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Sep 08, 2010 

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  •     Directory to Local History Images & Documents
    Many viewers interested in local history have used this website as a resource of information. As this site is quite large with over 1000 images and articles, we are providing quick links in this box that will take you directly to articles or gallery albums containing local history.
  • Old local area photos click here.
  • Images of Underground RR Activity in Salem area, Lewelling house, Ruel Daggs Case click here.
  • Village Views, early images of area towns click here.
  • Early Maps/Surverys, 1785 U.S., 1846 Iowa, 1837 Jackson Twp click here.
  • O.A. Garretson was prolific writer of local history in the early 20th century with many of his articles published in the Iowa Journal of History and Politics. To view his articles about the Underground RR, Lewellings, Lowell, Pilot Grove, Indian Jim, Battle of Athens, Spanish Archeology, Civil War, Lincoln Pole Raising and more click here.
  • You can find articles about the Keokuk, Mt. Pleasant, and Muscatine RR, Ruel Daggs Slave Case, East Grove, and more in this section. To see a listing, click here.
  •  Local Interest 
    Highlight for Album: Glendale School
    Album: Glendale School
    Changed: 03/05/2008
    Contains: 4 items.
    Viewed: 186 times.

    Highlight for Album: Garretson Mfg. Co.
    Album: Garretson Mfg. Co.

    Makers of The Rolly Roadster. For more details, click on the Roadster.
    Changed: 03/05/2008
    Contains: 11 items.
    Viewed: 315 times.

    Highlight for Album: Salem, Iowa
    Album: Salem, Iowa

    Very early views of the town of Salem.
    Changed: 03/05/2008
    Contains: 11 items.
    Viewed: 298 times.

    Highlight for Album: The Tyner Collection
    Album: The Tyner Collection

    The Tyner's farm adoined the Garretson farm to the west. These photos were taken by the Tyner family around 1914 and provide another perspective of life in Jackson Twp during the early 1900's.
    Changed: 08/11/2010
    Contains: 9 items.
    Viewed: 252 times.

    Highlight for Album: Pilot Grove, Iowa
    Album: Pilot Grove, Iowa

    Old and new photos of Pilot Grove.
    Changed: 03/05/2008
    Contains: 4 items.
    Viewed: 211 times.

    The upper swimming pond on the Garretson farm about 1926.  The lower pond had a diving platform and cable ride.
    The upper swimming pond on the Garretson farm about 1926. The lower pond had a diving platform and cable ride.
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