This document is an agreement between the town of Orient and the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company where the railroad agrees to lease land to the town for a public park for a period of five years.
Don Williams, Chief of Soil Conservation Service, was in Mills County in 1959 to give a presentation at the invitation of the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce.
During his stay. he looked over Pony Creek Watershed and was well-pleased with the work…
Photo was taken of the National School at its original location west of the village. The building in the photo was a two story building which many years later was turned into the Kountry Manor Supper Club. During the buildings school use it had two…
St. Joseph's Catholic School in Garnavillo, Iowa was established in 1889 by Rev. Jacob A. Kurz. A frame building, the former Briggs Academy and the ground was purchased on the corner of Main street and Maple Street (now known as Chestnut Street.) The…
St. Joseph's Catholic School in Garnavillo, Iowa was established in 1889 by Rev. Jacob A. Kurz. A frame building, the former Briggs Academy and the ground was purchased on the corner of Main Street and Maple Street (now known as Chestnut Street.) The…
