Additions to the site
The site has been under construction since July, 2001. Check here for recent additions. Also check "Thanks to our Contributors" to see who is contributing to our history web site!
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Notice: We
are currently trying to determine what happened to the records and photos
from the Mission Covenant Church in
Odebolt. If you have any information, please contact us at |
2008
June - William Henry Hopkins, Civil War photo, biography and notes written during the war.
March - Photo of "Grandma Nable" by Lundquist Brothers, early photographers in Odebolt, contributed by Mike Peterson. The photo can also be viewed at History of Odebolt Businesses
February - The Odebolt Dairy & Cheese Factory owned by the Lindner family.
2007
December
Continuation of the Memoirs of Oscar F. Peterson
Happy Holidays from The Odebolt History Pages! Click for Christmas Past, 2007
2007 Obituaries (through November)
November
Postcard of the G.H. Ballard house, later owned by E.P. Potteiger, Anna Carlson and by Dennis & Eleanor Peterson.
Additional name identification to the
1917 photo of Mission Covenant
church members
(Picture #3 - 3rd thumbnail from the left)
October
- Excerpts from an 1891 article, "Farmer" Wheeler's Home, written when Hiram C. Wheeler was running as a Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa; talks about Odebolt, Wheeler's home, office and huge farm.
- Added numerous photos to the Arthur Post Card Page
September - 2006 Deaths/Obituaries; 1999 Deaths/Obituaries (See Obituary Index)
July - Anders "Montana" Anderson 50th Wedding Anniversary; photo and family information
June - Interview with P. Dale Gronemeyer; A Short History of Odebowl Lanes
April - 1956 Obituary on Charles Nelson, long-time Odebolt merchant, along with an editorial about him from the Odebolt Chronicle.
March - Article from 1910 about an Agricultural Tour of the Cook Ranch, W.A. Helsell's Lookout Farm, the Adams Ranch and Henry Hanson's Echo Valley farm. The article includes descriptions of the workings of the farms, as well as how Odebolt area people turned out with 26 automobiles to drive the participants on the tour.
February - Articles about Hiram C. Wheeler
January - Added several identities to the large 1917 photo of the Mission Covenant Church congregation.
Please help identify the
children in this old photo. Click the thumbnail to enlarge it.
It was sent in by Donna Winkel, who said, "I recently received a picture
of a group of children on the day of their 1st Communion. I think it is in front
of St. Martin's because of old pictures on the web site. I would like to
find out the names of the children. My Grandmother gave me the picture but is
not sure which is a relative and there is not a date on the picture. She thinks
it is maybe in the 1920's sometime. Any help or advice would be greatly
appreciated.
Contact us at 
, and we will relay the information to Donna.
Thanks!