A View From The Attic

A View from the Attic is a weekly series written by members and friends of the Fremont County Historical Society.

DateTitleAuthor
2011-08-08 Caves - A "Must" in Early Years. Sherri Perkins
2011-07-25 A Salute to Rodeo Volunteers Lona Lewis
2011-07-11 Floods Past - Part 2 Jerry Birkby
2011-06-27 Floods Past - Part 1 Jerry Birkby
2011-06-13 The Great Pontoon Drawbridge Lona Lewis
2011-06-06 Crossing the Missouri River Lona Lewis
2011-05-16 Box Socials Evelyn Birkby
2011-05-02 The War Against Germs Nadine Elwers
2011-04-18 What did earlier Iowans do for medical care? Nadine Elwers
2011-04-04 A Hotel that Moved? Lynn Handy
2011-03-21 Letter Home Danette Hein-Snider
2011-03-07 Manti Part ll Nancy K. Jaeckel
2011-02-21 Manti--Part 1 Cutler- The Founder Nancy K. Jaeckel
2011-01-31 The Old Railroad Depot Sherry Perkins
2011-01-24 Winter Emily Bengtson
2011-01-10 Hamburg House Ruth Lauman
2010-12-13 Christmas in Sunnyside School Nadine Elwers
2010-11-29 Penn Drug Story - Part 2 William Penn
2010-11-15 History of Penn Drug- The Early Years William Penn
2010-11-01 An Unusual Southwest Iowan Evelyn Birkby
2010-10-18 Early Hotels Evelyn Birkby
2010-10-04 Did Jesse James Rob the Bank? Evelyn Birkby
2010-09-20 Indian Burial Grounds Evelyn Birkby
2010-09-06 Ladies Clubs Emily Bengtson
2010-08-23 The Museum's Country School Evelyn Birkby
2010-08-09 Knox-January 18, 1900 ECHO
2010-07-26 Sidney Rodeo Memories Sherry Perkins
2010-07-12 Shull Hardware Over 100 Years Carole Hamilton
2010-06-28 Residents of the Antrim Cemetery Pt 2 Sherry Perkins
2010-06-21 Residents of the Antrim Cemetery Sherry Perkins
2010-06-07 Historical Baylor Barn Jim Baylor
2010-05-24 The Antrim Cemetery Sherry Perkins
2010-05-10 Riverton's Beginnings Carole Hamilton
2010-04-26 POW Camps Evelyn Birkby
2010-04-12 Tabor View Catherine Grace Barbour Farquhar
2010-03-29 The Middle Years of Tabor College Danette Hein-Snider
2010-03-01 Another Tall Tale Jerry Birkby
2010-02-15 What radio meant to our farm family in the early 1900s. Nadine Elwers
2010-02-08 Homemade Bread Emily Bengtson
2010-02-01 Armistice Day Blizzard Lona Lewis
2010-01-25 The Children's Blizzard Evelyn Birkby
2010-01-18 Blitzartig Gone By Evelyn Birkby
2010-01-11 Great Blizzards thru Time Lona Lewis and Evelyn Birkby
2010-01-04 More than a Stove Emily Bengtson
2009-12-21 SIDNEY TOWN SQUARE--1900 Part 3 James Moseley
2009-12-14 SIDNEY TOWN SQUARE--1900 Part 2 James Moseley
2009-12-07 SIDNEY TOWN SQUARE--1900 Part 1 James Moseley
2009-11-16 A View of Riverton Evelyn Birkby
2009-11-05 Breaking Ground Lona Lewis
2009-10-26 Food Storage Emily Bengtson
2009-10-19 Sidney Opera House Bob Crawford
2009-10-12 Chautauqua showcased local Tabor talent Pat Claiborne
2009-10-05 Tabor Movie Theater Pat Claiborne
2009-09-28 Chautauqua Evelyn Birkby
2009-09-21 Father Edmond Hayes – A Colorful Life Margaret Laughlin
2009-09-14 Brief History of Tabor Nancy Newlon
2009-09-07 Father Edmond Hayes - Financier Margaret Laughlin
2009-08-31 The Floods of '81 Danette Hein-Snider
2009-08-25 Marriage Vows Under the Stars Evelyn Birkby
2009-08-17 The Flying Machine of Imogene Margaret Laughlin
2009-08-10 Early Remedies Emily Bengtson
2009-08-03 Food Costs Evelyn Birkby
2009-07-27 The Rodeo Lona Lewis
2009-07-20 Ladies Hats Sherry Penny
2009-07-06 John Kellison Spins A Yarn Jerry Birkby
2009-06-22 Sarah Cozand Evelyn Birkby
2009-05-11 A Conversation With "Dick" Bobbitt Jerry Birkby
2009-05-04 Interesting Stories of Quilts Sherry Perkins
2009-04-27 Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal Ruth Lawman
2009-04-20 One Room School Sign Project Lotus Foster
2009-04-05 Story of the Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association Wanda Ewalt
2009-03-30 Fremont County Historical Society Evelyn Birkby
2009-03-23 The Family, Friends, and the Economy, Then and Now Lona Lewis
2009-03-16 St Patrick's Day in Imogene Veronica Keasling
2009-03-03 Civil War Veterans Evelyn Birkby
2009-02-23 St. Patrick's Catholic Church Margaret Laughlin
2009-02-16 History as seen through the eyes of those who lived it Emily Bengtson
2009-02-09 Orphan Trains Jerry and Jane Hume
2009-02-02 We Visit Grandmother Ada West
2009-01-26 The Mormon Battalion Evelyn Birkby
2009-01-19 Year of Decision Evelyn Birkby
2009-01-12 Wm. H. Barger Obituary of Monroe Twp., Life Details Found In Obituaries Danette Hein-Snider
2009-01-05 The Fremont County Cemetery Record Book Evelyn Birkby
2008-12-29 Christmas Trees and Walnut Meats Jerry Birkby
2008-12-01 Early Travelers Danette Hein-Snider
2008-11-24 Letters from the past Danette Hein-Snider
2008-11-17 Bringing A Museum Up-To-Date Lona Lewis
2008-11-10 Ordeal of Red Crow's Captive Squaw, Nancy Fletcher Evelyn Birkby
2008-11-03 Irish Settlers in the Northeast Corner of Fremont County, Iowa Veronica (O'Connor) Keasling
2008-10-27 Migration into Southwest Iowa Evelyn Birkby
2008-10-20 The Loess Hills Scenic Byways Evelyn Birkby
2008-10-13 Rev. John Todd Wanda Ewalt
2008-10-06 Making sense of the census Danette Hein-Snider
2008-09-29 Rodeo Museum Memorabilia Lona Lewis
2008-09-22 Randolph and vicinity Sherry Perkins
2008-09-15 Underground Railroad in Iowa Lynn Handy
2008-09-08 Famous Visitors traveling to Southwest Iowa Danette Hein-Snider
2008-09-01 Lakota Sioux Native Americans Lona Lewis
2008-08-25 Growing up in Iowa Lynn Benson
2008-08-18 Fremont County Historical Society- A Work in Progress Evelyn Birkby
2008-08-11 Fremont County Museum Lona Lewis
2008-08-05 Uva Turnbull Soil Collection Evelyn Birkby
2008-07-28 Ragtime Piano returns to The Gathering Place Lynn Benson
2008-07-21 Charlie Orr, 1883-1975, Rodeo news Dave Roberts
2008-07-15 Museum News Evelyn Birkby
2008-06-30 Buttons Evelyn Birkby
2008-06-16 Iowa Historical Newspapers Ruth Lauman
2008-06-06 Historical Museum and Rodeo Museum Lona Lewis
2008-05-26 Photograph Collections Evelyn Birkby

 

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