Mitchell County
Local History Guide


      Mitchell County Local History Documents

 

  1. Miscellaneous Articles and Books

  2. Towns and Ghost Towns

  3. Miscellaneous Articles and Indexes

 

ARTICLES AND BOOKS

 

TOWNS AND GHOST TOWNS

  • Bailey's Wayne No. 2 School
    Photo essay on Wayne No. 2 country school, located in Wayne Township.

     

  • Town of Bailey
    A short sketch about the ghost town of Bailey, located in Wayne Township.

     

  • Brownville
    A nice sketch about the ghost town of Brownville, located in Burr Oak Township.

     

  • Town of Bucknam or Bucktown
    Sketches on the ghost town of Bucknam!, or Bucknam Station, or Bucktown;
    located in Burr Oak Township.

     

  • Town of Cardiff (a.k.a. Leo)
    See Leo.

     

  • Town of Carpenter
    Basically two photographs of the town of Carpenter

     

  • Town of David
    A nice sketch about David, by a resident of David, Vivian Du Shane.

     

  • Town of Dixie
    Two short essay's about Dixie, in Rock Township

     

  • Town of Doran
    A short little sketch about Doran.

     

  • Town of Dudley
    A couple sketches on Dudley, in East Cedar Township, on the Rock Creek.

     

  • Town of Dureau, a.k.a. Wapsie
    Sketches on Wapsie and Wapsie (Durea), in Wayne Township.

     

  • Fuller a.k.a. Strawberry Point
    A sketch about Fuller, a.k.a. Strawberry Point

     

  • Gilmantown
    A story of the family of William Gilman, of Gilmantown; includes Gardners and Naden's.

     

  • Glendale
    A photo of the plat map for the ghost town of Glendale. (160 Kb)

     

  • Holbrook's Corner (Nelson)
    A sketch about Holbrook's Corner!, or Nelson, named after Nelson Holbrook.

     

  • Jenkins Center
    A photo of the plat map for the ghost town of Jenkins Center. (114 Kb)

     

  • Leo, a.k.a. Cardiff
    Leo Plat Map
    A small sketch about Leo!, or Cardiff, in Burr Oak Township.

    A great plat map of Leo. Click on the image to the right to see original. (500 Kbytes)

     

  • Little Cedar
    A significant sketch about the town of Little Cedar.

     

  • Town of McIntire
    Excellent article about McIntire, in Wayne Township. Many individuals mentioned.

     

  • Town of Meroa
    Great article about Meroa, in West Cedar Township. Many individuals mentioned.

    Another excellent collection of historical articles and tid-bits about Meroa.
    Numerous individuals mentioned. From booklet by Gertrude Crowell, 1977.
    Partially indexed in the Localdex index file.


    Meroa Part 1 (indexed)
    Meroa Part 2
    Meroa Part 3
    Meroa Part 4
    Meroa Part 5
    Meroa Part 6
    Meroa Part 7

     

  • Town of Meyer
    The story of the Catholic community of Meyer; near Stacyville.

     

  • Towns of Mitchell & West Mitchell
    Informative article about the twin cities of Mitchell and West Mitchell.

     

  • Town of Mona, a.k.a. Hustad
    Great information about the railroad town of Mona, named after Ramona
    Johnson, but first known as Hustad, in Otranto Township.

     

  • Town of Newburg
    This is a nice and informative sketch about the town of Newburg.

     

  • Town of New Haven
    Sketch concerning the town of New Haven, in Douglas Township.

     

  • Town of Orchard
    A sketch about the town of Orchard in West Lincoln Township.

     

  • City of Osage
    A large story about Osage, the county seat.

     

  • Town of Old Otranto
    The exciting story of the original town of Old Otranto, in Otranto township.

     

  • Town of Otranto
    The story of the present-day town of New Otranto, in Otranto township; with pictures.

     

  • Town of Pennyville
    A short story of Pennyville, in Liberty township.

     

  • Town of Riceville
    The story of Riceville, in Jenkins township, on the border with Howard County.

     

  • Town of Rock Creek
    Notes regarding the very small community center called Rock Creek, in Rock Township.

     

  • Town of St. Ansgar
    • A short story about St. Ansgar.

    • A essay by Conrad Groth about St. Ansgar, and it's early days.

    • An old Photo of Saint Ansgar, looking East down the "Main" Street.
      Taken about 1920. From Stella Swensrud's album.

    • St. Ansgar Cemetery Notes Some notes regarding the Saint Ansgar City Cemetery.

  • Stacyville
    • The story of the town of Stacyville, located in Stacyville township.

    • A great web site about Stacyville, at http://showcase.netins.net/web/papermoon/sville/shkstacy.html
      built by Sandra Huemann-Kelly.
      This Stacyville information focuses on the school history (opened in 1878 -- closed in 2003),
      surrounding towns, evolving sections on the Orphan train in Stacyville, Thorstein Veblen's
      connections and time spent in the town, and on the Stacy family.

       

  • Stillwater
    Comments about the ghost town of Stillwater, located in Douglas Township.

     

  • Toeterville
    A story by Mrs. Clyde Roehr about the railroad town of Toeterville.

     

  • Town of Wapsie, a.k.a. Dureau
    Two essays by Helen Shepard about the little town of Wapsie!, on the
    Wapsipinicon River. Also known as Dureau, there is also a third commentary
    about that.

     

  • Watertown
    Information regarding the ghost town of Watertown, in East Cedar Township.

     

  • Town of Wentworth
    Information on the town of Wentworth, in Wayne Township.

     

  • Wheeler
    A small sketch about the ghosttown Wheeler.

     

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    MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES AND INDEXES

     

  • St. Ansgar's Blue Belle Inn
    The story of a beautiful Victorian style home in St. Ansgar, which is now a famous Bed and Breakfast. Built by Mr. R.C. Lubiens in 1896., and later owned by Hugh Carr, Duane and Laurie (Plummer) Kimber, and Sherrie Hansen.
    Click here: Blue Belle

     

  • Holbrook's Tavern
    A great story about life at Holbrook's Tavern, in Holbrook, written by
    Annie Sweney. Great insights into life in Mitchell County in the mid 1800's.
    Click here: Holbrook's Tavern

     

  • Boyhood Memories of Otranto
    An excellent article from the Mitchell County Press-News, Feb. 1973.
    Discusses the weather, teachers, and outlaws like Jesse James and Cole Younger.
    Click Here: Boyhood

     

  • Fascination with History
    A great article from the Mitchell County Press-News, some time ago, dealing
    with not only the history of the county, but with the people that are documenting
    and preserving the county's history. Click Here: Fascination

     

  • Unsolved Murder in Osage Township
    The story of an unsolved 1900 murder of a school principle
    by the name of Evans. Click here: Murder

     

  • 1875 - Illustrated Historical Atlas of Iowa
    The part about Mitchell county -- minus any graphics.
    Lots of names mentioned. Click here: 1875

     

  • Fort Severson - Indian Fort
    The story of Fort Severson, in Newburg Township, used to
    protect the citizens against possible Indian attack. Click here: Fort Severson

     

  • Civil War Memories
    A truly great piece of writing concerning the Civil War and it's effects
    on young people of Mitchell County. Stop what you are doing and read
    this story -- now. Written by Annie Sweney. Click here: Civil War!

     

  • Pioneer Life in Mitchell County
    A very interesting essay on what life was like in the first few years of
    pioneering in Mitchell County. Click here: Pioneers!

     

  • Horse Thieves
    An interesting story about horse stealing in the county.
    Click here: Thieves

     

  • Log Cabins of Mitchell County
    An fascinating story about log cabins and sod homes of the county, including
    specifics on some real log cabins.
    Click here: Cabins

     

  • Harvesting Ice In Mitchell County
    Although no names are mentioned, this story gives a great perspective
    regarding life before electricity and refrigeration.   Click here: Iceman

     

  • Osage's First Cemetery
    The whole story (well, okay, a good chunk of it) of the original
    cemetery in the town of Osage. Click here: Original

     

  • Township Histories
    Chapter XVII -- Townships of Mitchell County from History of
    Mitchell and Worth Counties, 1918. Click here: Townships

     

  • Historical Table of Contents--Vol. 1
    From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES-1918, Vol. 1
    Click here: Contents (mitvol1.htm)

     

  • INDEX TO NAMES IN THESE LOCAL HISTORY FILES
    We have painstakingly compiled most of the names of individuals
    mentioned in these local histories. However, the mitvol1.htm and
    mitvol2.htm files are not yet indexed.

    There are over 2500 names in this index!

    PARTLINKNAME RANGE
    1

    loc01dex.htm

    Abbott - Burroughs

    2

    loc02dex.htm

    Burt - DeFord

    3

    loc03dex.htm

    DeMuth - Gardner

    4

    loc04dex.htm

    Garland - Hendricks

    5

    loc05dex.htm

    Hendry - Kruger

    6

    loc06dex.htm

    Krulish - Michaels

    7

    loc07dex.htm

    Mielke - Pickell

    8

    loc08dex.htm

    Pierce - Skinner

    9

    loc09dex.htm

    Skutle - Tubbs

    10

    loc10dex.htm

    Tucker - Zolner

     

    • ADD YOUR INFORMATION

  • Add Your's!
    If you have information of a local history nature, which is not
    copyrighted, please email me so we can add it to this collection.

    Email Kermit Kittleson

     

LAST UPDATE: 03/08/2009

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