The Museum will be open
Tuesdays and Fridays from 1-5. The
Museum is located in the 100 block of
For viewing appointments,
please contact Bob Bixby at (641) 446-3297.
Museum
News
Repairs will begin shortly
for plaster repair in three rooms upstairs, window repair in the dining room
and school records room, and a new front door. More records are coming soon
from the Museum to be posted the
A complete Eagle Scout
Uniform belonging to Bob Bright [1946] and donated by Lois Slade with boy scout
book and photo of the scout troop.
Donations
- Thanks to Jackie Goeken Moore for a nice contribution.
From The History of
A common school district was
maintained at a very early day. In 1864 it was made an independent district and
a frame building, 32 by 40 feet, was built at a cost of $3,000. This building
was burned in 1885. The structure was insured for $1,000.
The next building was erected
in 1885 and cost $3,200. It was 30 by 60 feet and was divided into two rooms.
Several newspapers have been
published in
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The
The first church built in
town was in 1856 and was dedicated by the Methodists. Later there were four
societies here and all used this one church for services.
An Early Description
The following description of
this town was published in the Decatur County Journal of
This place is situated on a
high prairie in Decatur Township, two and a half miles east of Grand River, and
on the line of the Leavenworth & Des Moines Railroad. It contains three
general stores, one drug store and grocery store, one family grocer, one stove
and tinware store, three hotels, one milliner, two blacksmith shops, two wagon
shops, one chair maker, two cabinet makers, one wheelwright, one harness maker,
two shoemakers, and three physicians,
The following are prominent
and leading citizens of the place: Dicken & Mechen, S.W. Johnston &
Company, P.S. Dickens and A. Miles & Son,, general merchants; A. gill,
dealer in drugs and groceries and also proprietor of the Decatur House; Hogue
and Caldwell, dealers in stoves and tinware;; Sam Schenck, wagon maker and
postmaster; J.H. Horner, harness maker; Thomas Waller, military and general
claim agent; C. Schenck and J.W. Laney, physicians; William Kew, shoemaker;
Col. H.W. Peck, chief engineer, I. & M. railroad.
There is a Masonic Lodge and
a lodge and encampment of Odd Fellows.
Banks
The Citizens State Savings Bank of
The Decatur State Saving bank
was established in 1908 and at the present time has a capital stock of $25,000
and in deposits the sum of $180,000.
W.H. Loyd is president; F.J.
Euritt, vice president; James C. Cozad, cashier; and L.D. Shoemaker, assistant
cashier.
Both of these banks are doing
an excellent business in that section of the county and both have a reputation
for strength and integrity.
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Classified Ads-1917
For Sale-Big yellow seed
oats. Recleaned timothy seed. 5 tons hay, 1 incubator and an organ.
Chas. McCrosky,
A FEW CHOICE S. E. WHITE LEGHORN cockerels. Phone 1 on 57
or address
Do you get up at night? Sanol
is surely the best for all kidney or bladder troubles. Sanol gives relief in 24
hours from all backache and bladder troubles. Sanol is a guaranteed remedy. 35
cent and $1.00 a bottle at the drug store.
Vernon Baker and family of
near
Mrs. Dorcas McDowell and son
Garfield were
Harry Carlson, of
Rachael Hanner Woodmansee and
James Woodmansee – Early
Settlers
Of
Donations
Donations to the Decatur
County Historical Society and Museum may be sent to:
Great Western Bank
c/o Chet Redman
111
Checks may be made out to:
The Decatur County Museum.
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