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Shades Of The Past Promenade At Minden
(top) 18th Century Ensembles . . . are worn by members of the Minden Centennial Committee. Mrs. Paul Nihsen is wearing a brown and camel two-piece winter suit with velvet inserts. The fan she is using is bamboo and linen. Mrs. Larry Siebels models a…
Minden UCC To Burn Debt - Dr. Libby To Speak
Standing In Front Of Church . . . is the Rev. Claude Smith, pastor of the Minden Congregational (United Church of Christ). The 20-classroom $90,000 Educational Unit of the church, dedicated in June 1968, is now debt free.
Minden Fire Hall Enlarged By New Three-Bay Addition
Inspecting Fire Equipment . . . housed at the old - and the new - Minden Fire Hall is Chief Elmer Schroder. The new addition at the left was funded by a variety of activities ranging from dances to donations. It is expected to be fully completed next…
Dedication Planned At Minden Church
The New Silver Creek United Methodist Church . . . will be dedicated during ceremonies Sunday, April 25. The congregation will also be marking its 90th anniversary.
Set Dedication Of Minden Church - Complete Work On Brick Structure
Minden Congregational Church . . . is to be dedicated at special services on May 8. Just now being completed, the dedication services will be the first to be held in the new structure.
Mills County Turns Back Clock - At Glenwood Museum
(top) Forming The Foundation . . . of museum and the historical society itself are collections of Indian artifacts gathered by county's Mintle brothers and by amateur archeologist Paul Rowe. Current Indian collection, numbering more than 15,000…
Museum Gets A New Addition - In Glenwood Lake Park
The Brick Exterior . . . of the new two-story addition to the Mills County Historical Museum is a perfect match for the main museum building. Members of the county historical society are busy cleaning up the new addition and unpacking Indian…
Old One-Room Rural School A Part Of Glenwood Museum
Old West Liberty . . . rural school will become part of the Glenwood museum park.
For Posterity:
The history of Mills County and Southwest Iowa will be depicted in the items which will be housed in this building by the Mills County Historical Society. The building, erected by the Mintle family, of Glenwood, was formally presented to the Society…
Early History:
Historical events of more than a century ago provide the topic of conversation for Albert Wabaunsee, Raymond Mintle and William Rathke as they discuss a painting of Chief Waubonsie, done by artist Charles Bird King in 1835. The painting was on…
Dodge Was Key Figure in Making City A Railroad Center
The transit, target pole, and level used by Gen. Grenville M. Dodge in surveying the Union Pacific track sites after the civil war are shown here. The surveying instruments are now housed in the railroad's museum in Omaha.
Dodge Was Key Figure in Making City A Railroad Center
Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge
Dodge, Gen. Grenville
[on reverse of photo: "Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, State Capitol grounds, Des Moines, Iowa. Looking northly, with capitol in background. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge of CB is astride a horse (one persons on each of four corners) on the northeast side…
Dodge, Gen. Grenville
[on reverse of photo: Gen. Grenville Dodge on his 82nd birthday in his office in Co. Bluffs Savings Bank at Pearl & Broadway."]
Dodge, Gen Grenville
portrait of Cadet Grenville M. Dodge [on revers of photo: "Grenville Mellon Dodge as a Norwich Cadet"]
Dodge, General Grenville
[on reverse of photo: "An early day Union Pacific train crossing the Missouri River at Council Bluffs on tracks laid on the ice." ] ca 1877?
Mills Landmark Being Razed - Old County Home, State School Building
Mill's County's . . . poor house is being razed after 50 years of housing the county's needy and ailing.