Women Teachers Shaped Rolfe and DMT Community
A columnist credits women who moved to Rolfe and nearby DMT as single teachers who married locals, started families, and influenced culture and organizations. The piece lists many names, notes shifts to more married and male teachers, and cites mobility and farm labor changes as reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Charlie Webb
Nellie Brinkman
Leonard Kennedy
John Brinkman
Oo. B. Fuller, Jr
Earl Ives
Guy Smith
Genevieve Brinkman
Harris Thomas
Helen Tiedeman McDonald
John Damborg
Mildred Ives
Pearl Bielefeldt
Dorothy Brinkman
Esther Wilson
Virgil Ricklefs
James Shelgren
Bill Spencer
Darrel
Ole) Wood
DMT
Melvin Thorson
William Fisher
Jake Rutgers
Leonard Smith
Tony Nielsen
Lee Carlton
Clyde Charlton
Faith Chapman Christensen
Frances Donica Ives
Opal Bagstad Smith
Dale Rickard
C.o. Wilson
Maxine Mann Smith
Gail Ives
Gene Ferden
Robert Schott
Iowa Case Sets Free a Slave in Early Territorial Court
In 1839 Iowa Territory's Supreme Court ruled Ralph, a slave held in Missouri, must be freed after a bold kidnapping and courtroom challenge. Chief Justice Mason and associates Wilson and Williams held that residency in a free territory ended ownership rights, a stance popular in Iowa and sympathetic to abolitionist sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Missouri
van Buren
Territorial Supreme Court
Mason
Supreme Court
Ralph
Congress
Mississippi
Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
Dubuque
Bellevue
Alexander Butterworth
Thomas S. Wilson
Wilson
Supreme Court of
Territory
Charles Mason
Joseph Williams
Federal Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Local families share holiday visits and gatherings
Sunday and midweek social rounds include Zelma Peterson and Wiley Murray Jr visiting in Sioux City while the Cunninghams care for their newborn Jay. Numerous dinners and caroling events involve Freemans, Nielsens, Kaisers, Ferden, Peters ons and other area residents across West Bend, Dumont, Pocahontas, Laurens, Fairmont, and Des Moines with a focus on family, travel, and holiday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelma Peterson
Wiley Murray, Jr
Havelock
Sioux City
Andy Murray
C. W. Bielefeldt
Arvada
Colo
Joe Cunningham
Janna
Cunningham
Jay
Vic Ryen
Tim
Les Allen
Warren Freeman
Joel Freeman
Jim
Jeff
John
Grundy Center
Jerry Freeman
Deb
Jane
Mark
Lulu White
Chris Pedersen
Jeff Spencer
Rose Sheehy
Omaha
Anna McIntire
Russell Winkleblack
Kansas City
McLaughlin Company
Milton Munson
Ray Isacson
August Nielsen
West Bend
Nielsens
Guy Poppingo
Joan
Janice
Carol Lenz
Dan Allen
Poppingo
Allen
Verdie Nelson
Jim Nelson
Gene
Brian
Ankeny
Jerry Green
Cedar Falls
J. E. Lee
Dumont
Harris Hughes
Clear Lake
Jack
Darrell Herschel
Rodman
H. A. Kaiser
Glenn
Dows
Kaiser
Martin
Willard Peterson
Laura Neas
Des Moines
St. Margaret's Catholic Church
Sunset Hill Manor
Dorothy Schott
Msgr
Reising
Anna Banscher
Mamie Caryl
Louie Schonberger
Sam Nicosons
R. G. Ceras
Also Mentioned on This Page
Awe Worsswind
Cal Town
Gloria
Graceana
Colorado
Rafe Steefeofeak
Dennis Thoms
Mike Hood
Jerry Berger
Gilmore City
Bob Fisher
Richard
Ronald
Tommy
State Center
Ruth Allbee
Mildred Fisher
Rolfe Town Council & Employees
Patt Woods
Jerry Hughes
Kenny Bennett
John Shimon
John Young
Duff Peterson
lClerk
Evelyn Leadley
Janice Young
Amy Turley
Marshall
Harold Peterson
Larry Nelson
Glede’ Baker
Randy Thoren
Dr. D .We Duitscher
Mrs
Don Spencer
Rickard
Agers
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