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Avoca Creamery Is Town Asset
Here's Exterior View of Avoca's Co-operative Creamery
Above is a view of the exterior of the Avoca Creamery.
Above is a view of the exterior of the Avoca Creamery.
Avoca, IA Pt 1
Photo of fruits and poultry buildings in Avoca, IA
Avoca, IA Pt 2
Photo of a gentleman standing in front of the Judge's bench in the Avoca Courthouse.
Avoca, IA Pt 2
Photo of a church in Avoca, IA
Avoca, IA Pt 2
Standing At the Site . . . of the Avoca centennial time capsule buried in 1989 during the town's centennial celebration is Harry Wiese, 87, Avoca farmer and self-educated historian. Behind Wiese is the Pottawattamie County Courthouse built in 1885. …
Avoca, IA Pt1
A Nearby Church . . . houses the band room and home economics classrooms. The site was first purchased by the school to provide added playground space. Supt. Ohm says a new school is needed to expand facilities such as rest rooms, science labs,…
Avoca, IA Pt1
Photo of a livestock barn, Avoca, IA
Avoca, IA Pt1
Photo of Avoca, IA street looking out from the bank.
Avoca, IA Pt2
Treasurer's office at Avoca courthouse
Avoca's Catholic Church Schedules Last Service
Final Service will be held in St. Mary's Church, Avoca, before it is dismantled to make way for a new structure to be started this spring.
Courthouses Have Colorful Histories
Concealing Its Age . . . is the Pottawattamie County Sub-Courthouse in Avoca. The brick building's construction predates the county's earliest records of it from 1885.
Delay Opening Of I-80 West Of Avoca
Interstate 80 . . . winds from the bluffs overlooking Loveland to an interchange with Interstate 29. Bridge in foreground is the new Interstate 29 overpass and east section of that bridge will be open next week. Bridge in center takes Illinois…
Edgington Memorial Park Is Favorite Picnic Scene - Let's Take a Ride
Pine and Elm Trees provide shade at Edgington Memorial Park near Avoca.
First Hand Experience In Agriculture, Politics - Will Regret Going Home
AFS Student . . . Terje Froystein, right, and host John Martin pause to pet the Martin's setter, Nick.
How It Was Named
Photo of highway sign for Avoca, IA
Old Home To Become an Inn Thing
Harry Wendt and Lawrence "Babe" Kohlscheen prepare to paint the exterior of a house which will become a Victorian Bed and Breakfast Inn that will offer antique-furnished rooms in the restored turn-of-the-century house in Avoca.