Completed in 1897, the second Oskaloosa High School was located at the corner of B Avenue and North First Street, which was only two blocks from the town square. The new high school was built on a bond valued at $30,000. Later, the high school 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…
Oskaloosa College, not to be confused with Penn College which is also located in Oskaloosa, was the first college to open in Mahaska County in 1861. George T. Carpenter served as Oskaloosa College's first president. The college was never…
This is a commencement program that was distributed to guests attending the twenty-first graduation ceremony of Oskaloosa College's class of 1883. The program lists different speeches and musical performances throughout the morning and afternoon. …
Garfield Elementary School was the last of the elementary schools built to serve a specific ward in Oskaloosa until a major elementary building was opened in 2006. All other elementary schools that serviced independent wards were continually…
This is a map of Mahaska County, Iowa, as it appeared in 1936. Included in the map are the various townships that exist within Mahaska County (18) and the communities within those townships.
This map illustrates the location of the 65 cemeteries found throughout Mahaska County, Iowa. The larger numbers on the map go with the names of the following cemeteries: 1) Appel 2) Baldwin 3) Barnes City 4) Beacon 5) Bedwell 6) Bellefountain 7)…
This is a map dating to 1890 that shows the importance and extent to which the railroad serviced Mahaska County the later half of the 19th Century. Key railway lines that came through Mahaska County and more importantly the county seat of Oskaloosa…
This is a map laying out the township of Adams in Mahaska County, Iowa. The map was most likely compiled in 1936 at the time when all of Mahaska County, Iowa was compiled. The most notable communities of Adams township around this time (1936) were…
Lacey was the foremost community within the framework of Adams Township in Mahaska County, Iowa. The community was founded in 1878 by Congressman John F. Lacey in order to make sure the Iowa Central Railroad came through that part of Mahaska County.…
