Historic Pella Trust representatives Bob Zylstra, Jennifer Van Kooten and Bruce Boertje receive the grant award from Pella Corporation’s Katie Miller. The Historic Pella Trust is honored to receive a…
Taking a Closer Look at the HPT Posters from 2019 Historic Pella Trust thanks Bruce Boertje in the research and design of the South Pella Poster Presentation. It has been…
By Lila Turnbull The Preserve Iowa Summit is the premier statewide annual conference for professionals, property owners, and volunteers involved in historic preservation in Iowa. This year it was held…
A replica of the Tuttle Cabin on top of an authentic Buerken's wagon is featured in each Tulip Time parade. Thank you to Duane Rempe for letting us use his…
Bruce Boertje Ramsey & Co., the second Commission, Forwarding and Agricultural Implement dealer in South Pella. Ramsey's was later taken over by Snow & Huber. Sketch from the 1869 Birds…
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…
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…
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…
Andrew Schneider visits with Rhonda and JIll about celebrating the Collegiate Historic Neighborhood with a block party and their passion for historic preservation of our communities remaining homes over 50…