South Pella’s Amazing Boomtown Days
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…
$1000 Walmart Grant for Tuttle Learning Walk
Pella Walmart awarded a $1000 grant to Historic Pella Trust for the Tuttle Learning Walk on April 11, 2019. Store manager, Andy Oleary and HPT Executive Director, Jennifer VanKooten visit about…
Des Moines Valley Railroad
By Bruce Boertje Today we take a look at the most important day in the history of Pella outside of its founding in 1847: The arrival of the Des Moines…
South Pella’s Flour Mills
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…
A Place To Call Home; by Rachel Line and Sallie DeReus
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…
1964 Pella Christian High School Fire
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…
Clover Leaf Dairy and a Love That Lasts a Lifetime…
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…
Dutch Language Classes offered March 2019
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…
The History Behind the Stately Home on the Hill at 503 Main
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…