Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Feb. 9, 1924 Between 150 and 200 men and a few women, members of the Chamber of Commerce, last night paid honor to past presidents and old-timers of the Chamber in a meeting that marked the 38th anniversary of the organization. R. E. Carlton, the only surviving member of the original organization – the Board of Trade – spoke of the “yesterdays" of the first commercial club in Pittsburg in 1882. Another fare-box belonging to the Joplin & Pittsburg Railway Co. slipped off into the darkness last week while the trolley of a Frontenac car was being changed at the Teachers’ College station.