One of the advantages to building a farm around a thick of timberland is the wild game that is found within it. The Nelson family kept the wooded area by their log cabin and eventual brick home for this purpose. Pictured here is the thicket of…
This is an image displaying the north side of Main Street looking west in the rural community of Fremont, Iowa, in 1915. By this point in time, the automobile began to take shape across America, including small towns like Fremont.
This is a picture of downtown Beacon, Iowa, which is in Mahaska County, around the year 1910. Kilbourne Street was and still is considered the Main Street in Beacon. Note the streetcar in the picture with the cable line running just above it and…
This is a picture of downtown Beacon, Iowa, which is in Mahaska County, around the year 1910. Kilbourne Street was and is like the Main Street in other communities. Note the streetcar line in the photograph, which was a popular means of…
A snapshot taken on the north side of the Oskaloosa town square in 1909. Crissy and Crissy is the store focused on in this picture, as the store was owned and operated by two women, pictured here.
This is what the downtown Oskaloosa, Iowa area looked like in 1925. This photograph was taken of the northwest corner of South Market Street and 1st Avenue West. Note streetcar #102 still in operation at this point, but also note the number of…
Religion has always played a very important role in Mahaska County, Iowa. One of the credits to the county has been its people's tolerance for others to worship freely without fear. This photograph shows the the old Methodist Church in Oskaloosa,…
This was the scene around Christmas in 1924 if you were in downtown Oskaloosa, Iowa. Pictured here is a Christmas promotional outside of Oppenheimer-Alsop's, which served as toy town and Santa Claus's headquarters that year.
This is a likeness of Osceola, famed chief from the Seminole Native American Nation. Oskaloosa, the last known Creek Native-American princess, married Osceola. The town of Oskaloosa, Iowa, received its name from this Native-American princess.
Religion has always played a very important role in Mahaska County, Iowa. One of the credits to the county has been its people's tolerance for others to worship freely without fear. This photograph shows the the Oskaloosa Christian Church, dating…