Ringgold County History

"The Corn Parade" by Orr C. FISHER
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Post Office Lobby
The mural was hung in the post office lobby on June 11, 1941
Orr C. FISHER was born in Delphos, Iowa, 1885.

The post office was formally dedicated
on August 22, 1940. The Superintendent of schools served
as master of the dedication ceremonies.

Images of America: Ringgold County, pictorial history book about Ringgold County by Mike Avitt and Sharon R. Becker, Arcadia Publications, 2011.

History Articles

Settlement Before Statehood	Honey War
Formation of Ringgold County	Major Samuel RINGGOLD, Jr.
Iowa's Defense: Formation of the State includes Spirit Lake Massacre of 1857	Agricultural History According to the 1950 Census of Agriculture, there were 1,311 farms  in Ringgold County with an average size of 252 acres at a value of $30,800.
Centennial Decade in Ringgold Co., 1980's	Early History of Ringgold County by Clara E. (HAGANS) HARVEY, 1904
Early Settlers of Ringgold Co., 1844-1859	Early Settlers of Benton Twp. & Maloy
Bohemian Pioneers by Jerry J. ZARUBA, 1935	Bohemian Settlers in Ringgold County written by David JEZEK, 1977
Ringgold County Old Settlers Reunion	Bonnie and Clyde, The Barrow Gang     Bonnie and Clyde     booklet by Sharon R. Becker, Paragon Press, 2011
Box Socials	Last Buffalo in Ringgold County by Cora (FERTIG) HALL
County Home, Ringgold County	Creameries of Ringgold County
Crime Stories	The Great Depression, Ringgold County
Disasters and Tragedies	Eagle Sculpture on the Courthouse Lawn, 2006
4-H Clubs of Ringgold County	4-H in 2012
History of 4-H in Ringgold County	Grand River Wildlife Unit
Knouse Murder Trial of 1869 Jesse KNOUSE goes on trial for the murder of Daniel GRIFFITH change of venue from Taylor County to Ringgold County	Old-Time Medical Terms Their Definitions and Old-Time Remedies
Recipe for Small-pox Cure	Old-Time Occupations and Professions
Ghost Towns of Ringgold County	Early Post Offices:  Forrest Home, Redding, Lee, Polen, Kew, Wanamaker, Marena
Grasshopper Invasion of 1867	Grave Robbery, Iowa Medical Journal Article, 1896
Ringgold County History, by Prof. Tuttle, 1876	History of Ringgold County, 1942
Historical Notes of Ringgold County	History of Athens Township by Arthur L. LESAN, 1931
History of Beaconsfield	Index of Beaconsfield Historical Articles

         

History of Benton	Index of Benton Historical Articles
History of Blackmore also known as Blackmore Corner	Blockton [Mormontown] Sesequicentennial, 2011     Blockton Post Office, 2013
History of Caledonia	Index of Caledonia Historical Articles
History of Delphos	Index of Delphos Historical Articles
History of Diagonal	Index of Diagonal Historical Articles
History of Ellston	Index of Ellston Historical Articles
Eugene Fire of 1879 Eugene founded by Charles K. GRIMES	History of Forest Home
History of Goshen	Index of Goshen Historical Articles
History of Hy-Vee Food Stores	Hy-Vee in Mount Ayr
History of Kellerton	Index of Kellerton Historical Articles
History of Knowlton	Index of Knowlton Historical Articles
Lamoni Telephone Company	Lee Baseball Team
History of Lesanville, by Arthur LESAN, 1931 Includes early history of Poe Township	Index of Lesanville Historical Articles
Early Days in Liberty Township by Stewart L. Thompson, 1914	Liberty Spring Lake Athletic Club
History of Lotts Creek	History of Maloy
Index of Maloy Historical Articles	History of Middle Fork Township      Slavery in Middle Fork Township
Morris & Allyn Journal, 1879 - 1880	History of Mount Ayr

      

Index of Mount Ayr Historical Articles	Mount Ayr Postmasters
Physicians and Surgeons of Ringgold County 1876, 1879, 1881, 1896	Pioneer Photographers
Platte River Bridge	History of Lesanville, by Arthur LESAN, 1931 Includes early history of Poe Township
News from Polen, date unknown	Prairie Chicken Relocation, Kellerton     Kellerton Bird Conservation Area
Railroads of Ringgold County	Redding Farmers' Institute
History of Redding	Index of Redding Historical Articles
History of Rice Township	History of Ringgold City
Ringgold County Boys Basketball Tournament, 1927	History of Ringgold County Jail      Jail Escape, 1932
Ringgold County Early Court     includes Ringgold County Officials, 1855-1937	Ringgold County Courthouse circa 1915
Temporary Courthouse, 1921 - 1927	Ringgold County Courthouse, built 1926

Ringgold County's Bobcats	Ringgold County's Dragoon Trace Nature Center
Ringgold County Group Home      25th Anniversary	Ringgold County  visited by Thunder Roads Magazine
Ringgold County Hospital	Ringgold County Population, 1987
Ringgold County Shark's Tooth	Ringgold County Sheriffs      Ringgold Law Enforcement, 1960's
Ringgold County Soldiers' Monument, 1918      Rededication of Monument, 2014	Ringgold County Historic Buildings

   

Ringgold County Centennial     Centennial Address by Luke E Hart     Centennial Souvenir Program     Ringgold County Centennial     Ringgold County Centennial, Tingley	Ringgold County Sesquicentennial, 2005   County Fair & Sewquicentennial, 2005
Ringgold County Conservation Board: Celebrating 50 Years	Ringgold County Scenes, 2012-2013

Ringgold Singers
    an on-going project to compile the history of this group

Ringgold Singers, 2012

Ringgold County Places:      Fish Hatchery, Mount Ayr      State Highway 2      U.S. Highway 169	Ringgold County during the Great Depression   100-Year-Old Silo   Suffragettes March at Mount Ayr, 1915
Shannon City	History of Sun Valley Lake      Sun Valley Home Tour, 2012
The Nation area along Iowa-Missouri border	History of Tingley
Index of Tingley Historical Articles	History of Tingley Township
History of Transportation	The Waubonsie Trail
Other Historic Ringgold County Trails:       Ayr Line Road - U.S. Highway 169       Corn Belt Highway - Iowa Highway 259       Highland Highway - Iowa Highway 25       Saints Highway - Iowa Highway 25       Tourists' Trail - U.S. Highway 169 &        County Roads J-25, P-54 & P-64	Formation of Iowa Highway Commission, 1919
Underground Railroad  in Ringgold County	Anti-Slavery in Ringgold County
Quilt Codes	History of Union Township
Virginia Sale Bill	The War Years
History of Watterson	Waubonsie Tractor Club 2005;   2007;   2012;   2012 Plow Day;   2013; On The Square, 2013
Notable Weather Incidents, Ringgold County     01 Jan 1950 - 31 May 2008	Tornado of April 1907     Tornado of 1984     Tornado of 2001

SOUTHERN IOWA TOURISM GUIDE
RINGGOLD COUNTY

Off-site link to what Ringgold County has to offer:

Marlin E. Fogle Recreation Area * DNR Prairie Chick Restoration Project
Ringgold's 8 County Parks * Camping & Fishing Spots
Pioneer & Rural Life Museum * Mount Ayr Depot Museum
Diagonal Printing Museum
Sun Valley Lake * Annual Hynek Farmer Song Music Festival
Eagles Nest, Ellston * Golf Courses
Places to See * Places to Stay

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