Melody Lager
CIVIL CONSERVATION CORP 3726
During the years when recovery from the Great Depression was part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Civil Conservations Corps was a...
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Melody Lager
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
TEACHERS WANTED
Teacher's Rules for 1872: 1. Teachers each day will fill lamps, trim the wicks, and clean the chimney. 2. Each morning, teacher will...
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Melody Lager
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Women's Social Clubs
Before the age of Facebook and Twitter, women relied on various clubs to meet their social needs. The late 1800’s to mid-1980’s was a...
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Melody Lager
- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Miracle of the Big Grey Mare
Dad was always buying and selling draft horses as well as saddle horses, and we were supposed to break and train those he bought, to...
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Melody Lager
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
A courtin' we will go!
The Courting Buggy When a young man took a fancy to a particular lady, he would come to call on her, or "come a courting" . This dating...
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Melody Lager
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
A Booming Town
1896 - from the Clarion Monitor Did it ever occur to you that Clarion makes an excellent showing in all that goes to make a good to live...
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Melody Lager
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
Ghost Towns of Wright County
Map from 1875 ALDRICH, Listed as a post office from 1882 to 1891 in Wright County, but the location not found. (Believed to be north,...
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Melody Lager
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
Clarion Streets Renamed - 1925
Clarion, Iowa – August 1925: The US Postal service has announced free delivery of mail. To comply with their regulations, our streets...
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Melody Lager
- Dec 18, 2020
- 2 min
Traveling in Wright County
BACK IN THE DAY In 1928 Clarion started discussing the need for an airport. It wasn’t until 1940 that a vote carried to build an airport...
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Melody Lager
Back in the Day
Housekeeping chores of the past Spring housecleaning….a thing of the past? Perhaps it is, and that may be a good thing. Housewives - or...
Melody Lager
Iowa History
March is Iowa History month, and what better time to flex your brain muscles with a few trivia facts? The word "Iowa" comes form the...
Melody Lager
Catching the Wind
Some say that windmills helped build this country - and they may be right! The great plains of the USA were so difficult to settle - with...
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