This is a photograph taken of an original mining share certificate, dating back to December 4, 1868. The owner of the share certificate is Daniel Nelson. Nelson and his wife Margaret were lucrative farmers on the north side of Oskaloosa in the mid…
Central Holiness University was responsible for creating the town known as University Park. It was the dream of W.R. and Eloise Gilmore to create an institution for religious studies. With the help of the Iowa Holiness Association, which the…
The Whitmore Mill was situated on the South Skunk River north of Oskaloosa. It was the site of the waterworks which serviced Oskaloosa and the surrounding area. This is a picture of the Whitmore Mill as it appeared in the 1880's. Note the…
The Whitmore Mill was situated on the South Skunk River north of Oskaloosa. It was the site of the waterworks which serviced Oskaloosa and the surrounding area. This is a picture of the Whitmore Mill along the banks of South Skunk River. The Mill…
The Whitmore Mill was situated on the South Skunk River north of Oskaloosa. It was the site of the waterworks which serviced Oskaloosa and the surrounding area. This is a picture of the Whitmore Mill looking southwest along the along South Skunk…
The Currier Mill was a grist mill opened in the late 1870's and situated on the South Skunk River, north of the Highway 92 bridge today. The Currier Mill closed in 1919. This is a picture of the mill as it appeared in 1885.
The Currier Mill was a grist mill opened in the late 1870's and situated on the South Skunk River, north of the Highway 92 bridge today. The Currier Mill closed in 1919. This is a picture of the mill as it appeared in the late 1800's.
J.P. Eddy came to the Iowa Territory from Warren, Ohio in 1840. He set up a trading post among the native Sauk and Fox indians at that time near the Muchankinock Creek mouths along the Des Moines River. In 1842, a treaty was established between the…
