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• Dairy Queen  ... The Chaffee Dairy Queen in 1955 (Woodrow & Katy Proctor Photo)

• Frisco "Sunnyland" -  ...Remembering The "Sunnyland" from 1965.

• 1928 Frisco Magazine  ... Take a look at the Frisco employee's magazine

• Bits & Pieces  ... Just some odds & ends of our history

• St. Ambrose Fire of 1942  ... View some photos of the 1942 Fire

• Fire Destroys General Baptist Church -  ... Church completely destroyed

• The Year 1916 -  ...Signal Editor gives us a Time-Capsule look at 1916

• History of Union Park Cemetery -  ...Established in 1915

• History of Lake Tywappity -  ...From the beginning in 1955

• Hotel Byrd Rebuild after 1957 Torado  ...But the Name of Hotel was changed

• Ku Klux Klan Rally in Chaffee -  ...KKK Conclave in Chaffee in 1931

• Editor of Chaffee Signal Dies -  ...C.E. Mattocks - Newspaper Editor dies in 1924.

• Witt Transaction of 1905 -  ...John Witt Sells Land to Chaffee Real Estate Co.

• FIRE - 1925 -  ...Worst Fire in Chaffee's history - engulfs downtown area

• Cornerstone Treasure 1905 -  ...Old Bank Demolition reveals old artifacts

• Chaffee Historical Society -  ...Early Research Project ...

• Chaffee Thrift Shop  ...History of ...

• Maxine's Drive-In  ...History of ...

• Chaffee Historical Society - Newsletters   .....Did you miss an issue

• Chaffee High School Pennant from 1930's ....Originally Displayed in Study Hall

• Harmon Field - History of.............A very entertaining study

• Frisco General Office Building is Demolished ....1978

• Donating a Historic Item to the Museum ....Would you like to donate ?

• Short History - Chaffee Public Schools ....Article from 1955 Newspaper

• HANGING in Chaffee History   ....Yes, and we have photo

• Horstman Theater   ....Our research begins on the Horstman Theater

• 1905 Photo of Frisco General Office Building   ....Railroad Photo

• TIMELINE of Chaffee History   ...Tool to help you navigate our site

• Dinner Bell Cafe   ...Great Photo with Postcard

• Water Tank Photo   .....Great Photo

• Frisco Purchases Chaffee   ...Read this 1905 document

• History of Chaffee...article by Patsy Finley Porter

• Yoakum Street ....Who was Benjamin Franklin Yoakum

• Frisco Railroad 1905 - 1913...Speech by Frisco's M.M. Pomphrey

• History of Amick-Burnett

• Tornado of 1940

• Tornado of 1957

• The Blizzard of 79

• Harry Truman visits Chaffee.......Did a President of the United States visit Chaffee

The links below are temporarily unavailable while website is under repair, and many photos are also unavailable during this repair.

• Little River Drainage District  ... Their History Begins in 1907