Identify People from Album

From Erin Bohannon: I acquired an old family album from an auction in Oregon, and many of the photos list an Odebolt photographer.  I was wondering if you might be able to identify any of the photos? Almost all the photos came from Odebolt, with a few others coming from other parts of Iowa.

I belong to several Facebook groups that acquire old photos and try to get them back to family.  This is something we do for free.  This old album has 25 photos.  A treasure trove of family history! Any help at all you can give me would be greatly appreciated.I would really love to get the album back to family. If you use the email just below, they will put you in contact with me.
Thanks for any help you can give!

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If you have information on the identities of some of these people, please contact us at our email address, referring to the Photo #:  

Click on an image and a slide show will come up. If you want to see an enlargement, RIGHT click on the image in the slideshow, and select "View image". The single image will come up. Then click on the image and it should enlarge. (This is for PCs - I don't know how Macs work).

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This is the front and back of the album

PHOTO 1 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt

 

PHOTO 2 - Taken a Fry Studio - Odebolt

 

 PHOTO 3  - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt. This "may" be the same couple as in PHOTO 2.

 

PHOTO 4 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt

 

PHOTO 5 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt

 

PHOTO 6 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt

 

Photo number 6 could be a young John Reynolds, who would have been about 39 when Frey bought the studio.
A known photo of John Reynolds is here:
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~iaohms/reynoldsja.html

 

 

PHOTO 7 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt

 

PHOTO 8 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt. This "may" be the same man as in PHOTO 7.

 

PHOTO 9 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt. The seated couple are the same as PHOTO 8.

PHOTO 10 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt

 

PHOTO 11 - Taken at Fry Studio - Odebolt

 

PHOTO 12 - Photographer is J L Umphrey, Odebolt, Iowa

 

PHOTO 13 -  Photographer is J L Umphrey, Odebolt, Iowa

Appears to be a match to PHOTO 12.

 

PHOTO 14 -  Photographer L. F. Wil....something, Spirit Lake, Iowa

 

PHOTO 15  

 

PHOTO 16 - Photographer Adams, Sac City, IA

 PHOTO 17 - Photographer McLagan, Early, IA

 PHOTO 18 - Photographer Phelps, Muscatine, IA

This appears to be an older photo than most of them.

 PHOTO 19 - The Hoff Studios, Carroll, IA

 PHOTO 20 - Photographer Gunderson, Winona, MN

 PHOTO 21 - Unknown photographer. Appears to be and older photo than the others.

 

PHOTO 22 - Photographer Skewis Photo Studio, Windom, Minnesota

 

PHOTO 23- Hawkins Bros. Photo/Studio

Your Help Needed

Odebolt Historical Museum Roof Replacement

The museum building is in dire need of a new roof; the Board has received an estimate of $35,000 from Elevate Roofing.  The museum board has been busy researching and applying for grants and fundraising for the project.  

In order to apply for grants the museum needs to raise matching funds, so the museum is asking for your help by contributing to this worthwhile project.  The museum houses a wealth of Odebolt history and is a wonderful asset to those that do family research and to the community.  

Please consider making a donation to protect this resource. 
Donations may be sent to ...
Odebolt Historical Museum
P.O. Box 362
Odebolt Iowa 51458.

25th Annual Odebolt Creek Days

The 25th Annual

ODEBOLT CREEK DAYS

June 8-9, 2019

Odebolt celebrated the 25th year of the founding of Odebolt Creek Days this year. The event is organized by the Odebolt Development Corporation, an all volunteer group.

View the SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.

For photos of the parade you may visit the
Odebolt Creek Days Facebook page.

Special guests for the parade were the Omaha Pipes and Drums, and the Abu Bekr Shriners White Horse Patrol from Sioux City.  Grand Marshall was Ruth Ann Mohr.

Parade Grand Marshall

The 25-Year Creek Days T-shirt.

The 25 Year of Creek Days T-shirt quilt was completed by Joyce Mandernach Martiens Curtis, who graciously took on the job of designing and quilting. Many others helped Ann Hoefling find all of the T-shirts. The ODC sold raffle tickets for the King size quilt. All proceeds went to Creek Days. Glenda Housman was the lucky winner.

Celebrating their 50th Year Reunion during Creek Days was the Odebolt-Arthur Class of 1969.

Click here for a larger photo.

Over the years, the Odebolt Development Corporation has donated a large amount of  the proceeds from Creek Days funds to local projects such as the Odebolt Community Center, the Odebolt Swimming Pool, Odebolt Cemetery, Odebolt Historical Museum, tennis courts, the Odebolt sign project, the O-A Education Foundation, as well as many local emergency services and youth groups.  

When you buy your Creek Days t-shirts, or tickets to Creek Days events, when you donate your money to support Creek Days or donate your time to volunteer at Creek Days, you are contributing to your community!

If you wish to donate, send funds to the below address. The ODC is a not-for-profit organization 

Odebolt Development Corp.

PO Box 373

Odebolt, IA 51458

Help Identify Unknown People

 

These are photos from Odebolt photographers that we have collected over time from various auction sites. Click the image or click here to access them.  If you click on the first photo it will open a slide show. 

If you can identify any of them, please comment below.

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