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“Stories of Towns Past”
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ADDITIONAL INFO/ Submitted by |
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Union |
Submitted by Wally Miller from Creston, IA |
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Greene |
Robert Cody |
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Iowa |
Dave Jackson |
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Boone |
Don Wen |
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Boone |
Suzanne Betts |
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Boone |
Nancy Flynn |
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Adair |
Autumn |
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Dave Jackson |
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Kossuth |
Dan Shuster |
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Scott |
(Only one building left) |
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Scott |
Keith Matzen |
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Crawford |
Marcus Mundt |
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Souix |
Kevin McNamara |
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Guthrie |
Kathleen Whitver |
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Bill Wilson |
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Madison |
Elizabeth Kennedy |
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Lee |
Karen Marshall |
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Clayton |
James McShane |
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Stan Phelps |
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Winnebago |
Mark Gruben |
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Crawford |
Christy Rickers |
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Monroe |
Joan Beary |
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Polk |
Karen Leibold |
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Clayton |
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Carroll |
Lawrence Vaughn |
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Carroll |
Denise Peters |
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Monroe |
Mark Gruben |
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Polk |
W. Wright |
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Polk |
Stephanie |
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Joan Peters |
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Palo Alto |
Don Bradley |
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Lee |
Valeria Root |
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Lee |
Gary Leazer |
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Cass |
J. M. Lahey |
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Dallas |
Kathleen Whitver |
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Cass |
Norman Killmon |
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Appanoose |
Richard E. |
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DINGESVILLE |
Jefferson |
No info, name only |
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Floyd |
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Emmet |
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Still occupied - MAP |
Marion |
William M Buttrey info on Flagler |
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Just a movie set? Take a look. |
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Wright |
Gerald Anderson |
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?????? |
Debbie Johnson |
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Pottawatamie |
Gail Meyer Kilgore |
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DesMoines |
Willian Walker |
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Hardin |
Mark Gruben |
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Michael Leonard |
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Joyce Jessen |
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Shirley Ricketts |
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Stan Smith |
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Bremmer |
Dianne Oltrogge |
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HALE (St. Joseph) |
Kossuth |
Mike Sinnwell |
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Jones |
Mark Gruben |
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Plymouth |
Justin Herbst |
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Marshall |
Gordon Eurom |
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Doris Kube |
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Adair |
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Polk |
Kerry Sheehan |
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Cyndy Bayliss |
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TOWN |
COUNTY |
ADDITIONAL INFO/ Submitted by |
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Plymouth |
Mary Holub |
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Ida |
Karen Furguson |
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Mealnie Rechkemmer |
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Mahaska |
Glen Allen Thatcher |
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Millls |
Anne Messenger |
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Wayne |
James Dougherty |
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Bremmer |
Dianne Oltrogge |
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Marshall |
Larry Coulter |
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Marshall |
Jon Christensen |
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Marshall |
Jennifer Murty |
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Boone |
Bob |
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Monona |
Lincoln Township |
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Monroe |
David Pope (any town info) |
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Johnson ?? |
Mitzy Vazquez |
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Clayton |
Mark Gruben |
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Marshall |
Janet Wright Garrett (2014) |
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Helen Weber |
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Clayton |
Bruce Kennedy |
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Todd Mysak |
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No info on this town |
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Washington |
Daniel Wetherell |
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Washington |
See source on lightbox |
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Sac |
Ashton |
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Dallas |
Sherrill |
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Palo Alto |
Don Bradley |
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Linn |
Todd Mysak |
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Wayne |
Cindy Wells Stiles |
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Marion |
Gay Lea Wilson |
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Teresa Reed |
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Marion |
John |
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Cedar |
Teresa Reed |
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Doris Kube |
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Taylor |
Michael W. Carr |
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Clinton |
Doris Kube |
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Adair |
Kerry Sheehan |
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Jasper |
D. Wilson |
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Jones |
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Hardin |
Fran Lindborg |
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Bremmer |
Dianne Oltrogge |
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Monroe |
Cindy See |
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Chickasaw |
Francis Winter |
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Butch Freemon |
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Deleware |
Aaron Hutchinson |
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Louisa |
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Humboldt |
Mark Gruben |
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VIO (or VEO) |
???? |
No info, name only |
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Clinton |
Post Office - US Postal Guide |
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Buchanan |
Alfred Hotchkiss |
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Lee |
Christy Mougin, nee Russell |
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A Story from the past |
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Floyd -Mitchell |
Donald Conner |
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Decatur |
David Chase |
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looking for info |
R. Trotter |
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Calhoun |
Michael Bolton |
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WYMMER (spelling?) |
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No info, name only |
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Cedar |
Martin Clemens |
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We receive many submissions by visitors who provide only a town name with little or no other information. In our searches we have found some of these town names mentioned in genealogy and other websites, however that was all we could find. If you can help us with some information about these towns please send it our way.
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