St. Peter Lutheran Church (German Church) before remodeling. Photo was taken pre 1937. No basement entrance. On postcard this church was also known as the German Church.
St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church during the 1897 Dedication Ceremony. Building to left of the Church is a small school house built in 1897 and used for religious instruction.
The Garnavillo Dutch Band in 1903. A national cigar manufacturer named a brand of cigars after this band. This photo was taken on Main Street, marching North. Left to right: Abner Roebken, Orville Roebken, Realto Schumacher, Otmar Tangeman, Orlando…
The original 40 acres was purchased from the Government by David Watkins in March 1852. The mill has had many owners and was first a sawmill owned by Corning and Brothers. The property was sold to B.F. Schroeder and John Henry Kuenzel in 1855. A…
A view of the Garnavillo City Park in 1913. The building to the far left is the Garnavillo School. Next building to the right is the Congregational Church, now known as the Garnavillo Historical Society Museum.
Limestone Lutheran church built 1858. Formal Church name St. Peter's German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Location is on Hwy 52 between Garnavillo and Guttenberg.
Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two…