| Article | Page | Contributed By |
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| Postal History and Ghost Towns Of Grundy County | 2 | Glenn S. Paul and Gene K. Foster |
| History of Cornerstone Laying of Grundy County Courthouse | 12 | Excerpts from Grundy Co. Republican, November 12, 1891 |
| The Remarkable Felix Grundy | 16 | from the Grundy Register, May 6, 1976 |
| Grundy Center Cemeteries | 21 | Clarence and Gladys Brown |
| Plano Bill Had a Pistol When He Was Five--and He Never Missed! | 22 | Reinbeck (Special) |
| Waterfowl, Dogs and Hogs | 24 | Reinbeck (Special) |
| Charlie "Darky" Merrill | 24 | |
| Down With Liquor | 25 | |
| Reinbeck's Brick Yards | 25 | |
| A Violent Tragedy | 26 | |
| Story of Will Neat | 26 | |
| The First White Child Born In Grundy County | 27 | |
| The Chatauqua and Baseball | 28 | |
| Ray Y. Smith's Memories of Grundy County | 28 | told to Helen Draper Price |
| Dike's Early Days | 30 | Naomi Roberts |
| Cora Davids | 30 | |
| George Alberts | 31 | |
| Roadman and Crouse Families | 31 | |
| Marie Hansen | 32 | |
| Walter Jacobsen | 32 | |
| Charles McKinder | 33 | |
| Fairfield Township Northwest Area | 33 | L. Cleo Howard, submitted by Naomi Roberts |
| Half-Way Station In Grant Township | 35 | |
| J. H. Roadman Memorial Park | 35 | |
| Early School Days in Northern Grundy County | 36 | Told by Mrs. Meester to Mrs. Doeden |
| Early Life in Dike (Comments of early residents) | 36 | Nelle Porter as told to Naomi Roberts |
| Life Experiences of a Rural Minister And His Family | 37 | Mrs. Henry (Frances) Doeden |
| Herbert Quick | 39 | |
| Excerpts from Helen M. Gethman's Master Thesis | 41 | |
| Herbert Quick | 44 | from the Grundy Register |
| Grundy College | 46 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Grundy Center Centennial (News out of the Past) | 46 | |
| Name The Park Contest | 47 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Holland at High Noon | 48 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Bicentennial Bell Ringing, July 4th, 1976, Dike | 49 | |
| Excerpts from the 1911 Atlas | 50 | |
| What's In A Name | 57 | |
| An Item From the Vanity Box | 58 | |
| Boulder Farm's Pet Rock | 59 | from The Farm News (Nov. issue) |
| Train Going West--Four-Fifteen! | 60 | Anna Wilhelmina Svenson Akin, 1976 |
| Early Life of Tatjie Huisman--Age 96 | 67 | Written by Louise Glowe |
| Faith Healers and Water Witches | 68 | |
| The Story of Emil Runft | 69 | Written by Roger Rickert |
| George Reil | 72 | Written by Billie Sonderman |
| Master Farm Homemakers | 73 | Submitted by Mrs. Jay L. Miller |
| A Handful of Square Cut Nails | 75 | Grace Stark Akin, 1976 |
| Dear Farm | 77 | Grace Akin, 1964/65 |
| Ivester | 79 | Charles Sheller |
| My Grandmother | 79 | Charles Sheller |
| Peddlars and Bedbugs | 80 | Charles Sheller |
| Grandma and Big Families | 81 | Charles Sheller |
| Grandma and Her Last Name | 81 | Charles Sheller |
| The Threshing Ring | 81 | Marlene Moats Neher as told by her Dad, Edgar Moats |
| Meals for Threshers | 82 | Marlene Moats Neher as told by her grandmother, Clara Moats |
| Winter Ice For Summer | 83 | Marlene Moats Neher |
| Driving To High School | 84 | Marlene Moats Neher |
| Wrestling | 84 | Marlene Moats Neher |
| Sawing Wood | 85 | Marlene Moats Neher |
| A Trip Back Home in Maryland | 85 | Marlene Moats Neher |
| Flight of the Locust | 86 | from a writing of Mrs. Edith Dirks Sealman |
| C. E. and Antje Dirks | 87 | Edith Dirks Sealman |
| Clarence Bockes--Top Husker | 91 | from the Grundy Register, Nov. 9, 1934 |
| Old Time Recipes | 92 | as told by Nina Foote to LaVerne Jontz |
| A Cause For Celebration | 95 | as told by Nora Lynch Jontz to LaVerne Jontz |
| The Horsehair Robe | 95 | LaVerne Jontz |
| The Water Wagon and Shadow Social | 96 | LaVerne Jontz |
| "Billy" Bockes | 96 | |
| Recollections of the Fern Creamery | 97 | as told by Harold Henning to Jean Evans |
| A Series of Tales from Jean Evans | 98 | |
| The Wrong Box | 101 | |
| Area In Palermo Township | 102 | Mrs. J. D. Meester |
| The Cold, Cold Winter of 1936 | 104 | Mrs. Clarence (Gladys) Brown |
| Beloved Landmark | 105 | Grace Akin, Nov. 1975 |
| The Family Barn | 107 | Naomi Stubbs Roberts |
| Old Soren | 108 | Mrs. Erik Christiansen |
| Herbert Quick Schoolhouse | 109 | |
| Denny's Kissing Bridge | 110 | Don and Rosie Porter |
| Veteran of the War of 1812 | 111 | |
| Slogans | 111 | |
| The Real Story of How Dike Got Its Name | 112 | |
| Character Sketch of Menko | 113 | written by Lillie Fricken, Jan. 12, 1915, submitted by Bob Grimmius |
| "Tama Jim" Wilson (1836-1920) | 114 | |
| The Town of Beaman and its train on wooden tracks | 115 | from the Grundy Register |
| A Man and His Corn | 116 | Margaret Dubois Merritt |
| Effie (Hadley) Brindle | 117 | |
| Pleasant Valley No. 7 | 120 | Mrs. J. D. Meester |
| Our Great Land of the Free | 122 | Kathryn Haren Meester, age 93, Sept. 1976 |
| Coming to Grundy Center in 1917 | 123 | Interview from Mrs. Ralph Ryder |
| Holland's Great Bank Robbery of '37 | 124 | |
| About Cole Younger | 125 | Interview with Lyle Hawn by Mr. and Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Cemeteries | 126 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Another Cat Story | 127 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| The Corn Belt Derby-National Corn Husking Contest | 128 | |
| Nutting | 128 | Celestine Miller Persinger |
| Our Life During The Great Depression | 129 | Vern E. dauSchmidt |
| Conrad Memories | 131 | from Conrad History by Mrs. J. F. Alexander & The Conrad Women's Club |
| Grundy Center Fire | 132 | Interview of Mrs. Ruth Carter by Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| The 1975 Dike Diamond Jubilee Pageant | 133 | |
| Stagecoach Inn | 134 | Tom & Ruth Emmett |
| Dubois-Pioneer Beaver Township Family | 135 | Arthula Merritt Brown |
| Early Settlers and Indians | 136 | Mrs. Francis Persinger |
| Retired | 137 | Mrs. Francis Persinger |
| Grundy County Fair 100th Anniversary | 138 | Interview of Lyle Hawn (Mr. and Mrs.) by Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| The Good Old Days | 139 | Mrs. Art Flater |
| Tornadoes | 139 | |
| Our First Automobile | 140 | Mrs. Clarence Brown |
| The Coming of Rural Electricity | 141 | Mrs. Clarence Brown |
| Lou Plager | 142 | from the 75th Diamond Jubilee Edition, Grundy Register, June 5, 1952 |
| Fire! Fire! | 142 | Mrs. Art Flater |
| "The Best Part" | 143 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Wellsburg | 144 | Taken from a Short History of Wellsburg by Allan J. Ruter |
| My Favorite Christmas | 145 | Helen Draper Price |
| Wellsburg | 145 | from A Short History of Wellsburg, Wellsburg Study Club |
| Alonzo Brown | 146 | |
| Sports in Wellsburg | 146 | Mrs. Duane Babcock |
| The Bunker Family | 147 | Roger Rickert |
| Morrison | 150 | |
| L. B. DeSeelhorst | 150 | |
| John Haren-Rural Mail Carrier | 151 | |
| Harm and Katie Oltmanns Gocken | 151 | |
| Poppe and Habie Oltmanns Heronimus | 152 | |
| Charles and Sarah Luitjens VanTiger | 152 | |
| John and Antje Steinlag Kramer | 153 | |
| Mrs. Maria Rabenburg | 153 | |
| Iowa Dairy & Food Commission | 154 | Advertisement |
| E. C. Grady | 155 | Advertisement |
| State Dairy and Food Commissioner | 156 | Advertisement |
| The Ransom Bailey Family | 157 | Mary Emma Bailey Newton |
| Conrad Folk Items | 158 | Mrs. J. F. Alexander |
| Early Days in Grundy County | 160 | Recollections of E. P. DesMarias in 1916 |
| Memorial Day | 161 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Michael's "Letter From America" | 162 | Mrs. Francis Persinger |
| The Strohbehns | 166 | from Reinbeck Courier, Aug. 1976 |
| To Win--$100 Pie! | 172 | Mrs. Edward Ubben |
| A Hello Girl | 173 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| The Ladies Aid | 174 | Mrs. Ralph Ryder |
| Pokey Pete | 174 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| A Little Story About A Rock | 175 | Mrs. William Conrad |
| How The Grundy Center Ambulance Inc. Came | 175 | June Dreesman |
| Fire and Robberies At The Grundy Courthouse | 176 | Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Those Hot Summers | 176 | Betty Bentley |
| The House I Was Born In | 177 | Florence Draper |
| Things I Remember | 177 | Florence Draper |
| Pioneer Days | 179 | J. W. Conrad, written in 1900 |
| Charles W. Reynolds | 182 | Florence (Mrs. Lyle) Hawn |
| Grundy County Century Farms | 189 | |
| Wellsburg Cards to Compete in 12 Team Summer Softball League | 192 | |
| Farm Marking Identification Program | 194 | Theo. Meinert |
| Unknown Friends | 194 | Mrs. Grace Fischer |
| Ice Cream and "The Vanity Box" | 195 | |
| The Railroad History of Reinbeck | 196 | Mrs. James Creswell |
| "I Heard At The Beauty Parlor" | 196 | Mrs. LeRoy Claussen |
| A Grundy County Pioneer | 197 | Mrs. James Creswell |
| Remember … Ladies? | 197 | |
| Dedication of Ida Miller Memorial Park | 198 | from dedication program |
| When I Was A Boy … | 199 | Fred C. Draper |
| From the Justice of the Peace Book for Felix Township | 199 | Fred C. Draper |
| Another Iowa State Fair Winner | 200 | written by Clark Vaughn for the Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman |
| County Fair Time Means Greased Pig Time | 201 | Mrs. John Krull |
| Any Check Will Do……… | 201 | Luther Brindle |
| Storing Butter | 201 | |
| A Farmer's Thoughts | 201 | |
| Hired Man | 202 | Mrs. W. M. Collins |
| Conrad's Fire Bell Monument | 204 | Grundy Register, August 26, 1976 |
| Sunbonnets | 205 | Melrose Twp Homemaker |
| Smocky The Cat | 205 | Melrose Twp Homemaker |
| The Pastor's Corner | 205 | Rev. John Latta, United Methodist Church |
| Crash Landing; Men of the 564th cheat death when C-47 crashes | 206 | provided by Mrs. Francis Persinger |
| The Little Brush Car | 206 | Gladys (Mrs. Clarence) Brown |
| A Trip Into The Past | 207 | Mrs. Clarence Schultz |
| Coon Hunting | 207 | Leland Bentley |
| Evel Knievel's Date With the Snake River Canyon | 208 | Mrs. Clarence Brown |
| Boys Will Be Boys! | 208 | Melrose Twp Homemaker |
| Recipe Browsing | 209 | Mrs. W. M. Collins |
| Can You Top This? | 210 | Interview of Mrs. Linn Doak and Carroll Doak by Mrs. Leland Bentley |
| Reminiscences in Book Form | 211 | Mrs. Arthula Brown |
| It Took Only Fifty Minutes | 212 | |
| A Horse Tale | 213 | Margaret Dubois Merritt, 1874-1973 |
| Remembrances of Sue Dodd | 214 | Mrs. Gerald R. Monk |
| History of Local Church | 218 | |
| 1976 - 75th Anniversary - Bethany Presbyterians | 219 | |
| Arboretums | 220 | |
| Ivester Church of the Brethren | 221 | Marlene Moats Neher |
| Five High School Choirs in Bicentennial Production | 221 | Becky Williamson |
| Happy Birthday U.S.A.! | 222 | |
| Horray For The Red, White and Blue! | 222 | |
| County's Oldest Patriotic Group Disbands | 223 | Mrs. Opal Cone |
| Fredsville | 224 | Mrs. Harlan Thuesen |
| Rail Line Discontinued | 225 | |
| The Big Paint Fraud | 226 | Interview of Clarence Mackie |
| Tornados!! | 226 | Interview of Robert H. Renken |
| The Toilet Hole | 227 | Marlene Neher |
| Adventures of a Country School Teacher | 228 | Interview of Mrs. Judson Severance |
| Aebelskiver | 228 | Written by Mrs. Harlan Thuesen |
