The Whitmore Mill was located on the South Skunk River, north of Oskaloosa, at the current location of the Oskaloosa Water Treatment Plant. The mill was built by Duncan and Peck in the 1840’s. The mill initially was a lumber mill and later…
The Whitmore Mill was located on the South Skunk River, north of Oskaloosa, at the current location of the Oskaloosa Water Treatment Plant. The mill was built by Duncan and Peck in the 1840’s. The mill initially was a lumber mill and later…
The Whitmore Mill was located on the South Skunk River, north of Oskaloosa, at the current location of the Oskaloosa Water Treatment Plant. The mill was built by Duncan and Peck in the 1840’s. The mill initially was a lumber mill and later…
Few men have enjoyed more success in both the railroad and coal mining inudstries than H.W. McNeill. Born June 18, 1847, in Peoria, Illinois, Hobart W. McNeill studied at the University of Virginia until the school was closed by the Confederacy. …
Samuel Allen Rice was the highest ranking officer in all of Iowa to be lost during the Civil War; being a Brigadier General at the time of his death. Rice was born in southern New York in 1828 and studied to become a lawyer. After graduating from…
Henry C. Leighton is remembered in Oskaloosa as a dedicated and well-respected editor and journalist for the Oskaloosa Herald, but he is also remembered for his loyalty and dedication to the Triluminar Masonic Lodge in Oskaloosa, for which he served…
Judge M.T. Williams can be credited for helping determine the official town name and Mahaska County seat of Oskaloosa in 1844. Moving from his native home state of Ohio, Williams came to Iowa in 1843 and set up a law practice located in Mt.…
This is a photo taken during the Civil War outside of the post office in Oskaloosa, Iowa. As one could imagine, mail was of the utmost important during the conflict, as soldiers depended on letters and packages from loved ones, and family members…
