Editor’s Note: In honor of Valentine’s Day, we are sharing this love story, told by the late Max Oyler to Rick Neff in 2019. The Oylers, long-time Trenton residents, were married 61 years before Mrs. Oyler passed away in 2010 at the age of 87. Mr. Oyler passed away in...
The late Tom Brown always suspected that the house he used as an office on West Fourth Terrace was hiding a log cabin underneath it’s “modern” interior and that’s exactly what crews found when they began deconstructing the house on Tuesday. While the house had been...
The public had a chance to voice concerns about the establishment of an historic preservation district in Trenton during a hearing held Monday evening at city hall. Diane Lowrey, who was at the meeting representing the Historic Preservation Committee, reminded those...
By Mary Holt I grew up in a wonderful family. There were six kids with 13 years between the oldest and the youngest. We had wonderful great hardworking parents. Dad farmed for others for a few years, did some other jobs and then became a railroader, of course for the...
Connie Sue Gumm, 53, passed away on Friday Nov. 20, 2020 at her home in Gladstone, surrounded by family members. She passed away from a courageous battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on...
By Rex Burress Not only have many grand old houses succumbed to the ravages of time, but half a hundred years ago Trenton still had a grand depot and cabooses trailed along on the end of a train. Trenton still has a remnant of a depot, but nothing like the spacious,...
