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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.
One of Town's Pleasant Residential Streets
Above is the camera man's view of one of Avoca's pleasant residence streets.
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.
Edgington Memorial Park Is Favorite Picnic Scene - Let's Take a Ride
Pine and Elm Trees provide shade at Edgington Memorial Park near Avoca.
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 Pt 1
Photo of fruits and poultry buildings in Avoca, IA
Avoca, IA Pt1
Photo of a livestock barn, Avoca, IA
Avoca, IA Pt1
Photo of Avoca, IA street looking out from the bank.
How It Was Named
Photo of highway sign for Avoca, IA
Avoca, IA Pt2
Treasurer's office at Avoca courthouse
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.
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. …
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.
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.
SWI Courthouses Added To List
Showing The Signs . . . of its sandblasting in the late 1970s, Harrison County Courthouse looks like new. The concrete and steel building is faced with Bedford limestone and topped with a 78-foot dome.