Historical Museum Ties to Early Marlon County Pioneers
The account recalls Marie H Middleton and descendants tracing Mar lon County history. It notes Jella Pelmulder as an early settler who joined a wagon journey to Orange City and served eighteen years as clerk of courts, with maternal line mentioning Thomassen and early milliners in Pella.
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Marlon County
Jella Pelmulder
Orange City
Thomassen
Pella
Cate
Santa Claus
the Chronicle
Chronicle
W. W. Cook
Dutch Wedding in Artesia Celebrates Long Holland Tradition
A Dutch wedding in Artesia featured both the Holland language ceremony by the bridegroom’s father and an English ceremony that followed. About 300 guests attended a reception in Artesia city hall with the feast and program running from 7:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. It highlighted enduring Dutch customs and a lively, communal celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesia Churel
Artesia
Holland
Indians in the Des Moines River Bottom
Art Hackert recalls life south of Pella with Holland roots and river floods shaping farming, Indian camps on the river island, and family homes. He recounts a 19th century incident with boys visiting Indians, a rifle sale offer, and the area’s high water history. The narrative also covers historic floods, rail depot damage, and midwestern preparation for 1939 travel to the California World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Hackert
Pella
Des Moines
Holland
L. J. Monster
Mr. Hackert
Hackert
Mr. Hackett
John Vander Wal
Woodrow Co
Oskaloosa
John
Vander Wal
Hackett
Bluff
Bluffs
TWA
Two Floods in Marion County Recalled in Historic Notes
The article recalls two great floods in Marion county, the first in 1851 and the second in 1903. Capt. Barker of Harvey is one of the few who remembers 1851, when all streams overflowed their banks and water affected every form of life.
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Marion County
Des Moines
Swan
Harvey
Lake
Rock Island
Barker
Singing School Picnic and Long Beach Memories
Mrs. Marie Hoeven Middleton recalls a singing school picnic at the river in the Gay Nineties and travels from Pella to Orange City by covered wagon. She describes early Pella life, Long Beach’s Dutch community, vast dairy farms, many churches, and the 1940s earthquake recovery, noting Iowa roots and California settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singing
Sioux County
Long Beach
California
Pella By-The-Sea
Pella
Des Moines
Hynes
Bolifiower
Artesia
Townsend
Marie Hoeven Middleton
Chronicle
Longeach
H. Verley
Young
Harry
Viersen
John E
Corneliat
Marie Thomassen
Fay Lankelma
Minnie Thomassen
Bessie Vander Meulen
Maude Vander Meulen
Julia Bousquet
Ivery Store
Jennie Vander Linden
Minnie Doedyns
Mrs. Baron
Lena Braam
Luella Fis
Roads Then and Now Reflect Harsh Travel Conditions
A reminiscence notes that roads in earlier days were narrow and rough, a long cry from modern ideal conditions, highlighting the harsh travel reality faced by people of that era.
Careful First Aid After a Motor Accident
An Iowa State Medical Society guidance stresses careful first aid for auto crash victims. Do not move the injured person hastily especially with suspected compound fractures or severe soft tissue damage to avoid further injury before professional care.
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Iowa State Medical Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marie H. Middleton
Cribes
Old Park School
Story Historical Museum
Ma- Bi ‘Hoeven Middleton
Old
Thomassen Home
Marie Middleton
Des Moines River
Red Rock
Iowa
Ford
C. B. and Q
de Voes-Edmund
Missouri
Merry Milkmaids
America
D. den Adel
Pellas Tulip Sime
Pella Creamery
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!