June 11, 2026: Added additional vintage postcard view of Grant School in Atlantic. Also added Lincoln School-April 1953 "Say It With Music" program (PDF with many student names).
June 10, 2026: Added several Bruff family letters describing early days in Atlantic, contributed by Marianna Gilbertsen.
May 30, 2026: Added James Berry Bruff genealogy/family history report, contributed by Marianna Gilbertsen. Added one additional burial (Murphy) to Cass Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.)
May 27, 2026: Added Reminiscences of Joseph C. Bruff - (1884-1972) "Great Uncle Joe", the older brother of Anna Marie (Bruff) Fletcher. Thanks again to Marianna Gilbertsen!!
May 26, 2026: Began adding selected Bruff Family History contributed by Marianna Gilbertson, a great grand-daughter of James and Jessie Bruff of Atlantic, IA. Included is an index to Divergent Roads: Anna's Adventures on Roads Less Traveled; Part of the Story of Anna Marie Bruff Fletcher And the Bruff 1920-1923, transcribed and edited by Marianna's cousin, Jacqueline M. Erwin. More will be coming soon! Thank you, Marianna!! Also added vintage photo of an Unknown Group of Children/Students with a connection to Marne.
April 9, 2026: Added additional news clipping describing the 1897 Cumberland HS Commencement Exercises. Also added Pleasant Ridge School House History.
March 30, 2026: Updated the Century & Heritage Farms list with additions for 2025. Also added 2025 4-H Hall of Fame Inductee for Cass County. Also added one additional burial (Michalski) to Cass Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.)
January 31, 2026: Added news clippings describing the 1905, 1912, and 1922 Cumberland HS Commencements. Also added two news clipping about the 1904 and 1905 Marne grads and commencements.
January 30, 2026: Added news clippings describing the 1899 Cumberland HS Commencement and 1903 Cumberland HS Commencement.
January 29, 2026: Added 1897-1958 Cumberland HS Graduates, transcribed from the Cumberland Centennial history book. Also added multiple news clippings describing the 1897 Cumberland HS Graduation and 1900 Cumberland HS Graduation, and an additional news clipping about the 1899 Marne Commencement.
January 27, 2026: Added vintage photo of Dr. Edwin A. Schwendemann Chiropractice Clinic; three vintage views of City Hall; another view of Grant School; vintage Griswold Multiview postcard; and short transcribed news articles about the 1901 Atlantic High School Commencement and 1901 Cumberland Schools Commencement.
November 13, 2025: Added Subscriber entries for Cass County from the 1865 Bailey & Hair Gazetteer and Directory, and also a few Indiantown and Lewis entries missed when the Business Register was originally transcribed in 2018.
November 11, 2025: Added index to Hired Hands: An Oral History, Vol. I and II, a collection of oral history interviews conducted in 1998 and 1999, documenting agricultural life in Cass County in the early to mid 1900's. Also added three additional burials (Harter, Lane, Williams) to Cass Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.)
November 7, 2025: Added list of 1903 Marne High School graduates and also a short news item about the 1900 commencement ceremony.
October 31, 2025: Added three additional burials (Bodwell, Gray, Roberts) to Cass Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.)
October 8, 2025: Added transcription of all Cass County advertisements and gazetteer entries in the R. L. Polk Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-1885 (the business directory portion of this volume was previously transcribed).
August 27, 2025: Added Lewis High School graduates for 1900 and one graduate from 1896. Added several additional clippings.
August 26, 2025: Added two photos of Cecil Conley.
August 25, 2025: Added Conley Family (Orville & May) in Iowa photo. Also added Lewis HS Grads for 1910, 1911, 1912 & 1913.
August 15, 2025: Added Charles & Emma Brillhart Family photo.
August 14, 2025: Added 4 vintage photos of the Conley Family. Thanks to Rachel Shaw for contributing!
August 11, 2025: Added photo of Evergreen Cemetery circa 1923 and 1928 AHS Commencement Program. Many thanks to Rachel Shaw for these wonderful contributions!
July 13, 2025: Added Pleasant Twp. District #9 Schoolhouse Deed.
July 8, 2025: Added complete transcription of the CCGS Township School Scrapbook Index. The existing index has been completely transcribed, but surname references will be added as time permits. [Complete Set ]
April 12, 2025: The Anita Public Library has scanned the Anita centennial histories and cookbooks; they are now accessable at the Anita Public Library Archives. Links can be found on the History Index page.
April 10, 2025: Updated the Century & Heritage Farms list with addition for 2024. Also added one additional burial (Nichols) to Cass Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.)
March 10, 2025: Added complete transcription of the Cass Co. entries from R. L. Polk's Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1914-1915 Volume XVII. [Complete Set ]
March 2, 2025: Added 2024 4-H Hall of Fame Inductees for Cass County.
February 19, 2025: Added the first half of Chapter IX - Political from the 1884 History of Cass County. Also added photos of Griswold United Methodist Church c. 1927 and 1914.
February 5, 2025: Added Chapter XXXIII - Pleasant Township from the 1884 History of Cass County. [Complete Set ]
January 17, 2025: Added Chapter V - Pioneer Life from the 1884 History of Cass County. [Complete Set ]
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