Story County is in the heart of Iowa. It is the state’s geographic center, just north of Des Moines. May 2, 2012 was a day and eveningto be remembered. . . . Story County and Ames experience[d] localized straight line winds resulting in damage to trees, some structures, and vehicles. The National Weather Service was tracking strong [...]
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There are 32 twins (16 pairs of students) in the ninth grade at one Des Moines, Iowa high school. It’s called Valley Southwoods.1 The folks at Guinness World Records have declared it a record. Something in the water? ajh 1. Technically, the school is in West Des Moines, but we don’t want to confuse our media friends [...]
A fellow descendant of the Boal family, a woman named Dee, sent me a note the other day. We have been corresponding back and forth since. In the 19th century her family was living near mine in Washington County, Iowa, unbeknownst to any of us, until now. Hi, I saw where you posted the grave of William [...]
Chuck Grassley and I have something in common besides Iowa. We both want more history programming on the History channel. I love history. A better understanding is going to strengthen our country. It’s going to strengthen patriotism. When I signed up for the History Channel on my satellite service, I expected to get history. Instead, [...]
Before it is taken down, I want to preserve the comments and memories folks have submitted to my aunt’s memorial page. The first to write something was Linda McIntyre of Winfred, South Dakota, one of my Aunt Carol’s cousins. Carol and I spent many happy times growing up near each other in South Dakota. Ballgames (she was a [...]
I am not sure where Peg (Helena Mae Chitty) fits into the Chitty family tree, but am documenting her life, via her obituary, here for reference. Helena Mae Chitty March 21, 1928 – February 27, 2012 Peg Chitty, 83 of Nevada died on Monday, February 27, 2012 at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A [...]
My aunt died on the 13th. I posted her obituary on Wednesday, after it had been published in the major papers in central Iowa. A longer obituary, what I’d rather call a remembrance, for my aunt was sent to several newspapers in eastern South Dakota, near where she grew up, including the Lake Preston Times, [...]
Yesterday I clicked on a link to a photograph of three boys, printed on a postcard. It was from the early 1900s, rescued by someone and posted on Flickr. Dated July 4, 1910 and taken in Maxwell, Iowa, I took note of their surname. Transcribed as Longnecken, I recalled that one Hill relative, perhaps named [...]
A Google Alert sent me a link to some photographs by someone with the Oskaloosa News. It appears to be an entirely online operation. The images are of Wellman, Iowa or nearby. I have family connections to Wellman, hence my interest. One focuses on a clock in downtown Wellman. Another is of a “unique home” [...]
