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South Pella’s Flour Mills

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  • Post published:April 8, 2019
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by  Bruce Boertje  South Pella has an amazing history that has been largely forgotten. The area south of University Street was originally laid out as two separate plats by two…

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A Place To Call Home; by Rachel Line and Sallie DeReus

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  • Post published:February 13, 2019
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A visit review;  by Jennifer VanKooten,   Executive Director, Historic Pella Trust The book, A Place To Call Home is about a family who emigrated from the Netherlands in 1847, along…

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1964 Pella Christian High School Fire

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  • Post published:February 2, 2019
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Written by Jennifer Van Kooten,  Executive Director of Historic Pella Trust;   February 2, 2019While I was working on the Cloverleaf Dairy story, we discovered that there was a connection with…

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Clover Leaf Dairy and a Love That Lasts a Lifetime…

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  • Post published:January 26, 2019
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Clover Leaf Dairy and a Love That Lasts a Lifetime…By Jennifer VanKootenThe Dutch pioneers built straw dwellings among the oak trees in the Northwest corner of Pella after emigrating from…

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Dutch Language Classes offered March 2019

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  • Post published:January 21, 2019
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Weekly Dutch Language Class Dutch Classes with Carol HoeksemaWritten by Jennifer VanKootenIf you are like me, you have heard Dutch spoken by your relatives. You were maybe taught some Dutch…

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The History Behind the Stately Home on the Hill at 503 Main

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  • Post published:January 20, 2019
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The History Behind the Stately Home on the Hill at 503 MainBy Bruce BoertjeThe once-stately home at 503 Main, referred to as the Warren home, has an intriguing pedigree. Not only was…

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Preserve Pella Volume 26

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  • Post published:November 29, 2018
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Red Rock Line

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  • Post published:October 28, 2018
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175 years ago, the territory east of the Mississippi river, past the city of Fairfield, Iowa was controlled by the Native Americans. The United States Dragoon Soldiers kept pioneers away…

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KNIA KRLS Radio Coverage of the Waechter House Move

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  • Post published:October 27, 2018
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Mikol Sesker and Judi Gustofson visit about moving the massive home from Central Collegehttp://kniakrls.com/2018/10/lets-talk-pella-boardwalk-house-move/The above link will take you to the radio station link, you will have to come back…

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony; KNIA KRLS Radio Broadcast of the Collegiate Historic District Neighborhood

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  • Post published:October 17, 2018
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Bob Zylstra describes about the honor of being on the National Register of Historic Places along with the need for a local ordinance that the neighbors will have to petition…

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Recent Posts

  • Preserve Pella 2020, Volume 28 November 3, 2020
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  • History of the Hose Tower at the Original Pella Fire Station March 23, 2020
  • Historic Pella Trust Given The 2019 Heritage Impact Award From PACE Alliance March 23, 2020
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