This is a photograph taken of the Oskaloosa Blues baseball team in the early 1900's. This would have been a league team that would have competed with other area league teams of the time, based on the age of some of the players in the photograph. …
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.
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.
Olivet was created by the Civil Enginner Free Tufts on June 13, 1877, but the plat of the community wasn't created until July 10th of that year. Coal mining was the chief source of employment for people in this community and all seemed like this…
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 is a picture taken at the Old Excelsior Mine Shaft #2 back in 1886. The mine was located three miles south of Oskaloosa, Iowa, in Mahaska County. Today, many buildings and facilities in Oskaloosa were once the site of a coal mining operation. …
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…
This is a picture taken of activities going on at the northeast corner of the Oskaloosa town square looking west in 1868. Over the years, the town has been able to modify the town square into a center for town gatherings and entertainment.
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.
The north side of Oskaloosa's town square as it appeared in 1942. By this point, buildings had been modernized and one could begin to capture the real essence of life around a town square.
