calicott
Mary Andrews