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This page is a collection of interesting items from local newspapers that deal with a little bit of this and that concerning Jefferson County. Here you'll find anything from the antics of a chicken gone to town to the oldest Iowa Civil War Soldier, old buildings and other places, Theodore Roosevelt's campaign stop, and centenarians and other long-lived folks. Settle in for a bit -- there's a lot to see!
Anecdotes and other Goodies
- 75-year-old street lamp shines anew, 1943
- Battle of Shiloh told in Rhyme, Item One, 1881 and Item Two, 1962
- A Chicken goes to Town, 1922
- Coop Family Bible Donated to Carnegie Museum, 2011
- Gyp, the Fairfield Square Mascot - R.I.P., 1905
- Last G. A. R. Post in Iowa, here in Fairfield, 1943
- Elmer Howard waits for release of a swindler, 1907
- Oldest Bible in Town, from 1712
- Pre-Civil War Judges' Journal, used by W. K. Alexander and Thomas Morgan
- Rural Mail Delivery - an ingenious idea, 1904
- Three Weeks of Hiccoughs, 1923
- U. S. Constitution Bicentennial Tree and Marker, 1988
- Woman Shoots Squirrel, Gets Jail Time and Fine, 1953
Fairfield and Jefferson County Firsts
- Early Fairfield Bakery, 1848
- Fairfield's First Band, early 1860s
- Fairfield's First Mill, 1855
- Fairfield High School's First Bus, 1948
- First Christian Church Sunday School class, 1917
- First Fairfield Fair (1854) recalled in 1934
- First Radio in the County, 1922
- First White Settlers in the County, 1836
- Jefferson County's first Treasurer - Greenup Smith, 1843
- One-of-a-kind Wooden Bicycle from 1880, in 1989
- Pioneer Leather Tanners, 1840s
Events and Happenings
- Adopted Daughter for Christmas, 1954
- An Old Man's First Flight, 1936
- Barn Hit by Lightning, 1881
- Batavia's Proposed Name Change, 1884
- Beckwith School District 100 Years Old, 1951
- Coal Creek Bridge Train Accident, 1869
- Cholera Epidemic of 1851
- Days of Livery Stables, Early 1900s
- Dexter Laundry Celebrates 125 Years, 2019
- Dedication of Evergreen Cemetery, 1870
- Evergreen Cemetery, 3rd Addition, 1942
- Fairfield High School Fire, 1938
- Fairfield to Celebrate 175-year Anniversary, 2014
- Fairfield Township History of 1840, recalled in 1904
- Fairfield's Tribune Printing Company building - 100 years old - collapses, 2014
- First Baptist Church Celebrates 175-year Anniversary, 2015
- Freak Storm in Pleasant Plain, 1925
- Glasgow General Store Closes, 1959
- Henry B. Mitchell recalls early county days, 1903
- Iowa-Illinois Tornado, 1878
- Libertyville Celebrates 175-year Anniversary, 2017
- Libertyville Elementary School closes, 2017
- Louden Machinery Company exhibit at Carnegie Museum, 2015
- Merrimac Mill (a/k/a Deed's Mill) Closes, 1922
- New Sweden Church Celebrates 75 Years, 1923
- Newspaper Subscription rates, 1907
- Odd Fellow Lodge No. 6, Charter Members of 1848 Remembered on its 64th Anniversary, 1912
- Old Oaks Cut Down - Over 100 years old in 1930
- Old Stagecoach Days, about 1840
- Oldest Fairfield Building, built in 1839, Torn Down in 1881
- Opera House Fire, 1909
- Parsons College - Its Rise and Fall, 1973
- Parsons College's Ankeney Hall Fire, 1902
- Parsons College Dance, 1950
- Pea Vine Railroad - its rise and fall, 1891 - 1939
- Pleasant Plain Friends Church celebrates 175 years, 2016 (last article on page)
- Prehistoric Stone Found, 1919
- Pumphrey Brothers donate a park to Fairfield, 1923
- Round Prairie Church Celebrates 103 Years, 1955
- Swayne's Blacksmith Shop, 1864
- The Fair Department Store's 40th Anniversary, 1937
- Train Wreck at Glendale, 1881
- Train Wreck at Krum, 1888
- Vandals at Fulton's Fruit Farm, 1868
- Victory No. 8 Schoolhouse Celebrates 120-year Anniversary, 2011
- Victory No. 8 Schoolhouse Reunion, 2011
Notable Folks
- Revolutionary War Veteran Ebenezer AYRES Honored, 2009
- Centenarians and Long-lived Folk
- Charlotte BISSIG, 100 in 2019
- Tim BROWN, 100 in 2018
- Frances McCANN CANTWELL, 100 in 2014
- Frances CANTWELL, 102 in 2016
- Earl COFFIN, 99 in 2009
- Elizabeth DAVIS, 96 in 1881
- Zola DOAN, 102 in 2008
- Genevieve DRISH, 102, County's Oldest Resident in 2010... maybe
- Genevieve DRISH, 104, County's Oldest Resident for real this time, 2012
- Genevieve DRISH, 105 in 2012
- Genevieve DRISH, 106, County's Oldest Resident in 2013
- John 'Jack' FISHER, 100 in 2023
- Lee T. GOBBLE - 'Mr. Fairfield', 99 in 2013
- Marie GORMAN, 102 in 2012
- Marie HAMMES, 100 in 2019
- Norbert HAMMES, 100 in 2013
- Viola HEISEL, 100 in 2018
- Vester HEMM, 103 in 2008
- Marybelle HOOTMAN, 100 in 2012
- Rachel HOWELL, 100 in 2020
- Margaret HULL, 100 in 2014
- John JACKSON, 100 in 2014
- Ada KELLER, 100 in 2017
- Beulah LAUDERMAN, 100 in 2010
- Wilma LAWSON, 103, County's Oldest Resident in 2010
- Wilma LAWSON, 104 in 2011
- Charles Henry MANNHARDT, 100 in 1973
- Lucille MILLER, 100 in 2008
- Roy MITCHELL, 100 in 2014
- Blanche NELSON, 103 in 2014
- Mary 'Margaret' NEWLON, 103 in 2014
- Mary 'Margaret' NEWLON, 104 in 2015
- Norbert PAULY, 100 in 2010
- John REED - 100 years of Memories, 2012
- Jane RUBY, 100 in 2018
- Dorothy STINOCHER, 100 in 2016
- Clara Agnes SWIHART, 100 in 2020
- Hazel Anna WILBURN, 100 in 2013
- Druzilla CLARK Foundation formed to honor educators, 2017
- DALLNER family quits farming after 167 years, 2014
- Century Farm of the FULTON Family, Established 1843
- Norbert & Marie HAMMES married 78½ Years - Longest in IA, 2019
- Hiram HEATON's home - Woodthrush Park, 1968 story
- Century Farm of Arvel JAMES, Established 1845
- Odd Fellows Lodge closes after 167 years, 2013
- Judge MORGAN Nearly Struck by Lightning, 1868
- Ron PRILL, longtime local musician, has Central Park's bandstand named for him, 2013 (updated 2017)
- Theodore ROOSEVELT's Stop, 1912
- Oldest Native Iowa Civil War Soldier, Edward J. SMITH, 1904
- Century Farm of the SMITH Family, Established 1847
- Daniel STEPHENSON, Weaver of Coverlets and Carpets
- Sam SYKES Recalls the Underground Railroad, 1931
- William TAFT's Stop, 1908
- TEMPLE Newlyweds go to Burlington, 1850
- Wilma WHITHAM, 70-year member of the DAR, 2019
- Keeper of the Post Office Rosebushes, Jack YARBROUGH, 1969
Pictures From the Past
- 1905 Storefront from Troy, IA, resurrected in Fairfield, 2012
- 1950s and 1960s Storefront Restorations, 2017
- Batavia in 1911
- Birmingham Park, 1916
- Bonnifield Cabin, built in 1838, restored in 2013
- Crandall Electric, 1930s
- Fairfield Fire Department, early 1900s
- Fairfield Library, 1963
- Fairfield Square, 1876
- Fairfield Square, 1890
- Fairfield Square, 1908 and about 1950
- Fairfield Square, 1940s
- Four Corners Students, 1920s
- Germanville Class of 1937
- Howard Park, 1953
- Iowa Electric & Gas Employees, 1940s
- Libertyville Train Station, 1913
- Old Log Cabin at New Sweden, 2011
- Mailman's Christmas Greeting, 1912
- Martin's Pharmacy, 1940s
- McElhinny House, Built in the 1840s, Restored in 2009
- Newport Lunch Room, about 1910
- Packwood Grocery Store, 1963
- Schertz Millinery Shop, early 1900s
- Sterling Market facade uncovered, 2012
- Ye Olde Shoppe, date undetermined
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