As you may already know, Odebolt newspapers from 1877 to 2004, and other historic area publications are now on-line thanks to Odebolt's library and museum. (Read the news article.)
The main entry is located at http://saccounty.advantage-preservation.com .. run searches, and sit back to have some fun reading about the past.
And, just to let you know ... there is a LOT of history contained in particular issues.
The August 25, 1938 edition of The Odebolt Chronicle, put out an extensive history supplement titled
"Fifty Years of Progress; Celebrating the Chronicles 50th Anniversary and the Iowa Territorial Centennial." This issue begins at Page 13 (Click the arrow on the upper right - then click the drop down in the box with the page numbers to go to the next page)
The November 17, 1927 edition of the Odebolt News put out a supplement titled "Fiftieth Anniversary and Booster Edition, 1877-1927." Click for the beginning page
Run searches in the year 1977 to find Odebolt Centennial articles.
The Centennial issue starts here
There are follow-up centennial articles in 6/30/1977 edition
Check out the June 13, 2002 Chronicle for Quasquicentennial news
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In addition, The Odebolt History Pages is full of history both transcribed and submitted by others. There are also many many historic photos. The index to the 450+ pages of the Odebolt History Pages is located here http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iaohms/townhistory.html
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