This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local residents host guests and travel in Iowa and nearby states
Social notes list numerous visits and gatherings across Alta Washta Sioux Rapids and surrounding towns. Guests include Mr and Mrs Jack Coombs, Rev and Mrs Alvin Nelson, Lt Col and Mrs Wm Gaston, and families from Indianpolis Fredricksburg and Chicago. Several weddings picnics and trips to Denison Leach Lake and the Black Hills are noted with multiple kinship ties among the listed participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Coombs
Jeff
George Godwin
Alvin Nelson
Fredricksberg
Wayne Gaston
the Lakes
Douglas Ostlund
Garland Hickey
Vernon Jensen
Janet Roddan
Springfield
S. D
Minnie Rohde
Walter Meinking
Julia Meinking
Richards
Mr. Meinking
Life Insurance Lockin Insurance Agency
Wm. Gaston
Indianpolis
Ind
Denmark
Col. Gaston
Emil Rydstrom