Garnavillo Baseball Team in the 1900's. Front row: Almore Nieter,Othmar Tangeman. Middle Row: Orlando Schumacher, Arthur Stickfort, Charles Thoma, Adam Oelfke, William Schumacher, Gustav Harnack. Back Row: John Stickfort, Frank Schutz, Abner Roebken.…
The Park cannon was a contribution from the U.S. Government in 1903. The cannon was a "30 Pound Parrott Rifle" weighing 4200 pounds - with a pyramid of twenty, ten-inch cannon balls.
Left to right: Robert Schmidt, Charles Roggman, Henry Wolf and…
The bandstand was placed in the center of the Public square / City Park. Many band concerts were presented from this stand. The bandstand was eventually removed from the park due to deterioration in 1946.
From 1903- World War II, a historic gun was mounted in the Garnavillo City Park, along with a pyramid of twenty, ten inch cannon balls. This cannon was a "30 Pound Parrott Rifle" weighing 4200 pounds. This contribution from the Government was…
This photograph shows the fire brigade during the tragedy of the burning of the German (St,. Paul) Lutheran Church in Garnavillo in the year 1878. According to the church council minutes recorded on November 5, 1878.