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Historic Pella Trust Blog

South Pella’s Amazing Boomtown Days

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  • Post published:April 16, 2019
  • Post category:What's New at Historic Pella Trust?

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…

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$1000 Walmart Grant for Tuttle Learning Walk

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  • Post published:April 16, 2019
  • Post category:What's New at Historic Pella Trust?

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…

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Des Moines Valley Railroad

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  • Post published:April 8, 2019
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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…

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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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