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History of Wiota, Iowa
1873 1973
Memories of the Past
and
Dreams for the Future

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Wiota Centennial History Cover Page

PROCLAMATION 1
CONGRATULATORY LETTERS [GOV. RAY, WENDELL PELLETT] 2
THE TOWN OF WIOTA 3-4
THE POST OFFICE 4
WIOTA FIRE DEPT. 5-6
GAS AND OIL BUSINESS 6-7
ROBINSON HARDWARE 7-8
CLAUS BARNHOLDT 8
RAY CANNON & ELIZABETH WADE 8-9
L. L. (ROY) REED 9
FROM THE DIARY OF L. L. REED 9-11
LETA TAYLOR 11
DEL SPRY 11
MR. & MRS. HERMAN E. THOMSEN 11-12
MRS. FRED MCDERMOTT 12
JAMES B. MCDERMOTT 12
JESSE O. & ADELIA JORDAN 12-13
LEROY & CLARA WILLIAMSON & FAMILY 13
MR. & MRS. CHARLES SHERRETT & MARY LOUISE 13-14
HUMERICK FAMILY 14
RICHARD R. BELL FAMILY 14
HENRY BELL FAMILY 14-15
JOHN SHIPMAN BELL 15
MR. & MRS. JERRY M. SHEY 15
JOE & NETTIE MORGAN 15
THE MIKE METZ FAMILY 16
WATERS FAMILY 16-17
BALLENSIEFER FAMILY 17
MRS. FRED HERCHENBACH 17-18
MRS. TENA MAILANDER 18
WIOTA TRAGEDIES 18
HISTORY OF THE WIOTA SCHOOL 19-20
SCHOOL ATHLETICS 20-21
GEORGIA LAHMAN 21
TELEPHONE COMPANY 21
DANIEL E. & LOUISA ROE 22
THE ED HENDERSON FAMILY 22
A FARM HOME BURNS DOWN 22
JESSE ELLER 23
WIOTA CEMETERY 23-24
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH 24
WIOTA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 24-25
FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 25-26
PONDEROSA PLAYBOYS SADDLE CLUB 26
WIOTA LODGE NO. 346, IOOF 26
FRANKLIN TWP. HOMEMAKERS 26
FRANKLIN VICTORY FARMERS 4-H CLUB 27
FRANKLIN FARMETTES 4-H CLUB 27
S AND C CLUB 27-28
W. T. C. CLUB 28-29
WIOTA GARDEN CLUB 29-30
NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCLE CLUB 30
N. G. A. CLUB 30
MUSIC IN DAYS AGO 30-31
COOMES ORCHESTRA 31
BELL QUARTET 31
JOLEE TAYLOR 31
AS OLIVER OSTRUS RECALLS 31-32
OUR CHANGING TIMES 32-33
OLIVER COOMES 33-34
THE WOOD FAMILY 34
JAMES & AGNES JORDAN 34
TINA & TONY RICHTER 34
BENTON FUTURE FARMERS 35-36
BENTON GIRLS 4-H 36-37
BENTON BLOOMERS 37
EARL ROGLER 37
THE KELLER FARM 37-38
THE BENTON CENTER SCHOOL 38
EARLY ITEMS OF BENTON TWP. 38
HIGHLAND CHURCH 38-40
THE WEATHER 40
NORWAY CENTER STORE & GARAGE 41
DR. MERRILL STATON 41-42
NORWAY CENTER LUTHERAN CHURCH X42
THE NORWAY CEMETERY 42
FIVE MEMBERS OF FAMILY DROWN 42
REMEMBER WHEN -- 42
WIOTA, IA. (POPULATION 225) BOASTS EIGHT PAIRS OF TWINS AS NEIGHBORS 43
THE CAR WASH INDUSTRY 43-44
THE CROOKED CREEK GANG 44-45
LEWIS BIGELOW 45
PAT MURRAY & SONS 45
SECOND SOFTEST WATER IN IOWA 45-46
HENRY MILLER, SCHOOL PATROLMAN 46
DID YOU EVER? 46
A LITTLE OF THIS AND THAT 46-47
MISS AGNES PATTERSON 47
FRANK BELL FAMILY 47-48
JOHN HELMER EILTS FAMILY 48-49
LOCAL BUSINESSES IN 1973 50
STATE CHAMPION CHECKER PLAYER 50X
SUMMER CATECHIM CLASSES AT ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, 1936 OR '37? 50
VINTAGE PHOTOS 50-58
ADVERTISEMENT - REDWOOD STEAKHOUSE 59
ADVERTISEMENT - BILL MCMULLEN CONSTRUCTION CO. 60
VINTAGE PHOTOS 61
CENTENNIAL SCHEDULE 62
VINTAGE PHOTOS 62-64
BENTON TOWNSHIP MAP 65
VINTAGE PHOTO 65
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP MAP 66
VINTAGE PHOTOS 66
TOWN OF WIOTA PLAT MAP 67
VINTAGE PHOTOS 67
ADVERTISEMENTS 68
MEMORIALS 69-74
DONATIONS LIST 75
ADVERTISEMENTS 76-116

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