This is a photograph taken in the fall of 1912 of former President Teddy Roosevelt giving a campaign speech before a large crowd at the Oskaloosa town square. Roosevelt went on to lose the race that year to Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.
This is a photograph taken in the fall of 1912 of former President Teddy Roosevelt campaigning in downtown Oskaloosa. Roosevelt went on to lose the race that year to Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.
Pictured here is the 1907 Oskaloosa baseball team from Oskaloosa, Iowa. Based on the excerpt under the photograph of the players, the team was facing a serious financial crisis in 1907, looking at a team debt of $2,800.00. In order to raise funds…
The Baldauf fountain was erected at the same time the new bandstand was created in the town square in 1912. Today the fountain no longer is in existence.
