Celebrating 175 Years: The Beginnings of Miss Yorktown

The year of 1962 found Mueller constructing a new Rodeo Arena on his ranch at the small community on Highway 240, known as Little St. Louis. With this, the Chamber of Commerce decided to hold a pageant of young ladies who would vie to be named Queen Kroy I (York backward). Fifty-two ladies participated on January 27, 1962, and represented 52 businesses in Yorktown. They were asked a variety of…