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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Virgil Melvin Hancher - Thirteenth President of the University of Iowa http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/presidents/13-hancher.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...A Rhodes scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Virgil Hancher led the university for a quarter of a century, a period of unprecedented growth for the campus.
Trained in the law, Hancher received the B.A. degree in 1919 and the degree of Juris Doctor in 1924 from the University of Iowa. From Oxford University in England, he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in jurisprudence in 1922 and the Master of Arts degree in 1927.
Hancher was born on a farm near Rolfe, Iowa, on September 4, 1896. He married Susan Cannon on June 9, 1928. They had three children. Hancher died on January 30, 1965, in New Delhi, India, while serving as a consultant in higher education for the Ford Foundation. He was 68....
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Hattie Belle Jolliffe McNabb http://www.geocities.com/~wallyg/M5a.htm [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...Hattie was born in a log cabin on the farm her parents homesteaded near Old Rolfe, Pocahontas, Iowa about five miles from the present town of Rolfe. In that vicinity she received her education and grew to womanhood.
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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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Humanities Iowa Traveling exhibits http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/programinfo-e.htm [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...House at the Homeplace
An exhibit of black-and-white as well as color photographs that chronicle the history and demolition of photographer Helen D. Gunderson's grandparents' farm home near Rolfe, Iowa. Matted and framed for wall hanging, the photographs are accompanied by text excerpts on foam board to hang with the photos. This exhibit must be picked up and returned to the HI office by private vehicle.
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Taylor Plowing http://www.taylorplowing.com [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...My snow removal equipment is modern, efficient and environmentally friendly. I am thorough, quick and courteous. My routes are small, geographically organized and well managed....
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Event Will Dedicate New UI Garden To Susan Hancher http://www.uiowa.edu/~ournews/2003/september/092603hancher-garden.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...The new Susan Hancher Garden, constructed by the UI Facilities Services Group with funds contributed by the Hancher family and friends, is located on a walkway from the Hancher parking lot to the lobby entrance of the auditorium.
Hancher Auditorium was named in honor of Susan's husband, Rolfe, Iowa native Virgil Hancher -- the UI president whose vision of a unified arts campus was the impetus for the auditorium project. After Virgil Hancher's retirement and death in the mid-1960s, Susan Hancher continued to be an active member of the UI community until her death in 1988.
"She was the first lady of the university for 24 years and was ever active and ever enthusiastic about the University of Iowa," Boyd says. "I could always turn to her during the years I was president or provost and she was always willing to undertake any project for the university. She was a very gracious and outgoing person in every respect."
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Donated bears will help kids in crises - Ft Dodge Messenger http://www.messengernews.net/stories_archive_full.asp?artID=537&artTable=Top%20Stories [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...One area police chief is spending countless hours helping other law enforcement and medical agencies ease the pain inflicted on children in emergencies.
Rolfe Police Chief Daniel Becker is distributing more than 7,000 Boyds Bears stuffed animals to agencies this week....
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Troublesome Creek - A Midwestern http://members.aol.com/westcity/creek.htm [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...The Jordans rented a farm near Rolfe for 20 years. Red River, High Noon, Gunsmoke Westerns, where the bad guys sometimes won but never prevailed. Troublesome Creek is a Midwestern. It's the story of the Jordan family's struggle to save their Iowa farm. From crossing the Mississippi in 1867 to driving to Daddy Date Night in 1967. From fighting off the Crooked Creek Gang in the 1880's to fighting off the bank today. Now, with their backs against the wall, the Jordans confront the very worst with their very best. Troublesome Creek is wry and emotional without being sentimental. It's a cliffhanger about history, loss and the humor and deep character that settled America, and now preside at its unsettling....
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Iowa Women's Archives - Trimble Family Papers http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/findingaids/html/Trimble.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...The Trimble Family papers date from 1879 to 1999 and measure one linear inch. The collection contains the reminiscences of Gladys Trimble Leith entitled, "Stories Told by Gladys, 1989" and "Memories of Mom," by Marie Jeffers. The sketches contain the sisters' recollections about their mother Mary Pyle Trimble as well as their own childhood experiences. They also recount intimate details of growing up female on a northwestern Iowa farm-farm chores, health and illness, marriage, childbirth and other humorous incidents. This collection also includes photocopies of letters from Mary Trimble to her grandson about his intention to become a jet pilot and photocopies of family photographs, a brief Pyle family history, and death certificates of various family members.
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