Herman Rietveld’s Dog Statues
By Bruce Boertje Waaksaamheid, the watcher Vertrouwheid, the sleeper WE GET QUESTIONS. Re: The Dog Statues in front of the former City Hall/Sanctuary Building on Main Street. Many people ask…
Preserve Iowa Summit 2019
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…
Christian Opportunity Center Friends Visit Tuttle Cabin
Several of our friends from COC came to visit Tuttle Cabin on a sunny Tuesday morning, June 25th. It was a beautiful day for a walk through Sunken Garden Park…
Pella’s Webster Schools; Consigned to History
At left is pictured the original Webster School building as seen in 1936. This school was constructed in 1875 and was located just west of the second, recently-demolished building, at…
Historic Pella Trust Tulip Time 2019
A replica of the Tuttle Cabin riding on top of an authentic Buerkens wagon is featured in each Tulip Time parade. Thank you to Duane Rempe for letting us use…
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
Above Photo: Store manager, Andy Oleary and HPT Executive Director, Jennifer VanKooten visit about the upcoming Tuttle Learning Walkway project along with ways that Walmart volunteers can partner with HPT…
Des Moines Valley Railroad Arrives in Pella, 1864
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…