Ruppelt Family Arrives in Steamboat Rock in 1880s
The Ruppelt brothers from Emden Germany settled in Steamboat Rock late in the 1880s and established tinning and meat businesses across generations. Phillip arrived in 1886, followed by Herman in 1889, with the family’s trade expanding to shops, a meat market, and later a market in the American Legion building after a 1926 fire. descendants remain in local commerce.
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Steamboat Rock
Ruppelt
Hardin County
Phillip Ruppelt
Emden
Germany
Reinbeck
Steamboat
Herman
John
Henry Cramer
Gustave H
Herman) Ruppelt
Tom
Fern
Dena
Edith
Phillip
Atlantic
Dresden
Baltimore
Eiler
Market Street
Steamboat Rock Cheese Co
Verman Ruppelt
Hhis
Surls
Henry Lesh
van Kempen
Edward
Ernest
Richard
Carl Ruppelt
Thomas Ruppelt
Charles E. Starr
American Legions
Ruppelt's Market
Linn Ruby 88 Feats and Ring Fame in Iowa Town
Linn Ruby 88, a Steamboat Rock fixture, recalled in a Don Moines Tribune piece as a former wrestler and cattleman with a storied boxing and mixed wrestling career. The article recounts bouts with Frank Gotch and Farmer Burns, travels to England and New Orleans, and notes his enduring strength, family, and extensive business ventures.
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Eiler
Linn Ruby
Steamboat Rock
Atilt
Hart Owens
Don Moines Tribune
Mr. Ruby
Steamboat
Bob Fitzsimmons
Frank Gotch
Farmer Burns
Bill Muldoon
Elmer Linn Ruby
Catléman
Ruby
E. L. Ruby Jr
Jme
Eldora
Towa
New Orleans
Baltimore
Chicago
New Zealand
Australia
England
Gotch
Perry
William Smittle
Smittle
Dayton
Rube Wadell
Pennsylvania
London Fest
Bert Scheller
Young Sandaw
Oscar Olson
Minneapolis
Dwight Colby
Manson City
Nic Stitz
John Lamon
Lehigh
Richards
Freund
Morrison
Wie
Fitzsimmons
Muldoon
Liv
Charles
James
Dean
Gene
Howard Richardson
Brooklyn
Exchange Centennial Buttons Visit at Donald Policy Home
A social page notes multiple visitors and gatherings in Iowa Falls and nearby towns. Families from Steamboat Rock, Alden, Jows, Leighton, and others shared picnics, dinners, and weekend stays at various homes. Kathleen Baker attended Camp Inspiration in Iowa Falls from June 7 to 12.
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Town Falls
Steamboat Rock
Iowa City
Leo Knight
Iowa Falls
Ross Ellison
Fanl Hodgson
Carl Luiken
Pete Luiken
Steamboat Rock Centennial Committee
Mayor Knight
Eat Fliz
Berlin Ladies Aid Meeting at Church Parlors
Berlin Ladies Aid will meet at the church parlors Thursday after noon June 23 with Mrs. Wilce Ward as hostess. Several families visited hosts or guests in local homes last Sunday and midweek, including the Juhl, Polley, Ward, Winters, Jaquis, and Ramey households with relatives and friends noted.
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Wilce Ward
Axtell John
Elwood Filtz
Genie
Art Juhl
Claudia
Connie
Theodore Wheat
Melbourne
Donald Polley
Nell Williams
Albert Hazelwood
Floyd Sinning
Cleves
Les Barth
Sheryl
Eldora
Art Juhi
R. C. Winters
Union
Lewis Jaquis
Marlene
Jim Lee
Harold Ramey
Rolling Prairie's Legacy Shapes Steamboat Rock History
The rolling prairie west of Steamboat Rock fostered community and agriculture, creating a landscape of swells and sloughs shaped by the last ice sheet. The Altamount moraine passed nearby, influencing local development. today few residents remain aware of those origins.
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Steamboat Rock
Altamount
Local social visits and church events noted in Town Falls records
Dora visits Ralph Bright home Thursday afternoon. Earnest Frisbie attends John Kline funeral at Christian Church in Town Falls. Luella Terveer Clarence visit Wilee Ward home Sunday eve. Rita Nitz of Palatine visiting Ralph Bright aunt. Walter Eller and Koya visit Ralph Bright Saturday evening. 90th anniversary of Christian Church in Town Falls observed Sunday. Ralph Bright Karen and Lonnie visit Paul Himmel home near Hubbard Wednesday. Paul Carr family supper guests in Arthur Terry home in Des Moines. Jimmie Rankin visits Alfred Axly near Cottage Tuesday eve. Dallas Jackson and Chas with house guests visit Mrs Jimmie Rankin Monday afternoon. Simmie Rankin visits Lloyd Steelman home Sunday evening.
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Earnest Frisble
Mackenzie
Frisble
Wilford Hertkopp
Rex Heard
Grundy County Hospital
Heard
Marion Hayden
Fort Dodge
Lee Sanders
Iowa Falls
Kenneth Frisbie
Charlene and
Morris
Qwasa
Earnest Frisbie
A. B. Nelson
San Berando
Calif
Olive Bird
Ackley
Glen A. Dadisman
Daughter
Manly
Ralph Bright
Paul Cross
Karen
Bob Fuller
Joan Ward
Town City
Willmar
Minn
Dora
John Kline
Christian Church
Town
Falla
Luella Terveer
Clarence
Wilee Ward
Rita Nitz
Palatine 1
Walter Eller
Koya
Town Falls
Lonnie
Paul Himmel
Hubbard
Paul Carr
Arthur Terry
Des Moines
Jimmie Rankin
Alfred Axly
Cottage
Dallas Jackson
Chas
Simmie Rankin
Lloyd Steelman
Prairie heritage fades as Steamboat Rock remembers its sod
In a centennial reminiscence at Steamboat Rock, residents recall the prairie poets of grasses and blooms, the long sod ribbon sustaining early farming, and how modern groves and roads have replaced the native landscape while still shaping national sustenance and local pride.
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Steamboat Rock
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Breamboat Rock
Harry Pixter
Dick Harberts
Orville Asher
James Haris
Ed Frertchs
al Bell
Martin Kruse
Ed Stull
Harry Williams
Hollis Havens
Ray Allison
Walter Meffelmeier
Kenneth Kramer
Back Row
Lloyd Mahn
George Potgeter
Marie Eilers
Jurn
Frerichs
Harry Folkerts
Harry Luiken
George Werkman
Bob Ruppelt
Mason City
Robert
Richard Okken
FORD
Ford Rotunda
Auto Industry
Dearborn, Mich
Ring
Donald Policy
Joyce
Albert Al_bers
Kay
Joey
Otto Filbrandt
Douglas
Alden
Fred Ward
Jerry
Jows
Falls
Logston Park
Kathleen Baker
Camp Inspiration
Baptist Assembly Grounds
Bruce Baker
Leighton
Glen Baker
Joyce Ward
Nancy Lettow
Hampshire
Herb Lettow
Buckeye
Charlene Frisbie
Beverly Grantow
Neil Williams
Jim Altmann
Anton Lambertson
Althea
Butch
Dows
Gladys Mackenzie
Seatle, Wash
Berlin
Mrs, Wilde Ward
William Leverton
Stern
Davy Crockett
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