Remembering the First Self Binder in Pella and Early Life
The memoir recalls a Pella family on a 40 acre farm near town from 1875 onward, detailing rough chores, a move to an 89 acre farm, a log cabin with bed bugs, and a heavy McCormick mower. It notes the 1883 self binder arrival, local schools, churches, businesses, and eventual moves to Nebraska Oklahoma and Lynden Washington before settling in Ottawa Kansas. The writer reflects on Central college and Old Central, lists friends and neighbors, and dedicates greetings to Pella friends while noting family members' education and careers and current life in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Mr. van Peursem
Father
D. le Coca
George Kimmell
Kate Keables
de Bie Brothers
H. Neuenesch
Vander Meer
Mr. le Cocq
Vandermeulen
Brinkhoff and Vander Ven
Kruidener Bros
Slob’s
Bousquet’s
A. and
Kommer van Stigt
H. van Maren
G. Thomassen and
G. Tysseling
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Luctor
Kan
Lynden
Wash
Former Pella Doctor Joined Town With Wheat Wagon Tale
In a reminiscence sent for a Pella Chronicle special edition, Dr. William F. Crew recalls arriving near Pella as a boy in Marion County Iowa during the 1870s. He describes Red Rock area memories, Tysseling brothers, and a growing Pella town with tight lots and early storefronts.
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Pella
Pelia
Tysseling
Pells
Bee Hive Maker in 1865 Reflects Family Life and Faith
The reminiscence recalls 1865 when T. W. Lindsley made and sold Langstrath beehives while his children helped with painting. It notes schooling under Holland rule, Central college grammar classes, a Methodist church upbringing with the Pearl Seekers, and early married life beginning in 1873 in Burlington with Gottlieb Kurtz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Lindsley
Fannie
Mother
Dwese
Rads
Penn
Etta Shaw
Des Moines
Bell Timbrell
Jefferson
W. S. Lindsley
Oskaloosa
Methodist Church
J. 0. Kimble
Scholte
Kimble
Maggie McDonald
Pearl Kennedy
M. E
Churces
Gottlieb Kurtz
Burlington
Davenport years and travels mention Mr Kurtz death
The message notes time spent in Davenport over the years, mentions that Mr Kurtz died a year ago, and recalls visits to Pella Des Moines and later locations. It reflects a sequence of places and a recent death in a personal timeline.
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Davenport
Memories of Pella by C M Moore
Elma Washington poet recalls childhood days in Pella as wooden shoes and Holland roots fade. He honors old friends, notes changing times, and hopes to meet them again in joyful realms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Skin-tight Jeans Fans Recall West Pella Days in Oakland Letter
A Roosevelt Hotel Oakland reader recalls boyhood in West Pella Iowa. He mentions a one room schoolhouse Miss Anna Maase shops H DeBocy Stegeman Le Cocq cigar factory Granger store and Van Rootsellaar shoe repair. He fondly recalls skating on a mill pond and wearing skin-tight jean pants while praising Dutch community memories and hoping to return to Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Pella
West Pella
Anna Maase
H. DeBocy
Stegeman
John le Cocq
Garden Square
Granger
van Rootsellaar
Sybenga
Nick Gesaman
John de Boost
Harry de Booy
F. C. Garlick
G. H. Wormhoudt
Pella
Des Moines
Kansas City
San Francisco
Oakland
Cal
California
Skunk
Pella Native Recalls Family Roots and Travel
In a reminiscence, I. Anna Welch recounts birth in Pella Iowa on January 12 1866 and family ties to Mason Harding of Knoxville. She details marriages at Knoxville and Danville along with moves to Oskaloosa Portland and beyond, noting connections to journalism and the Civil War era photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Anna
Porter C.welch
Pella
Iown
Mason Harding
Knoxville
Iowa
Western Hotel
P.M. Frush
John Welch
Johnnie” Welch
Marion County
Central University
Oskaloosa
Democratic Conservator
Reform Leader
Peter Davenport
Professor Cory
Herman Rietveld
Nettie Buerkens
Ida Ross
Anne van Maren
Inez Bowen
Union House
G. D. Henderson
Ilinois
Danville II
Danville
Ill
Portland
Ore
John D. Welch
Oliver Typewriter Co
D. W. Pricha
le Gin
Rene Saec
Betty Curtis
Mr. Curtis
The
Daily
Pella connections and travel memories span Kansas to Oregon
Mary Van Dyke recalls a three year trip by auto visiting Kansas Missouri and Owa then Knoxville Eddyville and Pella. She praises Pellas cleanliness and hospitality notes wooden shoes price years ago and revisits M E church Miss Hattie Stal lard and various Pella relatives. She promotes an On To Oregon drive inviting Pella folks to Northwest travels and ends with Confucius and inspirational quotes.
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Prichard
Auto East
Kansas
Missouri
Owa
Belle
Quince Conner
Knoxville
Ollie
David Cowden
Eddyville
Iowa
Pella
Pell
M. E. Church
Hattie Stallard
Portland
van Zantes
Versteegs
Flora Hobson-Brouse
Eva Welch Adams
Queen
John de Cook
Murray Cox
Oregon
Northwest
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J. H. Rutgers Lynden
Central College
Central
John Stuart
W. W. Cook
H. O. Douglas
Luella McCully
Martha Firth
Old Central
Nollens
Keables
Scholtes
Bousquets
Stubenrauchs
Coxes
Gaass
Chicago
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Mary
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
D.C. Shultice
Robert
Pennsylvania University
Martha
Charlotte Vander Ploeg
Joe Cochrane
Joseph H. Cochrane
Wm. F. Crew
M. D
Lucy J. Kurtz
Iowa St
Davenport, Iowa
C. M. Moore
Elma, Washington
Holland
Heck Lankelma Roosevelt
Oakland, Cal
Wonderful Northwest
D. W. Prichard
E. 50Th
Portland, Ore
Confucius
Mary van Dyke
van den Berg Electric Co
Everything Electrical
Woodrow
Jeegee
Areiee
I King
Y Washing Machine Co
IOW
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