Garnavillo Baseball Team in the 1900's. Front row: Almore Nieter,Othmar Tangeman. Middle Row: Orlando Schumacher, Arthur Stickfort, Charles Thoma, Adam Oelfke, William Schumacher, Gustav Harnack. Back Row: John Stickfort, Frank Schutz, Abner Roebken.…
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.
The Park cannon was a contribution from the U.S. Government in 1903. The cannon was a "30 Pound Parrott Rifle" weighing 4200 pounds - with a pyramid of twenty, ten-inch cannon balls.
Left to right: Robert Schmidt, Charles Roggman, Henry Wolf and…
The bandstand was placed in the center of the Public square / City Park. Many band concerts were presented from this stand. The bandstand was eventually removed from the park due to deterioration in 1946.
From 1903- World War II, a historic gun was mounted in the Garnavillo City Park, along with a pyramid of twenty, ten inch cannon balls. This cannon was a "30 Pound Parrott Rifle" weighing 4200 pounds. This contribution from the Government was…
On March 12, 1945, St. Peter Lutheran Church was destroyed by fire with only the contents salvaged. The new church was built on the same location and completed in 1946.
