Iowa
Old Press
Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler co. Iowa
March 12, 1930
Iowa's First School Teacher.
J.P. Kennedy, of Montrose, Lee county, contributes some valuable
historical data when he tells M.L. Paschal that one hundred years
ago Berryman Jennings was teaching a school at Galland; one
hundred years ago Dr. Isaac Galland had established himself at
Galland (then Nashville), and had a library, and Mr. Jennings had
agreed to teach without pay, his consideration being the
privilege of reading the books of the Galland library. One
hundred years ago Montrose had in the neighborhood of twenty
dwellings, most of them log cabins. The first of these was built
by Louis Honore Tesson. this old settler also planted an apple
orchard of about forty trees. The cabin was built in 1790 and the
orchard planted in or about 1795. Only one settlement had been
made in Iowa, previous to the settlement by Tesson and that was
at Dubuque in 1788 by Julien Dubuque, another Frenchman. Dubuque
and Tesson both had grants from the government of Spain.
Noted Horse Breeder and Importer is Dead.
Frederick Barrett Holbert, born in 1886 at Greeley, Delaware
county, died recently. He was a son of the late A.B. Holbert,
former member of the legislature from Delaware county. V.E. Dow,
of Greeley, says that after the death of his father he entered
into active service for the Greeley Horse Importing Co., an
enterprise founded by his father. Mr. Holbert volunteered at the
breaking out of the World War and was assigned to France, where
he had charge of the horse supply during the war and was made
remount officer in command at Paris. It was here he was promoted
to be a major. For his work there Major Holbert was decorated by
the French government as chevalier of the Legion of HOnor in
recognition of the services rendered in that country. Last year
he was decorated by King Edward of Belgium and made an officer of
the Order of the Crown, the highest honor that could be given a
foreigner. Mr. Holbert spent about half of each year in France
and Belgium with his wife and family, and buying horses for
importation, and was considered one of the most efficient horse
judges in the world.
Making Maple Sugar.
Will S. Beels, of Hopkinton, Delaware county, announces that Earl
Keith and Andy Loop have begun operations in a sugar camp in the
Hogan timber and are planning to make a large quantity of maple
sugar and syrup this spring. The tract contans a large number of
rock maple and should yield liberally of the sap. The oldtime art
of making maple sugar has been about lost in Iowa.
Noted Carpenter Passes On.
M.S. Van Eaton died recently at Pisgah, Harrison county. He had a
notable record in his younger days when he followed the
occupation of a carpenter, specializing in lathing and laying
shingles. His best record in lathing was 5,000 laths, put on in
ten hours, or 315 yards; and his best shingling record was 10,000
shingles in ten hours.
[transcribed by S.F., July 2005]