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Iowa Orphan Train Research http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/orphans.htm [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...Our home here in Rolfe, Iowa is the Iowa Orphan Train Research
Center & Archives where I maintain the records of the children that were
brought to Iowa on the trains (1853-1929) from Boston, New York & Chicago.
There were approximately 10,000 brought just to Iowa.
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Barr Bicycle and Fitness, Inc. - History http://www.homestead.com/kenyoncooper/history.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...Brief mention of a bicycle shop in Rolfe, as follows, "Moore was well known in central Iowa as a bicycle racer from Des Moines, racing in most major competitions locally in the 1890's. He briefly had a bicycle store up at Rolfe, Iowa with a partner named Glen Tidrick, and it was in the rear of Rich's Hardware Store. It was called Moore & Tidrick, and existed briefly in 1896."...
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Troublesome Creek - PBS website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/trouble/filmmore/index.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...The Jordans rented a farm near Rolfe for 20 years. More About the Film Troublesome Creek. By the late 1980s, Iowa farmers Russ and Mary Jane Jordan had accumulated a large debt. Faced with losing their farm, The Jordans came up with a dramatic solution to hold onto their family farm as massive foreclosures swept the nation.
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The papers of Guy G. Butler - UIowa Special Collections http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ToMsc250/MsC233/MsC233.htm [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...A Kansas native, Guy G. Butler (1887 -- 1961) spent most of his life in Iowa. His parents moved to Pocahontas County when he was but a year old. He attended public schools and graduated from high school in Rolfe, Iowa. In 1913, he graduated from Northwestern University as a dentist. His first dental practice was in Chicago. In 1916, Butler sailed for Japan where he became the holder of the seventh license ever issued to practice dentistry in the Imperial Japanese Empire. The following year he left for Siam where he was the dentist by royal appointment to the royal household of King Rama VI. In 1921, Butler married Suma Grenova of Odessa, Russia in Swatow, China. An accident which left him with nerve damage forced him to retire from dentistry. He moved back to Rolfe, Iowa in 1923. There he began a new career as a farmer and banker. Butler was founder, stockholder, director, and president of the Rolfe State Bank. He was active in many fraternal organizations, the Farm Bureau, and the Iowa Bankers Association. A Republican, Butler served as chairman of the Pocahontas County Republican Central Committee. He was also a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention. His first elected office was as mayor of Rolfe. From there he went on to serve many terms as both a state representative and senator....
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OAH Magazine of History - Fatherhood, Childhood, and War: 1945 http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/family/griswold.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...This is an article written by Robert Griswold, (O’Brien Presidential Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma) about a letter written to Bill Wisdom, by his wife Kathryn. The letter was written as if from their 1 year old daughter, Virginia. Bill was stationed in Okinawa at the time. Kathryn and Virginia went to live with Kathryn’s parents in Rolfe, Iowa, where her father published and edited the local newspaper....
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Liben Music Publishers - Eldon Obrecht http://www.liben.com/obrecht.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...A short biography of Eldon Obrecht. Eldon was a University of Iowa professor, composer, and author.
He was born in Rolfe, Iowa on June 9, 1920. His father ran a movie theater, which provided some of his early musical experiences.
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