Estherville Monument Dedication and City Festivities
Two great days in Estherville feature the old settlers meeting celebrated with speeches music parades and ball games. D A R members organized events including a baby and automobile parade with prizes and a fort defiance monument dedication by Miss Jennie Rhodes amid a large turnout and lively campfire speeches by local notables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Estherville
Okinanpadu
Old Settlers
Methodist Church
Dec Bixby
Lincoln
Nebraska
Emmet County
Bixby
Lincoln Township
Moores
Miss Lincoln
C. W. Crim
Whitfield
Christian Church
Migs Lincoln
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register and Leader
Ft. Defiance
Emmet
Ingham
Worthington
Charles Arthur
Lodge
Division 1
Estherville Military Band
Vandenburg Post
Patriarch Militant
Canton Emmet
McPherson
Mounted Knights of Pythian
Commercial Club
Fort Defiance
W. H. Ingham
Northern Border Brigade
Esther Ridley
Inkpadutah
Shadle Drug Co
Estherville State Bank
Iowa Savings Bank
Bank of Estherville
Yeager Music Co
Tracy Auto Co
P.O. I
Estherville Commercial College
Sconberg & Kilgore
A. D. Root
F. J. White
Bessie Zeeman
Peterson Brothers
Emmet House
M. J. Groves
Jennie Rhodes
Emmettsburg
Motherville
Lewis H. Smith
Algona
E. Ridley
Address of Welcome to Early Pioneers and Their Children
Address recounts the settlement of a fertile plains region by hardy pioneer families half a century ago. It describes hunter life, Indigenous conflicts, harsh climate, and the formation of a city of refuge under military protection, with later generations continuing the legacy and sharing stories of early struggles and joys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Glade
City Schools Open September Eleventh in Session One Hour
City schools begin Monday morning September 11 with a one hour session for study assignments and an adjournment to September 12 due to the circus. Domestic science agriculture and normal training are added, eighty acres rented for the agricultural department led by Professor Trosper. Ten acres to intensified farming. rest for general use. Faculty and room assignments listed across Washington Lincoln McKinley and Jackson buildings plus rural schools. many grades reassigned to rooms above the Estherville State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Trosper
Kansas Agricultural School
W. H. Rebn
High School
Washington
Noted Gossip Prompt Circulation in Weat Bond Journal
Roving rumors about a long tongue scandal circulate in the Weat Bond Journal. The chatter centers on dragging names through the dust, with a tongue in cheek warning that mentioning names could provoke editor retaliation, framed as a dangerous mood of gossip in small towns.
Gotch Defeats Hackenschmidt For World Wrestling Title
Frank Gotch overwhelmed Georg Hackenschmidt in a world championship match on Monday afternoon. The first fall finished in fourteen minutes and thirty eight and a quarter seconds. the second in five minutes. Hackenschmidt was thoroughly outmatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gotch
Hackenschmidt
Drainage District No 47 meeting set for September 14
All persons interested in Drainage District No 47 are requested to appear before the Board of Supervisors at the court house September 14 at 2 p m to decide whether or not to complete said district. H A Joun, Chairman, An elegant line of fancy decorated china at the Eldred Jewelry and Music Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Court House
H. A. Joun
Fangy
Eldred Jewelry and Music Store
Fort Defiance monument and surrounding historic details
The Fort Defiance monument in Estherville Iowa was erected August 30 1911 by I N Salyers under D A R Okinanpadu chapter. It stands twenty five feet high with Vermont granite and Bedford limestone costing 800 dollars. Inscriptions honor Fort Defiance 1863 1911 and pioneers with a memory slab for settlers and patriots. Also notes about land yields and homesteading prospects with humorous mention of marrying an Indian maiden to gain 320 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Defiance
I.N. Salyers
Okimaupadu
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jennie Rhodes
Vermont
Ft. Defiance
Estherville
Iowa
Company A
Northern Border Brigade
Emmet County
Okmanpadu
Republican
Enterprise and Democrat
Eatherville
A. M. Jefferies
Annals of Iowa
Ingham
Okinanpadu
Interesting Letter From Ed Miller of Montana
Ed Miller of Cut Bank Montana writes from the Vindicator and Republican office sharing observations on Montana’s shifts from grazing to agriculture. He notes rising homesteads, promising grain crops, rising land prices, anticipated opening of the Blackfeet reservation to settlement, irrigation progress, and infrastructure like the Great Northern Railway aiding development. He mentions half a million acres for entry after allotment, and closes with greetings and a lost item notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cut Bank
Montana
Republican
Great American Desert
Teton County
Rockies
Blackfeet Indian
Great Northern
iIn
Administrator Named for John Berdahl Estate in Ennunet County IA
The district court of Ennunet county Iowa appoints Arthur Plycher as administrator of the estate of John Herman Berdahl deceased. All claims must be filed with the court clerk sworn and within legal time. Creditors urged to present promptly to avoid costs. payments to administrator encouraged. Dated Rutcherville Iowa August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Ennunet County
State of
Iowa
John Herman Berdahl
Rutcherville
A. Lh. Wi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old Settlers Meeting
Doc. Bixby
M. H. Reed
Earl Trosper
Wm. Koch
Grace Nolan
Lois Davidson
Grace Bradshaw
Anna Kennedy
Molhe Feil
Vera Brown
Belle Morgan
Alice Roebuck
Maude Tomkins
Marie Sorum
Jessie Pollack
Lincoln Building
Cecil Taylor
Hattie Griffith
Mary Braden
Mabel Decker
Helen ©. Keller
McKinley
Ida Davia
Lucy Colt
Jettie Rutledge
Alta Cratty
Winnifred Hickey
Margaret Maniece
Vern Mitchell
Ahna Bergum
May Hisenhower
Berg
Roseltha Pullen
Klein School
Dora Dundas
Lough School
Viola Burgham
Trapp
Washington Building School
Gotch
the New Fall
Ed Miller
Vindicator and Republican
Vindicator
Arthur Plycher
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!