| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Page |
| Congratulation Letters from: | |
| Gerald R. Ford, President United States | 2 |
| Dick Clark, United States Senate | 3 |
| John C. Culver, United States Senate | 4 |
| Robert D. Ray, Governor of Iowa | 5 |
| Thomas Railsback, Mayor of Mechanicsville | 6 |
| Hugh "Jerry" Lamont, Mehanicsville Centennial Corportation | 7 |
| Rip Van Winkle Centennial Schedule Of Events | 8 |
| Early History: | |
| Plat of Mechanicsville | 9 |
| Why "Rip Van Winkle?" | 10 |
| Early History | 10 |
| Incorporation | 10 |
| First Election | 11 |
| Ordinance No. 6 | 11 |
| Pioneer Families: | |
| James Boyles - James Wilson | 13 |
| Charles Brown | 14 |
| Gill Burleigh | 14 |
| Joseph Davidson | 14 |
| Herbert Eagerty | 15 |
| Claudis Ferguson | 15 |
| H.E. Gibeaut | 15 |
| Myron Wells Gleason | 15 |
| James Charles High | 16 |
| Eda Bernadeen Helme | 16 |
| Richard Jackson, Jr. | 16 |
| John T. Johnson | 17 |
| O.B. Judd | 17 |
| Martin Kahler | 17 |
| Thomas McAllister | 17 |
| Adam Krumroy | 18 |
| John Ezekiel McKibben | 19 |
| The Moffit Family | 19 |
| Mr. & Mrs. Harland Maurer | 20 |
| William Kohl | 20 |
| Duncan McNee | 21 |
| J.W. Thomas | 21 |
| William Page | 22 |
| Catheus (Cass) F. Platner | 22 |
| Dr. F. M. Wilson | 22 |
| William S. Rate | 23 |
| Charles Puffer | 23 |
| Gilliland Family | 23 |
| John Onstott | 24 |
| David Rhoads | 24 |
| Louis Sievers | 24 |
| Pryor Scott | 25 |
| Martin Van Buren Scott | 26 |
| William R. Robinson | 26 |
| Scott Family | 27 |
| John Thimmes, Sr. | 28 |
| Eli Henry West | 28 |
| Roy D. Stoffel | 29 |
| Allen James Siver | 30 |
| Chas. E. Wheeler | 30 |
| Churches: | |
| St. Mary's Catholic Church | 31 |
| United Methodist Church | 32 |
| The Presbyertian Church | 34 |
| That Old School Bell | 36 |
| American Legion: | |
| Henry W. Sievers Memorial Building | 39 |
| American Legion Busch Dennis Post No. 309 | 39 |
| Post Office | 42 |
| Doctors & Pioneer Medial Center | 43 |
| Town Government: | |
| Mayors of Mechanicsville | 44 |
| Town Clerks | 45 |
| Paving | 45 |
| Fire Department | 46 |
| Parks: | |
| Cruise Memorial Park | 49 |
| East End Park | 50 |
| Willow Bend Park | 50 |
| The Cemetery | 51 |
| Public Services: | |
| Public Library | 52 |
| Pioneer Terrace I | 53 |
| Pioneer Terrace II | 53 |
| Clubs & Organizations: | |
| Mechanicsville Commerical Club | 54 |
| The Fair | 55 |
| Eastern Iowa Veterinary Clinic | 56 |
| The Lions Club | 56 |
| Jaycees | 57 |
| Camp Fire Girls | 57 |
| Black Mask Community Theature | 58 |
| Mechanicsville Development Corportaion | 60 |
| The Friendly Pioneer Center | 60 |
| Meals On Wheels | 60 |
| Leo Club | 61 |
| Patmos Lodge, No. 155, A.F. & A.M. | 62 |
| American Legion Auxiliary | 63 |
| Dramatic Club | 63 |
| Evangeline Chapter, No. 393 Order Of Eastern Star | 64 |
| Mechanicsville Garden Club | 65 |
| Boys 4-H Club | 65 |
| Girls 4-H Club | 66 |
| Royal Neighbors Of America | 66 |
| Junior Women's Club | 67 |
| Future Farmers of America | 68 |
| Self Culture Club | 19 |
| Bits From The Past: | |
| Did You Know | 70 |
| Incidents and Bits From The past | 70 |
| 1860 Tornado | 70 |
| Do You Remember … | 70 |
| Early Business: | 71 |
| Johnson Dairy | 73 |
| Helmer and Gortner Bank | 73 |
| Cooks Hardware | 74 |
| Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission | 75 |
| A. M. Kohl | 75 |
| Railroads | 75 |
| Mechanicsville Telephone Co. | 77 |
| Mechanicsville Trust and Savings Bank | 77 |
| North Cedar Press | 80 |
| Pioneer Mill | 80 |
| Stoffel Brothers Store | 80 |
| Weather | 88 |
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