Livestock and Stagecoach Era Pella Reflections
In a Tulip Time edition memory piece D Rhynsburger recalls Pella in 1876 and earlier, quainter streets with livestock, kerosene and oil lamps, and the shift from horse drawn wagons to later electric power. He notes local industries including Pella Manufacturing Co, canneries, creamery, mills, and rail connections shaping town life and trade. He also mentions Sunday quiet, wheelbarrow deliveries, and Pella as a regional fruit market before WWII.
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Central Market Place
Central Park
Pella Manufacturing Co
Buwalda Bros
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Pella
Franklin Street
Des Moines
Howell
Rise of the Pella Egg Trade and Local Heritage
A century of egg business in Pella unfolds from 1858 arrivals and Civil War era beginnings to the 1880s growth. The narrator recalls early labor, trading eggs for groceries, and the formation of the first wholesale egg market west of the river. By 1881 a central creamery plant marks a peak before modernization in 1936.
Family business dissolves after decades of growth and expansion
The firm, built by Scherm erhorn Bousquet Rhynsburger and partners, operated branches in Knoxville Des Moines Prairie City Grinnell and kept headquarters at Pella. Dissolutions followed with owners taking over Des Moines Grinnell Pella Prairie City Knoxville creamery and egg poultry operations. Members and heirs shifted to W W Elzen Inc New York and cooperative creameries roles. H S Rhynsburger later managed egg and poultry buyers in Ottumwa before death.
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Pella
Old Central College
Des Moines
Keokuk
Otof
Jumwa
Schermerhorn
Bousquest & Rhynsburger
Knoxville
Prairie City
Mr. Rhynsburger
C. P. Dykstra
B. Kuyk
H. Rhynsberger
W. W. Elzen Inc
New York City
Wern
D. R. Rhynsburger
Sully
W. W. Elzen Company
Iowa
Middle West
H. S. Rhynsburger
Oskaloosa
Co-operative Egg and Poultry Buyers Association
Ottumwa
Towa
Rhynsburger Family History Note From Des Moines
A note dated February 25 1938 records D R Rhynsburger as the surviving member of his family staying with his daughter in Des Moines while still claiming Pella as his home. It notes Mrs D R Rhynsburger died January 9 1937 and is presented by neighbor D R Rhynsbure er with Townsman provenance.
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D. R. Rhynsburger
Des Moines
Pella
D. R. Rhynsbureer
Pigs Walked 25 Miles to the Market in 1838
In the Centennial issue Mrs. Ezra Wittmer recalls pigs making a long 25 mile trek to market in pioneer Iowa days, recounting rural life and the challenges of early farming communities.
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Ezra Wittmer
Market Hog Drives and Horse Thief Pursuits in 1836 Washington County
The Washington Evening Journal notes that in 1836 hogs headed to Burlington were driven by ten to 26 men. A team traveled back home, with overnight stops at farm homes where wives baked biscuits for the crew. Horse thieves faced tough time as a posse trailed 60 miles, recovered the horses, and a $100 reward issued.
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Washington Evening Journal
Burlington
Washington County
University of Iowa to host fine arts festival in July
Mrs Wittmer previews a varied program for the University of Iowa fine arts festival July 16 to 23 featuring a large pageant with diverse groups, a Lawrence Tikcett recital, instrumental concerts, and appearances by Paul Green and Donald Mattison. A Des Moines couple reports a daughter born with twelve grandparents.
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University of Iowa
Lawrence Tikcett
Paul Green
Pf Right
Donald Mattison
Paul Carroll, Jr
Des Moines, In
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Pella, Iowa
J. B. Sexton
Fisk Brothers
Pella Mfg. Co
South
England
Russia
New York
Wabash
Rock Island
America
D. Rhynsburger
D. R Rhynsburger
Uncle Sam
Goddess of Liberty
Holland
Thomas W. Cox
U. S
Tommy
Murray
Post
Nine Mile House
Oskaloosa Road
Otley
Eddyville
R. P. Brown
Mr. Brown
E. van Houten
South Pella
Mr. van Houten
B. S. Schermerhorn
B.S. Schermerhorn & Co
Schermerhorn, Bousquet & Rhynsburger
J. J.’ Bousquet
Ames
Dick Rhynsburger
H. C. Wormhoudt
H. P. van Gorp
George F. Sadler
J. B. van Hemert
Vernon Bobbitt
Joe Shultz
Pelle
Pella Produce Co
Tulips and
Pella Bologna
SSO Ra Bio Aue. Y
Klyn & de Winter
Highway 163
Square Pella
Poblas Fabia
John W. Vander Linden
Ervice’ Diamond Station
John
Vander Linden
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