Story City Sheldall Schoolhouse Featured in Des Moines Register

The Sheldall Schoolhouse is featured in the July 20, 2014 Iowa Life section of the Des Moines Register.  The focus of the article was on the State Historical Society's one-room schoolhouse grant, which we received in 2013.  Much of the content focuses on the history and the preservation of the Sheldall Schoolhouse.  Please visit the link below to see the video and read the article. 

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/2014/07/18/schoolhouse-sheldall-hamilton-county/12838003/

There is more information about the Sheldall Schoolhouse on the Story City Historical Society website here and here.

Ames Residents Among the Titanic Passengers

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking this month, the Ames Historical Society has several newspaper articles describing Ames residents connections to the tragedy.

Roland Record Now Available Online!

The Roland Historical Society has made the Roland Record viewable and searchable online for free.  Their microfilms of the Roland Record were digitized by Newspaper Archives and thanks to the Roland Historical Society are freely available.  You can see and search the newspaper here.

The archives begin with the February 28, 1895 issue (shown at the left, click on the picture and then click it again to see a larger version) and continue through March 6, 1975 for a total of 27,367 pages.  Pages can be viewed and saved in PDF format.

These Roland newspapers contain many items from other Story County locations.  For example, Cambridge is mentioned 1,295 times, most of the mentions implying Cambridge, Iowa.

Thank you to the Roland Historical Society for making this great resource available!