Help identify old Briggle photos

Please click the above image or  click this link to view the photos. If you click on the first photo, you will start a slide show.

If you have comments about a photo or can identify people in a photo, please leave a comment below this blog post, giving the photo number.


These photos were taken after 1915 (dated by the fact that the bank on Main and 2nd is pictured, and it was built in 1915.)

Kay Summerville Stephan from Ames found some old negatives and, thinking they were scenes taken by family from Odebolt, she had them developed. She donated them to the Odebolt Museum and the curator, Kathy Larson, scanned them in hopes that people will be able to help identify people, or leave comments about the photos.

The photos are associated with the Briggle family. Kay said her grandfather was Harry Briggle. She also mentioned Everett Briggle.  According to Everett Briggle's obituary, both Everett and Harry were sons of John G. Briggle (who owned and operated Briggle's Ice Cream Parlor). Everett's obituary states that he operated the Briggle Brothers Cafe in Odebolt until it was destroyed by fire in 1952.

Information on the Briggle family can be located at
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~iaohms/briggle.html

Briggle's Ice Cream Parlor as pictured at Odebolt History Pages

Interior of Briggle's Ice Cream Parlor

PREVIOUS COMMENTS:

R.J. Rex, Friday, August 12, 2011
I remember going into Briggle's ice cream parlor as a kid. I think there was a saloon in the back of the building. 

Chuck Hanson - Sunday, April 29, 2012
In photo #7: the man on the right is Alfred Meyers. The lad to the left of the man in the white shirt as we view it, bears very strong resemblance to Eugene (Budix) Reynolds

Chuck Hanson added ... Alfred Meyers later became the manager of the Green Bay Lumber Yard.

An old brick

From the Facebook "Odebolt Community News" page, August 22, 2016

Jayne Humphrey Pearce posted:
Hello, I am with the Fort Wallace Museum located in Wallace, Kansas. We tell the story of this frontier fort that was very important to the history of the Smoky Hill Trail and the early Indian Wars. This fort was staffed by troops of the 7th Cavalry, 10th Cavalry, 3rd Infantry and 2nd Infantry from 1865 through 1883.

We recently built a facade to represent one of the original enlisted barracks of Fort Wallace, using salvaged stone once used on the Fort. On one of the stones is the name "A.K. Anderson Odebolt, Ia." I was delighted to find your town online and thought you would enjoy the sight of this lonely soldier's name and the name of his hometown! Does this name ring a bell? Are there any descendants of this man in Odebolt?

(Editor: A search of on-line resources, online Odebolt newspaper archives, and the Odebolt Cemetery did not find this name. It could be that he lived in Odebolt for a time and then moved on. He must have signed the brick sometime before 1882 - see below)

From Wikipedia:
Fort Wallace (ca. 1865–1882) was a US Cavalry fort built in Wallace County, Kansas to help defend settlers against Cheyenne and Sioux raids. All that remains today is the cemetery, but for a period of over a decade Fort Wallace was one of the most important military outposts on the frontier.

I believe this is the facade referred to in the facebook post. (from www.ftwallace.com/)

Click photo to enlarge it

Kiron photos

I grew up halfway between Odebolt and Kiron and although I spent most of my time in Odebolt, Kiron was always a fun place for us to go, especially to get ice cream cones after a Sunday afternoon drive!

I have collected photos of Kiron here and there and finally got them posted on the Odebolt History Pages. 
Click here to view the Kiron Photos.

I also added a number of photos of Arthur, Iowa at Arthur, Iowa Photos

You can view all the photos on the Odebolt History Pages by clicking the Odebolt Photo Gallary.

View all recent additions to the Odebolt History pages.


Also, while you are on this blog, look at the sidebar on the right.  There is a list of topics this history blog has covered.  Try clicking on a few!

 - Barb

Back in December 2017 there was a breach by hackers on Rootsweb which is the host for the Odebolt History Pages. It is now September, 11, 2018 and the site is FINALLY back on-line. 

As we have time, Bonnie and I will be editing it and adding more history and photos.  But in the meantime .... check it out! http://sites.rootsweb.com/~iaohms/townhistory.html