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!
Tales of heroism chronicled for posterity
A drift of local lore recounts a Mrs. Harrison at 100 Coolbaugh St who guided people to lost items for a fee, and the tale of Enid watch found after checking excelsior packing. It covers the Judkins Johnson Hotel on Coolbaugh, the 1905 Montgomery County Chautauqua, and figures like Alfred Hebard and Samuel Merritt, with notes on the Kerrihard and Replogle companies shaping local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Coolbaugh St
Spencer
Ume
David Arty
Louise Artz
Hamilton
Excelsior
Artz
Enid
Judkins Bros. 14
Coolbaugh Street
Court House
Dudkins
PL Johnson
Johnson Hougs
Samuel Payne
Johnson
Iowa
Houghton Bank
Montgomery County
America
GS. Dick
Chautauqua Association
Wm. Murchie
William Jennings Bryan
Jan Addams
Edith Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Robert J. LaPollette
Wisconsin
Beardsley Theater
Woolworth
Alfred Hebard
Mulis
Montgomery
U.S
Paris
Stockholm
Sweden
Col
Hebard
Darwin R. Merritt
Maine
Havana
Academy of Annapolis
Shaw
Audubon
Marritt
Kerrihard Co
E. W. Kerrihard
Replogle Co
J.M. Replogle
Samuel M
David 4
Ami Jil
Renlogle