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!
Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country
In a tour of local homes, Pete Groenendyk’s farm near Leighton showcases new chicken houses and improved livestock. Gerrit Hasselman recalls Dakota droughts and Russian thistles as he settles on a farm north of Kalona with his wife and two daughters, noting canning thistles and changes since moving from South Dakota.
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Pete Gro
Pete
Groenendyk
George Rozenboom
Wright
Holland
Mr. Wassink
Mich
Jennie Rozenbown
Pella
John Rozenboom
Oskalo
Tunis Fynhaart
Michigan
Jersey
Pete Groenendyk
Leighton
Galeshore
Gerrit Hasselman
Art DE Cook Cook
Liberty Street
Chronicle
de Cook
Herman Vander Streek
Cook
Netherlands
Stir
Keokuk
Blom
Veenschoten
den Adel
Hasselman
South Dakota
Valentine
Nebr
Towa
Dakotas
Mr. Hasselman
Adam Hasselman