2014/07/21

For Odebolt history buffs

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

THANK YOU to all the people who have made it possible to view Odebolt history on the Internet!

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