Contents of the time capsule

• Scroll with names of dignitaries and Boone County residents.

• Copy of the Columbia Missourian.

• Copy of the Columbia Tribune.

• Assortment of coins.

• Map and aerial photograph of Columbia.

• Microfilmed essays by school children on what they think life will be like in April 2019.

• Four $100 certificate, payable to the UMC Curators, Stephens College, Christian College (now Columbia College) and the city of Columbia (with 5 percent interest compounded quarterly for 50 years).