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!

Story City - Victorian Bartlett Museum Open House December 4th and 5th, 2010

The Story City Historical Society will have an Open House at their 1903 Victorian Bartlett Museum, 619 Grand, Story City, IA on Sat. Dec. 4 & Sun., Dec. 5 from 1 - 4 p.m.  See four Victorian decorated trees and more.  The Historical Society will be selling pecans,  homemade peanut brittle and note cards with historic Story City scenes. 
Donations accepted.  Call 515-733-2370 for more information.

Story County Historical Alliance Meeting - November 23, 2010

For members of the Story County Historical Alliance, save the date Tuesday afternoon, November 23, 2010 for our Fall meeting in Ames.  We will be meeting with the Supervisors as part of this.  Further details by email soon.

Slater - Harvest Heritage - October 16, 2010

More details on the Harvest Heritage exhibit as part of the Slater Fall Fest on Saturday, October 16, 2010.

Slater - Fall Fest - October 16, 2010

The Slater Fall Fest for 2010 will be Saturday, October 16.  Among the things to do and see that day will be the Slater Area Historical Association agricultural display at Heritage Hall (1-6 pm).  Click on the flyer for more events (clicking it a second time will make the flyer larger).

Nevada - Brats at Briggs - September 26, 2010

The Nevada Community Historical Society is having a family picnic at the Briggs Terrace at  Evergreen Lane house on Saturday, September 26, 2010, to kick off their 2011 membership drive.  From 12:30 to 3:00 pm there will be free food, an Open House at the property, and family fun.  And join us at 1:30 for "Music on the Porch".

Kelley Phone Booth Mural to Be Unveiled - August 9, 2010

One of Story County's most unusual historic landmarks is the phone booth in Kelley, Iowa.  One of the last working phone booths; it has been featured in the Des Moines Register, the Tri-County Times, and even has its own Facebook Fan Page.  The Kelley phone booth was the subject of a recent Register Kyle Munson column.

The Tri-County Times article reports on plans to unveil the Dick Shook mural commisioned by Huxley Communications.  The unveiling will be Monday, August 9, 2010, at 7:15 a.m. while WHO Radio personalities Van and Bonnie are broadcasting from the phone booth.