The Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa originally opened in 1920 as a nine hole course and was exclusively available to members only. In 2008, the course became public and was renamed Oskaloosa Golf. Pictured here are some of the first…
This is a photograph of Raymond Fletcher Lacey, son of Congressman John F. Lacey from the 6th Iowa District, whose home residence was Oskaloosa, Iowa. This picture of Raymond was taken in 1876. Raymond would go on to live another four years, dying…
This is a photograph of gentleman enjoying a drink after playing eighteen holes of golf at the Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The course and country club opened in 1928 and was in business until 2008, when it closed its doors, but was…
After the second Oskaloosa High School was constructed in 1897, it did not take long before the school population needed additional space. Therefore, in 1917 an addition was made to the northeast corner of the building. In 1937, a northwest wing…
This is a scene of a residential area close to downtown Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1896. Note that the roads on this residential street still have not been paved with blocks of cement and would not be for about a decade later.
Richland Township is located in ther northwestern most part of Mahaska County, bordering Jasper County to its north and Marion County to its west. Peoria is the last remaining community in the township, but the villages of Bernina or Lower Grove and…
