This is the final collection of auxiliary images I took while on a road trip with Carla to Butler County to harvest their town signs. Clarksville If you aren’t down with Mollie B, you aren’t down with me. Allison Greene Aredale Bristow Butler Center Ackley I plan in great detail… Read More »BUTLER COUNTY AUXILIARY IMAGES VOL. 2
I found a few cool things while I was tooling around Sac County and Ida County. Including the birthplace of the great Andy Williams. A singer that everybody loves unequivocally. Here is the first collection of those images. Wall Lake Carnarvon Odebolt Ida Grove I have at least one more… Read More »Sac County and Ida County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
Here are some pictures from yesterday: It was a disappointing effort by the Iowa State offense, but if they can right the ship, all their season goals are still on the table.
A few weeks back I cruised around Pocahontas County harvesting their town signs. Some of these I harvested on a trip to northwest Iowa with Teresa. The rest I harvested on a solo trip. Here are some facts about Pocahontas County: + Population is 7,078. It is the 93rd most… Read More »Town Sign Project: Pocahontas County
A few weekends back I tooled around Humboldt County and harvested their town sign. Here is a collection of some of the auxiliary images I took on this road trip, including some I took as I went back south threw Calhoun County. Humboldt Renwick LuVerne Livermore Ottosen Rutland Gilmore City… Read More »Humboldt County Auxiliary Images
Shortly after I published the town signs of Lucas County I received a letter in the mail. I don’t get much mail from anybody other that the two State Farm agents in Ames that think by constantly sending me junk mail I’m somehow going to sign up for their terrible… Read More »Lucas County Auxiliary Images
A few Saturdays back I cruised around Butler County with Carla harvesting their town signs. Here are some facts about Butler County: + Population is 14,628 (2019 estimate). That makes Butler County the 54th most populous county in Iowa. Below Kossuth County and above Harrison County. + The county seat… Read More »Town Sign Project: Butler County
A few weeks back Jesse and I toured Poweshiek County and harvested their town signs. Here are the auxiliary images from that road trip: Victor Brooklyn Guernsey Montezuma Barnes City Searsboro Malcom Grundy County is the next county I need to share auxiliary images from.
Today I’m sharing the balance of the images from when Jesse and I drove around Benton County and harvested their town signs. But first I want to share another bit of family history that I found amongst the genealogy papers when we’ve been going through stuff at my Mom’s house.… Read More »Benton County Auxiliary Images – 2
I’ve decided to share some of the family history notes that I find now and again while going through some of the genealogy stuff at my Mom’s house. None of it is quite as weird as the 6 part story on my Grandma Bennett’s brief third marriage, but I hope… Read More »Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone
A few weeks back I hit the open road with Jesse and we harvested the town signs of Benton County and Poweshiek County. This collection focuses primarily on Benton County, although there are some pictures at the end from Buchanan County. Jesse was the first Town Sign Assistant to use… Read More »Benton County Auxiliary Images – 1
Here is the final chapter in the storage of my Grandma Bennett’s brief third marriage: Handschin Killer Commits Suicide At Reformatory Sioux City, Feb. 15 Mrs. Martelle McPeek, 29 year-old blonde, who last January 11th shot her lover after being jilted, committed suicider early today in the woman’s reformatory at… Read More »Tama County Auxiliary Images – 2
Here is Part 5 of the story of my Grandma Bennett’s brief third marriage. Sentence in Shooting of M. Handschin Sioux City Woman Given 10 Years At Women’s Reformatory at Rockwell City Sioux City, Jan. 26 – Mrs. Martelle McPeek, 29, of Sioux City, today was under sentence of 10… Read More »Dropped
Here is Part 4 of the story of my Grandma Bennett’s brief third marriage. M. Handschin Funeral Rites Here Jan. 25th Native of Boone Died in Sioux City Formerly Employed by North Wester R. R. Relatives, neighbors and friends paid their final respects to the memory of the late Maurice… Read More »(I’m So) Afraid Of Losing You Again
Here is Part 3 of the brief third marriage of my Grandma Bennett. This article is in particularly bad shape, so there is some guessing with what it says. Handschin, Formerly of Boone, Dies After Being Shot, Sioux city. A (man) shot by a jealous woman at Sioux City the… Read More »Tama County Auxiliary Images – 1
Here is Part 2 in the story of my Grandma Bennett’s second marriage. Jealous Woman Shoots Ex-Boone Man Sioux City, Jan. 12 Maurice Handschin, 37, packing house worker, was in critical condition in a Sioux City hospital today after being shot through the body last, night assertedly by Mrs. Martell… Read More »Town Sign Project: Calhoun County
While we have been working on sorting things at my Mom’s house, we recently have come through a whole pile of genealogy stuff. While sorting through it, I thought I would share a bit of family history from my Dad’s side of the family. It is a story I’ve known,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 305 – MUSIC
Lots of people decided to make HISTORY by taking a HISTORY image this week. I understand that it can be a bit difficult for people that aren’t like me. You see, it is easy for me cause I’m making HISTORY every day. But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 304 – HISTORY
Back in early May I drove around Adair County to harvest their town signs. I also harvested some town signs in Clarke County. This was a solo trip. Here are some of the non-town sign pictures I took while cruising around: Greenfield Fontanelle It is sad that this is being… Read More »Adair County Auxiliary Images
Despite the holiday weekend, there was pretty good participation in this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. At least a few of you got out there and had an ADVENTURE last week. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see… Read More »WPC – WEEK 303 – ADVENTURE
This is the second collection of “other” images I took while harvesting the town signs of Madison and Union County. This was the last town sign harvesting trip I ever took with my Mom. All of the pictures in this collection were taken in Madison County. St. Charles, East Peru,… Read More »Madison County and Union County Auxiliary Images – 2