Historic Pella Trust Blog

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…

This was 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 the corner…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…By Jennifer VanKootenThe Dutch pioneers built straw dwellings among the oak trees in the Northwest corner of Pella after emigrating from…