Editing Maryville, Missouri (section)

=== Herbert Hoover connections ===
In 1928 there was speculation that Maryville would become the "Western White House" for [[Herbert Hoover]] when it was discovered that he owned a farm 15 miles south of town.  The farm was actually only 80 acres and he had acquired it after holding the mortgage for his [[Stanford University]] Class of 1895 roommate Samuel Wilson Collins.  It was Iowa-native Hoover's only farm and Hoover visited it in 1933 after leaving office.  He was accompanied by his former Secretary of Agriculture [[Arthur M. Hyde]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5119215/shamokin_newsdispatch/|title=Clipping from Shamokin News-Dispatch on Newspapers.com|newspaper=Shamokin News-Dispatch|date=August 11, 1928|page=8|access-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref> Hoover's vice president [[Charles Curtis]] visited Maryville on October 4, 1932 where spoke at the Administration Building after being rained out of a planned appearance at the Courthouse.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5547651/vp_charles_curtis_speaks_in_maryville/|title=VP Charles Curtis Speaks in Maryville October 4, 1932 - on Newspapers.com|newspaper=The Maryville Daily Forum|date=October 4, 1932|page=1|access-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>